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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Filmography
all 47
Movies 46
Director 19
Producer 9
self 6
TV Shows 1
Writer 1
Screenplay / Director / Producer
Fighter for Freedom: The Frederick Douglass Story (1984)
Movie
Director of Photography / Producer / Writer / Editor / Cinematography / Sound
Booker T. Washington: The Life and the Legacy (1982)
Movie
Director / Producer / Writer
Space For Women (1981)
Movie
Executive Producer
Bustin' Loose (1981)
Movie
Director / Director of Photography / Editor / Producer / Writer
Just Doin’ It (A Tale of Two Barbershops) (1976)
Movie
Director / Producer / Editor
Ali the Man: Ali the Fighter (1975)
Movie
Director
The Marijuana Affair (1975)
Movie
Director
From These Roots (1974)
Movie
Cinematographer
Every Nigger Is a Star (1974)
Movie
Director
The Fighters (1974)
Movie
Director
The Fight (1974)
Movie
Director
Nationtime (1972)
Movie
Director
On Merit (1972)
Movie
Director
Voice of La Raza (1971)
Movie
Self - Director
Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One (1968)
Movie
Self - Host
Black Journal (1968)
TV
Director
Wealth of a Nation (1966)
Movie
Narrator / Director / Cinematography / Writer / Editor / Producer / Sound
The First World Festival of Negro Arts (1966)
Movie
Director
Four Religions (1960)
Movie
Writer / Editor
High Arctic (1959)
Movie
Director
Emergency Ward (1959)
Movie
Director
Smoke and Weather (1958)
Movie
Director
Putting It Straight (1957)
Movie
Isaiah 'Alabama' Lee
Souls of Sin (1949)
Movie
Arthur 'Art' Cooper
Lost Boundaries (1949)
Movie
Bert Hallam
Miracle in Harlem (1948)
Movie
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Known ForDirecting
GenderMale
Birthday1926-10-08
Deathday2014-08-25 (87 years old)
Birth PlaceNew York City, New York, USA
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
AwardsPaul Robeson Award, Black Filmmakers Hall of Fame
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