William Greaves
Known for Directing
- Born
- October 8, 1926
- Birthplace
- New York City, New York, USA
- Died
- August 25, 2014 (aged 87)
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.
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Once Upon a Time in HarlemDirector2026
Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take 2½Director2005Rating: 5.9 out of 10
Ralph Bunche: An American OdysseyDirector2001Rating: 9.0 out of 10
Ida B. Wells: A Passion for JusticeDirector1989
That's Black EntertainmentDirector1989Rating: 7.0 out of 10
The Deep NorthDirector1988- The Best of Black JournalDirector1988
Black Power in America: Myth or Reality?Director1986Rating: 6.0 out of 10
Frederick Douglass: An American LifeDirector1985- Fighter for Freedom: The Frederick Douglass StoryDirector1984
- Booker T. Washington: The Life and the LegacyDirector1982
Space For WomenDirector1981
Bustin' LooseExecutive Producer1981Rating: 6.2 out of 10
Where Dreams Come TrueDirector1979
Just Doin’ It (A Tale of Two Barbershops)Director1976
The Marijuana AffairDirector1975
From These RootsDirector1974Rating: 8.0 out of 10
The FightersDirector1974Rating: 8.0 out of 10- Whose Standard English?Director1974
The FightDirector1974
Known for
Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take OneDirector1968Rating: 6.9 out of 10- Bustin' LooseExecutive Producer1981Rating: 6.2 out of 10
- Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take 2½Director2005Rating: 5.9 out of 10
Lost BoundariesArthur 'Art' Cooper1949Rating: 6.6 out of 10
Nationtime: GaryDirector1972Rating: 8.0 out of 10
Miracle in HarlemBert Hallam1948Rating: 7.5 out of 10
Souls of SinIsaiah 'Alabama' Lee1949Rating: 7.0 out of 10
Sepia CinderellaPatron1947Rating: 5.2 out of 10
Still A Brother: Inside the Negro Middle ClassDirector1968Rating: 7.0 out of 10
Voice of La RazaDirector1971Rating: 8.0 out of 10- The FightersDirector1974Rating: 8.0 out of 10
- That's Black EntertainmentDirector1989Rating: 7.0 out of 10
Filmography
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