William Greaves
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William Greaves

Oct 8, 1926 - New York City, New York, USA

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.

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Movie2017The Man Who Built CambodiaSelf
Movie1948Miracle in HarlemBert Hallam
Movie1948The Fight Never Ends
Movie2005Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take 2½Self
Movie1968Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take OneSelf - Director
Movie2006Discovering William GreavesSelf
Movie1949Souls of SinIsaiah 'Alabama' Lee
Movie1949Lost BoundariesArthur 'Art' Cooper
Movie1966The First World Festival of Negro ArtsNarrator
Movie1989That's Black EntertainmentHost/Narrator
Movie2007Our Paul: Remembering Paul RobesonSelf
Movie1986Black Power in America: Myth or Reality?Narrator/Interviewer
Movie1947Sepia CinderellaPatron

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Movie1979Where Dreams Come TrueDirectorDirecting
Movie1975The Marijuana AffairDirectorDirecting
Movie1968Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take OneDirectorDirecting
Movie2005Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take 2½DirectorDirecting
Movie1970Black Journal: 26; Alice ColtraneProducerProduction
Movie1975The Marijuana AffairProducerProduction
Movie1975The Marijuana AffairWriterWriting
Movie1975The Marijuana AffairEditorEditing
Movie1968Still A Brother: Inside the Negro Middle ClassDirectorDirecting
Movie1959Emergency WardDirectorDirecting
Movie1981Space For WomenDirectorDirecting
Movie1981Space For WomenProducerProduction
Movie1981Space For WomenWriterWriting
Movie1984Fighter for Freedom: The Frederick Douglass StoryDirectorDirecting
Movie1984Fighter for Freedom: The Frederick Douglass StoryProducerProduction
Movie1984Fighter for Freedom: The Frederick Douglass StoryScreenplayWriting
Movie1958Blood and FireEditorEditing
Movie1959Emergency WardEditorEditing
Movie1966The First World Festival of Negro ArtsDirectorDirecting
Movie1955The DikesSoundSound
Movie1966Wealth of a NationEditorEditing
Movie1966Wealth of a NationDirectorDirecting
Movie1974From These RootsDirectorDirecting
Movie1972NationtimeWriterWriting
Movie1972NationtimeProducerProduction
Movie1972NationtimeEditorEditing
Movie1968Still A Brother: Inside the Negro Middle ClassProducerProduction
Movie1968Still A Brother: Inside the Negro Middle ClassCinematographyCrew
Movie1968Still A Brother: Inside the Negro Middle ClassEditorEditing
Movie1986Black Power in America: Myth or Reality?Camera OperatorCamera
Movie1975Ali the Man: Ali the FighterProducerProduction
Movie1975Ali the Man: Ali the FighterEditorEditing
Movie1989Ida B. Wells: A Passion for JusticeProducerProduction
Movie1971Voice of La RazaWriterWriting
Movie1971Voice of La RazaProducerProduction
Movie1971Voice of La RazaCinematographyCrew
Movie1971Voice of La RazaEditorEditing
Movie2001Ralph Bunche: An American OdysseyWriterWriting
Movie2001Ralph Bunche: An American OdysseyProducerProduction
Movie2001Ralph Bunche: An American OdysseyEditorEditing
Movie1958Smoke and WeatherEditorEditing
Movie1958Smoke and WeatherProducerProduction
Movie1959High ArcticWriterWriting
Movie1959High ArcticEditorEditing
Movie1960Four ReligionsCinematographyCrew
Movie1960Four ReligionsEditorEditing
Movie1958Trans Canada SummerSoundSound
Movie1955Bush DoctorSoundSound
Movie1966The First World Festival of Negro ArtsProducerProduction
Movie1966The First World Festival of Negro ArtsSoundSound
Movie1982Booker T. Washington: The Life and the LegacyDirector of PhotographyCamera
Movie1982Booker T. Washington: The Life and the LegacyProducerProduction
Movie1982Booker T. Washington: The Life and the LegacyWriterWriting
Movie1982Booker T. Washington: The Life and the LegacyEditorEditing
Movie1982Booker T. Washington: The Life and the LegacyCinematographyCrew
Movie1982Booker T. Washington: The Life and the LegacySoundSound
Movie1974The FightersDirectorDirecting
Movie1989That's Black EntertainmentDirectorDirecting
Movie2001Ralph Bunche: An American OdysseyDirectorDirecting
Movie1975Ali the Man: Ali the FighterDirectorDirecting
Movie2005Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take 2½WriterWriting
Movie1971Voice of La RazaDirectorDirecting
Movie1958Trans Canada SummerEditorEditing
Movie1968Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take OneWriterWriting
Movie1968Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take OneEditorEditing
Movie1968Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take OneProducerProduction
Movie2005Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take 2½ProducerProduction
Movie1969In the Company of MenDirectorDirecting
Movie1958Islands of the Frozen SeaEditorEditing
Movie1972NationtimeDirectorDirecting
Movie1957Profile of a Problem DrinkerEditorEditing
Movie1981Bustin' LooseExecutive ProducerProduction
Movie1974Every Nigger Is a StarCinematographyCrew
Movie1966Wealth of a NationWriterWriting
Movie1966Wealth of a NationProducerProduction
Movie1966The First World Festival of Negro ArtsWriterWriting
Movie1966The First World Festival of Negro ArtsCinematographyCrew
Movie1966The First World Festival of Negro ArtsEditorEditing
Movie1985Frederick Douglass: An American LifeDirectorDirecting
Movie1985Frederick Douglass: An American LifeProducerProduction
Movie1985Frederick Douglass: An American LifeWriterWriting
Movie1985Frederick Douglass: An American LifeEditorEditing
Movie1972NationtimeCinematographyCrew
Movie1970Black Journal: 23; New-ArkProducerProduction
Movie1989Ida B. Wells: A Passion for JusticeDirectorDirecting
Movie1989Ida B. Wells: A Passion for JusticeWriterWriting
Movie1974Whose Standard English?DirectorDirecting
Movie1972On MeritDirectorDirecting
Movie1957Putting It StraightDirectorDirecting
Movie1958Smoke and WeatherWriterWriting
Movie1958Smoke and WeatherDirectorDirecting
Movie1960Four ReligionsDirectorDirecting
Movie1988The Best of Black JournalDirectorDirecting
Movie1986Black Power in America: Myth or Reality?DirectorDirecting
Movie1976Just Doin’ It (A Tale of Two Barbershops)DirectorDirecting
Movie1976Just Doin’ It (A Tale of Two Barbershops)ProducerProduction
Movie1976Just Doin’ It (A Tale of Two Barbershops)WriterWriting
Movie1976Just Doin’ It (A Tale of Two Barbershops)EditorEditing
Movie1976Just Doin’ It (A Tale of Two Barbershops)Director of PhotographyCamera
Movie1986Black Power in America: Myth or Reality?ProducerProduction
Movie1986Black Power in America: Myth or Reality?EditorEditing
Movie1986Black Power in America: Myth or Reality?WriterWriting
Movie1986Black Power in America: Myth or Reality?CinematographyCrew
Movie1974The FightDirectorDirecting
TV Show1968Black JournalExecutive ProducerProduction