Hosts Bios
Clara Williams
Clara and Steven met in the Spring of 1972, shortly after her time signing with the Edwin Hawkins Singers.She was a junior at California State University, San Jose.We have been married for 50 years.Clara Hill-Williams has over 35 years of experience in civil and criminal litigation. She graduated from California State University, San Jose with a major in political science and received a law degree from the University of San Francisco. Clara began her legal career with the Los Angeles County Public Defender’s office.
Clara transitioned to civil litigation, which included practicing civil defense litigation and entertainment law as an associate attorney at the Law Offices of Johnnie Cochran Jr. She has served as an Administrative Law Judge. And she is presently employed as Senior Staff Counsel for California’s division of Occupational Safety and Health.Clara is the co-founder and chairperson of Foothill Arts Collective, a non-profit youth artistic development program.
She has also served as Legal Advisor to the Friends of Los Angeles County Arts High School and as National Legal Counsel for Jack Jill of America,
Steven Williams
Steven Williams career reflects a diverse multi-media background that includes radio production, music recording, television and film production and post- production. Williams is the President of Kite Flyer Productions, Inc. Williams served as the Producer on the 4 part HBO documentary “The Defiant Ones”. The film was awarded Best Documentary in a Limited Series by the International Documentary Association at their 2017 IDA Awards ceremony in November, and won a Grammy Award for Best Music Film at the 2018 Grammy Awards show in January. Most recently, the film received 5 Emmy nominations for the 2018 Creative Arts Emmy Awards Show.
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Prior to Williams’ transition into the producing arena, he had a multifaceted career at NBCUniversal. Williams served as Vice President of Post Production Services for NBCUniversal StudioPost, where he oversaw TV Post & Sound, Feature Sound, Feature Marketing, Projection, and Editorial Facilities.
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Williams is an Emmy Award winner and Grammy Award winner. He is a voting member of both The Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences and The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences.