William Greaves
Personal Info
Known for
Directing
Gender
Male
Birthday
1926-10-08
Day of Death
2014-08-25 (87 years old)
Place of Birth
New York City, New York, USA
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.
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Known For
Acting
(2017)
The Man Who Built Cambodia
as Self
(2007)
(2006)
Discovering William Greaves
as Self
(2005)
(1989)
That's Black Entertainment
as Host/Narrator
(1986)
Black Power in America: Myth or Reality?
as Narrator/Interviewer
(1968)
Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One
as Self - Director
(1966)
The First World Festival of Negro Arts
as Narrator
(1949)
Souls of Sin
as Isaiah 'Alabama' Lee
(1949)
Lost Boundaries
as Arthur 'Art' Cooper
(1948)
Miracle in Harlem
as Bert Hallam
(1948)
Crew
(2005)
Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take 2½
Director, Writer, Producer
(2001)
Ralph Bunche: An American Odyssey
Editor, Writer, Producer, Director
(1989)
Ida B. Wells: A Passion for Justice
Producer, Director, Writer
(1989)
That's Black Entertainment
Director
(1988)
The Best of Black Journal
Director
(1986)
Black Power in America: Myth or Reality?
Camera Operator, Director, Cinematography, Producer, Editor, Writer
(1985)
Frederick Douglass: An American Life
Director, Editor, Producer, Writer
(1984)
Fighter for Freedom: The Frederick Douglass Story
Producer, Screenplay, Director
(1982)
Booker T. Washington: The Life and the Legacy
Editor, Producer, Writer, Sound, Cinematography, Director of Photography
(1981)
Space For Women
Director, Producer, Writer
(1981)
Bustin' Loose
Executive Producer
(1979)
Where Dreams Come True
Director
(1976)
Just Doin’ It (A Tale of Two Barbershops)
Director of Photography, Director, Editor, Producer, Writer
(1975)
The Marijuana Affair
Director, Writer, Editor, Producer
(1975)
Ali the Man: Ali the Fighter
Editor, Producer, Director
(1974)
From These Roots
Director
(1974)
The Fighters
Director
(1974)
Every Nigger Is a Star
Cinematography
(1974)
Whose Standard English?
Director
(1974)
The Fight
Director
(1972)
Nationtime
Writer, Producer, Editor, Director, Cinematography
(1972)
On Merit
Director
(1971)
Voice of La Raza
Editor, Writer, Cinematography, Producer, Director
(1970)
(1970)
Black Journal: 23; New-Ark
Producer
(1969)
In the Company of Men
Director
(1968)
Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One
Director, Writer, Editor, Producer
(1968)
Still A Brother: Inside the Negro Middle Class
Director, Producer, Editor, Cinematography
(1966)
The First World Festival of Negro Arts
Director, Producer, Sound, Writer, Cinematography, Editor
(1966)
Wealth of a Nation
Editor, Director, Producer, Writer
(1960)
Four Religions
Editor, Cinematography, Director
(1959)
Emergency Ward
Director, Editor
(1959)
High Arctic
Writer, Editor
(1958)
Blood and Fire
Editor
(1958)
Smoke and Weather
Editor, Producer, Writer, Director
(1958)
Trans Canada Summer
Sound, Editor
(1958)
(1957)
(1957)
Putting It Straight
Director
(1955)
The Dikes
Sound
(1955)
Bush Doctor
Sound