Griff WilliamsGriff Williams is an American painter, filmmaker, author and gallerist. In 1993, he founded Gallery 16
in San Francisco and has exhibited and published scores influential artists including Lynn Hershman Leeson, William Kentridge, bell hook, Rex Ray, Margaret Kilgallen and Mark Grotjahn.

In 2021, Williams made an acclaimed feature film, Tell Them We Were Here, a documentary
about eight of artists in the San Francisco Bay Area. The film was included in film festivals around the
world and was awarded best documentary at Newport Beach Film Festival and Nevada City Film Festival.

His recent books include The Gay Seventies: Hal Fischer is the first monograph to feature the
complete collection of works Hal Fischer produced in San Francisco's Haight and Castro neighborhoods
in the 1970s. His book on the life and artwork of the late San Francisco artist Rex Ray including
essays by Rebecca Solnit was published by Chronicle Books in 2021. Read More Read Less