Anthony Williams

Chicago, Illinois

CEO / Showrunner / Exec. Creative Director at Second Glance Productions

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Anthony L. Williams working with Fantasia Barrino on BET's "Being"

Anthony L. Williams diving deep into his role in the short film Final Frame, 2024

Operation: Help Us Get Ellen social media campaign, 2014

Filming Operation: Help Us Get Ellen music video, 2014

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Awards

Best Actor in a Feature Film - Thicker Than Blood - World Music & Independent Film Fest.
(2025)
Best Supporting Actress in a Feature Film - Thicker Than Blood - World Music & Independent Film Fest
(2025)
Nomination: Best Short Screenplay - Heartstrings - World Music & Independent Film Fest.
(2025)
Best Script - Heartstrings - London/Lisbon's Sunday Shorts Film Festival
(2024)
Finalist: Best Short Screenplay - Heartstrings - Shortcut 100 Film Festival
(2024)

Best Trailer - It's Not You, It's Me - Creation Intl Film Fest.
(2024)

Best Trailer - It's Not You, It's Me - Cinema World Fest Awards
(2024)

2nd Place: FILM/TV/WEB Trailer - It's Not You, It's Me - Williamsburg Intl Film & Music Competition
(2024)

Honorable Mention - It's Not You, It's Me - Various Artists Independent Film Fest
(2024)

Audience Choice Award - Underneath (Theater) - Eclectic Full Contact Theater, Chicago
(2022)

2nd Place - Heartstrings (Short) - Flip the Script Screenwriting Competition
(2021)

Quarterfinalist - Absolutely Positive (TV Pilot) - TSL Screenplay Competition
(2020)

Best Director - Thicker Than Blood (Feature) - Newark Intl Film Festival
(2019)

Best Feature Film - Thicker Than Blood (Feature) - Arlington Intl Film Festival
(2019)

Best Director - Absolutely Positive (Short) - World Music & Independent Film Festival
(2013)

Best in Customer Service - Hillsborough, NC (Digital Content)
(2011)

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Credits

It's Not You, It's Me (2021 - 2025)
Series by Second Glance Productions (Comedy, Documentary, Romance and Reality-TV) Creator / Showrunner Three bachelors-of-color re-embark into the dating scene -- some for their first time, and others hopefully for their last! While receiving expert guidance on healthy relationships, sex, and vulnerability, the niches and experiences of modern queer dating will be tossed aside as our bachelors find themselves in the midst of personal growth while attending individual and group mental health therapy sessions. Along their journeys of receiving clinical coaching and support, they'll also receive tools to help unpack baggage and trauma from previous relationships so that they don’t take them into the new ones they’re starting to build.
Mysteries Unearthed with Danny Trejo (2025)
Television by History Channel / A&E Segment Producer
History's Greatest Mysteries with Laurence Fishburne (2022 - 2024)
Television by History Channel / A&E Associate Producer
Dr. Mercy (2021)
Television by TLC Associate Producer
Live PD: Women on Patrol (2018)
Television by Lifetime / A&E Field Producer
Thicker Than Blood (2016 - 2017)
by Second Glance Productions Director, Writer, Producer Jordan, the youngest of two sons, returns home for the first time in three years to celebrate his older brother’s promotion to partner in his law firm. During what’s supposed to be a joyous afternoon of family, friends, and food, secrets are revealed, masks are uncovered, and some things are said that can’t be taken back. A once tight-knit family is left broken and faced with the task of trying to figure out how to pick up the pieces and put them back together before losing each other forever.
Love It or List It (2014 - 2015)
Television by HGTV First Assistant Director
Absolutely Positive (2012 - 2013)
Film (short) by Second Glance Productions Writer, Director, Producer, Actor Absolutely Positive is a dramatic short film that follows four characters, all from different walks of life, as they get tested for HIV. It shows the events of why they decide to get tested, the thoughts that run through their minds as they wait for their results, and how they decide to live their lives after discovering their results. Displaying a truthful insight into the many worlds and faces of HIV, Absolutely Positive sheds light on the importance of personal accountability as well as lack of discrimination, showing that HIV has no limits and knows no bounds. It only takes one person. It only takes one time.

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It's Not You, It's Me Budget: $0 - $100K | Romance ⋄ Documentary With a desire to heal from past traumas and prepare for healthier futures, three bachelors-of-color re-embark into the dating scene: some for the first time, and others hopefully for their last!
Heartstrings Budget: $0 - $100K | Fantasy ⋄ Drama Be kind to the smiles that people present to the world, for you never know what's hidden behind them.
Thicker Than Blood 2: If the Shoe Fits Budget: $100K - $1M | Family ⋄ Drama Long is the road in someone else's shoes.
And Then You... Budget: $100K - $1M | Romance ⋄ Comedy The heart wants what it wants...or does it?
Absolutely Positive Budget: $100K - $1M | Independent ⋄ Drama It only takes one person. It only takes one time. Can you ever be…Absolutely Positive?