Person
William Greaves
Directing · 1926–2014 · New York City, New York, USA
Biography
William Greaves (October 8, 1926 – August 25, 2014) was a documentary filmmaker and a pioneer of African-American filmmaking. He produced more than two hundred documentary films, and wrote and directed more than half of these. Greaves garnered many accolades for his work, including four Emmy nominations, one of which he won for his work as executive producer on the African-American news program Black Journal. Description above from the Wikipedia article William Greaves, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
Hollywood Black
Self (archive footage)
Nationtime: Gary
Producer
Once Upon a Time in Harlem
Self (archival footage)
On Merit
Director
Voice of La Raza
Writer
Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One
Self - Director
Where Dreams Come True
Director
Bustin' Loose
Executive Producer
Space For Women
Director
Sepia Cinderella
Patron
Filmography
- 2026Once Upon a Time in HarlemSelf (archival footage)
- 2024Hollywood BlackSelf (archive footage)
- 2017The Man Who Built CambodiaSelf
- 2007Our Paul: Remembering Paul RobesonSelf
- 2006Discovering William GreavesSelf
- 2005Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take 2½Self
- 2001Ralph Bunche: An American OdysseyWriter
- 1989Ida B. Wells: A Passion for JusticeProducer
- 1989That's Black EntertainmentHost/Narrator
- 1988The Deep NorthDirector
- 1988The Best of Black JournalDirector
- 1986Black Power in America: Myth or Reality?Narrator/Interviewer
- 1985Frederick Douglass: An American LifeProducer
- 1984Fighter for Freedom: The Frederick Douglass StoryDirector
- 1982Booker T. Washington: The Life and the LegacyWriter
- 1981Space For WomenDirector
- 1981Bustin' LooseExecutive Producer
- 1979Where Dreams Come TrueDirector
- 1976Just Doin’ It (A Tale of Two Barbershops)Producer
- 1975The Marijuana AffairDirector
- 1974From These RootsDirector
- 1974The FightersEditor
- 1974Every Nigger Is a StarCinematography
- 1974Whose Standard English?Director
- 1974The FightDirector
- 1972Nationtime: GaryProducer
- 1972On MeritDirector
- 1971Voice of La RazaWriter
- 1970Black Journal: 26; Alice ColtraneProducer
- 1970Black Journal: 23; New-ArkProducer
- 1969Black Journal: 18Director
- 1969Black Journal: 9Director
- 1969In the Company of MenDirector
- 1968Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take OneSelf - Director
- 1968Black JournalExecutive Producer
- 1968Still A Brother: Inside the Negro Middle ClassDirector
- 1966The First World Festival of Negro ArtsNarrator
- 1964Wealth of a NationEditor
- 1960Four ReligionsEditor
- 1959Emergency WardDirector
- 1959High ArcticWriter
- 1958Blood and FireEditor
- 1958Smoke and WeatherEditor
- 1958Trans Canada SummerSound
- 1958Islands of the Frozen SeaEditor
- 1957Profile of a Problem DrinkerEditor
- 1957Putting It StraightDirector
- 1955Bush DoctorSound
- 1955The DikesSound
- 1949Souls of SinIsaiah 'Alabama' Lee
- 1949Lost BoundariesArthur 'Art' Cooper
- 1948Miracle in HarlemBert Hallam
- 1948The Fight Never Ends
- 1947Sepia CinderellaPatron
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