William Greaves
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.
Personal Details
Movies (49)
Once Upon a Time in Harlem
Director (Directing)
2026
The Man Who Built Cambodia
as Self
2017
Our Paul: Remembering Paul Robeson
as Self
2007
Discovering William Greaves
as Self
2006
Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take 2½
as Self
2005
Ralph Bunche: An American Odyssey
Editor (Editing)
2001
Ida B. Wells: A Passion for Justice
Producer (Production)
1989
That's Black Entertainment
as Host/Narrator
1989
The Deep North
Director (Directing)
1988
The Best of Black Journal
Director (Directing)
1988
Black Power in America: Myth or Reality?
as Narrator/Interviewer
1986
Frederick Douglass: An American Life
Director (Directing)
1985
Fighter for Freedom: The Frederick Douglass Story
Producer (Production)
1984
Booker T. Washington: The Life and the Legacy
Editor (Editing)
1982
Space For Women
Director (Directing)
1981
Bustin' Loose
Executive Producer (Production)
1981
Where Dreams Come True
Director (Directing)
1979
Just Doin’ It (A Tale of Two Barbershops)
Director of Photography (Camera)
1976
The Marijuana Affair
Director (Directing)
1975
From These Roots
Director (Directing)
1974
The Fighters
Editor (Editing)
1974
Every Nigger Is a Star
Cinematography (Crew)
1974
Whose Standard English?
Director (Directing)
1974
The Fight
Director (Directing)
1974
Nationtime
Writer (Writing)
1972
On Merit
Director (Directing)
1972
Voice of La Raza
Editor (Editing)
1971
Black Journal: 26; Alice Coltrane
Producer (Production)
1970
Black Journal: 23; New-Ark
Producer (Production)
1970
Black Journal: 18
Director (Directing)
1969
Black Journal: 9
Director (Directing)
1969
In the Company of Men
Director (Directing)
1969
Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One
as Self - Director
1968
Still A Brother: Inside the Negro Middle Class
Director (Directing)
1968
The First World Festival of Negro Arts
as Narrator
1966
Wealth of a Nation
Editor (Editing)
1964
Four Religions
Editor (Editing)
1960
Emergency Ward
Director (Directing)
1959
High Arctic
Writer (Writing)
1959
Blood and Fire
Editor (Editing)
1958
Smoke and Weather
Editor (Editing)
1958
Trans Canada Summer
Sound (Sound)
1958
Islands of the Frozen Sea
Editor (Editing)
1958
Profile of a Problem Drinker
Editor (Editing)
1957
Putting It Straight
Director (Directing)
1957
Bush Doctor
Sound (Sound)
1955
The Dikes
Sound (Sound)
1955
Souls of Sin
as Isaiah 'Alabama' Lee
1949
Lost Boundaries
as Arthur 'Art' Cooper
1949