William Greaves
Born
8 October 1926 (99)
Place of Birth
New York City, New York, USA
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,...
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.
Filmography (40)
Once Upon a Time in Harlem
2026
The Man Who Built Cambodia
2017
Our Paul: Remembering Paul Robeson
2007
Discovering William Greaves
2006
Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take 2½
2005
Ralph Bunche: An American Odyssey
2001
🎬 Director
American Experience: Ida B. Wells – A Passion for Justice
1989
🎬 Director
That's Black Entertainment
1989
The Deep North
1988
🎬 DirectorThe Best of Black Journal
1988
🎬 Director
Black Power in America: Myth or Reality?
1986
Frederick Douglass: An American Life
1985
🎬 DirectorFighter for Freedom: The Frederick Douglass Story
1984
🎬 DirectorBooker T. Washington: The Life and the Legacy
1982
🎬 DirectorSpace For Women
1981
🎬 DirectorWhere Dreams Come True
1979
🎬 Director
Just Doin’ It (A Tale of Two Barbershops)
1976
🎬 Director
The Marijuana Affair
1975
🎬 Director
From These Roots
1974
🎬 Director
The Fighters
1974
🎬 DirectorWhose Standard English?
1974
🎬 Director
The Fight
1974
🎬 Director
Nationtime
1972
On Merit
1972
🎬 Director
Voice of La Raza
1971
🎬 DirectorBlack Journal: 18
1969
🎬 DirectorBlack Journal: 9
1969
🎬 Director
In the Company of Men
1969
🎬 Director
Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One
1968
Still A Brother: Inside the Negro Middle Class
1968
🎬 Director
The First World Festival of Negro Arts
1966
Wealth of a Nation
1964
🎬 DirectorFour Religions
1960
🎬 Director
Emergency Ward
1959
🎬 DirectorSmoke and Weather
1958
🎬 DirectorPutting It Straight
1957
🎬 Director
Souls of Sin
1949
Lost Boundaries
1949
Miracle in Harlem
1948
The Fight Never Ends
1948