- Known For
- Directing
- Born
- October 8, 1926
- Place of Birth
- New York City, New York, USA
- Died
- August 25, 2014
William Greaves
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
movieOnce Upon a Time in Harlem
2026 · Self (archival footage), Director
tvHollywood Black
2024 · Self (archive footage)
movieThe Man Who Built Cambodia
2017 · Self
Our Paul: Remembering Paul Robeson
movieOur Paul: Remembering Paul Robeson
2007 · Self
movieDiscovering William Greaves
2006 · Self
movieSymbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take 2½
2005 · Self, Director, Writer, Producer
Ralph Bunche: An American Odyssey
movieRalph Bunche: An American Odyssey
2001 · Writer, Editor, Producer, Director
movieIda B. Wells: A Passion for Justice
1989 · Producer, Director, Writer
movieThat's Black Entertainment
1989 · Host/Narrator, Director
The Deep North
movieThe Deep North
1988 · Director, Producer
The Best of Black Journal
movieThe Best of Black Journal
1988 · Director
movieBlack Power in America: Myth or Reality?
1986 · Narrator/Interviewer, Camera Operator, Director, Writer, Producer, Editor, Cinematography
movieFrederick Douglass: An American Life
1985 · Producer, Editor, Director, Writer
Fighter for Freedom: The Frederick Douglass Story
movieFighter for Freedom: The Frederick Douglass Story
1984 · Director, Producer, Screenplay
Booker T. Washington: The Life and the Legacy
movieBooker T. Washington: The Life and the Legacy
1982 · Writer, Cinematography, Director of Photography, Producer, Editor, Sound
Space For Women
movieSpace For Women
1981 · Director, Producer, Writer
movieBustin' Loose
1981 · Executive Producer
Where Dreams Come True
movieWhere Dreams Come True
1979 · Director
movieJust Doin’ It (A Tale of Two Barbershops)
1976 · Producer, Director of Photography, Writer, Editor
movieThe Marijuana Affair
1975 · Director, Producer, Editor, Writer
movieFrom These Roots
1974 · Director
movieThe Fighters
1974 · Editor, Producer, Director
movieEvery Nigger Is a Star
1974 · Cinematography
Whose Standard English?
movieWhose Standard English?
1974 · Director
movieThe Fight
1974 · Director
movieNationtime: Gary
1972 · Producer, Editor, Writer, Director, Cinematography
On Merit
movieOn Merit
1972 · Director
movieVoice of La Raza
1971 · Writer, Cinematography, Editor, Producer, Director
movieBlack Journal: 26; Alice Coltrane
1970 · Producer
Black Journal: 23; New-Ark
movieBlack Journal: 23; New-Ark
1970 · Producer
Black Journal: 18
movieBlack Journal: 18
1969 · Director
Black Journal: 9
movieBlack Journal: 9
1969 · Director
movieIn the Company of Men
1969 · Director
movieSymbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One
1968 · Self - Director, Editor, Writer, Producer
Black Journal
tvBlack Journal
1968 · Executive Producer
movieStill A Brother: Inside the Negro Middle Class
1968 · Director, Editor, Cinematography, Producer
movieThe First World Festival of Negro Arts
1966 · Narrator, Director, Sound, Producer, Editor, Cinematography, Writer
movieWealth of a Nation
1964 · Editor, Director, Producer, Writer
Four Religions
movieFour Religions
1960 · Editor, Cinematography, Director
movieEmergency Ward
1959 · Director, Editor
High Arctic
movieHigh Arctic
1959 · Writer, Editor
movieBlood and Fire
1958 · Editor
Smoke and Weather
movieSmoke and Weather
1958 · Editor, Producer, Writer, Director
movieTrans Canada Summer
1958 · Sound, Editor
movieIslands of the Frozen Sea
1958 · Editor
Profile of a Problem Drinker
movieProfile of a Problem Drinker
1957 · Editor
Putting It Straight
moviePutting It Straight
1957 · Director
Bush Doctor
movieBush Doctor
1955 · Sound
movieThe Dikes
1955 · Sound
movieSouls of Sin
1949 · Isaiah 'Alabama' Lee
movieLost Boundaries
1949 · Arthur 'Art' Cooper
movieMiracle in Harlem
1948 · Bert Hallam
movieThe Fight Never Ends
1948
movieSepia Cinderella
1947 · Patron