The Border Czar

Director’s bio:

Raymond T. Williams is a writer and director whose work is shaped by a transnational life experience he only recently began to fully examine. Born in London to Jamaican parents, raised in Jamaica, and immigrating to the United States at age eleven to live in the Bronx, Raymond spent years moving between cultures without naming himself as an immigrant. That realization and the urgency of the current political climate, directly inspired The Border Czar.

Raymond discovered acting during an impromptu visit to the University of Maryland’s theatre department, where he spontaneously auditioned and was cast in a mainstage production. Though he was studying to become a doctor, his path shifted quickly, leading to his television debut on Chicago Hope opposite Mandy Patinkin just two years later.

His acting career spans stage, film, and television. He has appeared in several Hollywood films working alongside actors such as Halle Berry, Chadwick Boseman, Ed Harris, and Scott Caan, among others. His television work includes Vinyl, Lincoln Heights, Dark Blue, and appearances in the Sharknado franchise.

The Border Czar marks a deeply personal shift in his work- bringing lived experience, cultural complexity, and humanity to a conversation often reduced to politics.