Saul Williams’ debut performance and featured poetry in the film "Slam", which he co-wrote and starred in, won the Grand Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival in 1998, the Camera d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival, along with the Audience Award for Best Picture and the World Distributors Award for Best Picture.

Since then Saul has written three books of poetry, Said the Shotgun to the Head (2003 MTV Books/Pocket Books), She (1999 MTV/ Pocket Books), and the Seventh Octave (1998 Moore Black Press). In 2001, Saul released his debut album, "Amethyst Rock Star", which he co-produced with Rick Rubin. The album received critical acclaim and was voted one of The London Times' albums of the year.

Saul's recent work has been of worldly importance as he has contributed his skills to the Not In Our Name initiative. His draft of their Pledge of Resistance served as a manifesto of millions across the world who have sought to stop the war in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Saul has performed, toured, and lectured across the world and is the youngest living poet to have his work included in the curriculum of dozens of schools across the nation. He has recently enjoyed a recurring role as a poet/boyfriend on the Kelsey Grammar produced sitcom, "Girlfriends". In 2004, Saul will perform, with the Basel Symphony Orchestra of Switzerland, a symphony based on his latest book, Said the Shotgun to the Head, composed by the legendary Thomas Kesslar.