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 43
Movies 42
Director 22
Producer 6
self 5
TV Shows 1
Self
The Man Who Built Cambodia (2017)
Movie
Self
Our Paul: Remembering Paul Robeson (2007)
Movie
Self
Discovering William Greaves (2006)
Movie
Director
Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take 2 ½ (2005)
Movie
Director
Ralph Bunche: An American Odyssey (2001)
Movie
Director
Ida B. Wells: A Passion for Justice (1989)
Movie
Director
That's Black Entertainment (1989)
Movie
Director
Black Power in America: Myth or Reality? (1986)
Movie
Director
Frederick Douglass: An American Life (1985)
Movie
Screenplay / Director / Producer
Fighter for Freedom: The Frederick Douglass Story (1984)
Movie
Director / Producer / Writer
Space For Women (1981)
Movie
Executive Producer
Bustin' Loose (1981)
Movie
Director
Where Dreams Come True (1979)
Movie
Director / Director of Photography / Editor / Producer / Writer
Just Doin’ It (A Tale of Two Barbershops) (1976)
Movie
Director
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
Producer
Black Journal: 26; Alice Coltrane (1970)
Movie
Director
Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One (1968)
Movie
Producer
The New-Ark (1968)
Movie
Self - Host
Black Journal (1968)
TV
Director
Still A Brother: Inside the Negro Middle Class (1968)
Movie
Narrator / Director / Editor / Writer / Cinematography
The First World Festival of Negro Arts (1966)
Movie
Director
Wealth of a Nation (1966)
Movie
Director
Four Religions (1960)
Movie
Self
Emergency Ward (1959)
Movie
Editor
The Face of the High Arctic (1959)
Movie
Editor
Trans Canada Summer (1958)
Movie
Director
Smoke and Weather (1958)
Movie
Editor
Islands of the Frozen Sea (1958)
Movie
Editor
Blood and Fire (1958)
Movie
Editor
Profile of a Problem Drinker (1957)
Movie
Director
Putting It Straight (1957)
Movie
Sound
The Dikes (1955)
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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1959
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1968
2017
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Known ForDirecting
GenderMale
Birthday1926-10-08
Deathday2014-08-25 (87 years old)
Birth PlaceNew York, United States of America
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
AwardsPaul Robeson Award, Black Filmmakers Hall of Fame
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