A chance meeting with a photographer led to Hounsou being introduced to fashion designer Thierry Mugler, who encouraged Hounsou to pursue a modeling career.
Waller has also served as producer on three feature titles for the US studio Millennium Films; The Prince and Me 4: The Elephant Adventure (2010), Elephant White (2011) directed by Prachya Pinkaew starring Djimon Hounsou and Kevin Bacon, as well as Ninja 2 (2013) directed by Isaac Florentine.
Williams is also known for his celebrity interviews of black entertainers and luminaries such as Soledad O’Brien, Denzel Washington, Lebron James, and Djimon Hounsou.
In a scene from the movie Beauty Shop, Joe (Djimon Hounsou) is playing "Knocks Me Off My Feet" on the piano, capturing the attention of Gina (Queen Latifah) and her piano prodigy daughter Vanessa (Paige Hurd) from Gina's salon beneath Joe's apartment.