Directing
William Greaves
- Born
- 1926-10-08
- Died
- 2014-08-25
- Birthplace
- 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, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Filmography
55 titles · Newest first · Cast and crew credits
Once Upon a Time in Harlem
2026 · Movie
Self (archival footage) · Director
Hollywood Black
2024 · TV Show
Self (archive footage)
The Man Who Built Cambodia
2017 · Movie
Self
Our Paul: Remembering Paul Robeson
2007 · Movie
Self
Discovering William Greaves
2006 · Movie
Self
Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take 2½
2005 · Movie
Self · Director · Writer · Producer
Ralph Bunche: An American Odyssey
2001 · Movie
Writer · Editor · Producer · Director
Ida B. Wells: A Passion for Justice
1989 · Movie
Producer · Director · Writer
That's Black Entertainment
1989 · Movie
Host/Narrator · Director
The Best of Black Journal
1988 · Movie
Director
The Deep North
1988 · Movie
Director · Producer
Black Power in America: Myth or Reality?
1986 · Movie
Narrator/Interviewer · Camera Operator · Director · Writer · Producer · Editor · Cinematography
Frederick Douglass: An American Life
1985 · Movie
Producer · Editor · Director · Writer
Fighter for Freedom: The Frederick Douglass Story
1984 · Movie
Director · Producer · Screenplay
Booker T. Washington: The Life and the Legacy
1982 · Movie
Writer · Cinematography · Director of Photography · Producer · Editor · Sound · Director
Bustin' Loose
1981 · Movie
Executive Producer
Space For Women
1981 · Movie
Director · Producer · Writer
Where Dreams Come True
1979 · Movie
Director
Just Doin’ It (A Tale of Two Barbershops)
1976 · Movie
Producer · Director of Photography · Writer · Editor · Director
The Marijuana Affair
1975 · Movie
Director · Producer · Editor · Writer
Every Nigger Is a Star
1974 · Movie
Cinematography
From These Roots
1974 · Movie
Director
The Fight
1974 · Movie
Director
The Fighters
1974 · Movie
Editor · Producer · Director
Whose Standard English?
1974 · Movie
Director
You've Got a Number
1974 · Movie
Director
Nationtime: Gary
1972 · Movie
Producer · Editor · Writer · Director · Cinematography
On Merit
1972 · Movie
Director
Voice of La Raza
1971 · Movie
Writer · Cinematography · Editor · Producer · Director
Black Journal: 23; New-Ark
1970 · Movie
Producer
Black Journal: 26; Alice Coltrane
1970 · Movie
Producer
Black Journal: 18
1969 · Movie
Director
Black Journal: 9
1969 · Movie
Director
In the Company of Men
1969 · Movie
Director
Black Journal
1968 · TV Show
Executive Producer
Still A Brother: Inside the Negro Middle Class
1968 · Movie
Director · Editor · Cinematography · Producer
Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One
1968 · Movie
Self - Director · Director · Editor · Writer · Producer
The First World Festival of Negro Arts
1966 · Movie
Narrator · Director · Sound · Producer · Editor · Cinematography · Writer
Wealth of a Nation
1964 · Movie
Editor · Director · Producer · Writer
Four Religions
1960 · Movie
Editor · Cinematography · Director
Emergency Ward
1959 · Movie
Director · Editor
High Arctic
1959 · Movie
Writer · Editor
Blood and Fire
1958 · Movie
Editor
Islands of the Frozen Sea
1958 · Movie
Editor
Smoke and Weather
1958 · Movie
Editor · Producer · Writer · Director
Trans Canada Summer
1958 · Movie
Sound · Editor
Profile of a Problem Drinker
1957 · Movie
Editor
Putting It Straight
1957 · Movie
Director
Bush Doctor
1955 · Movie
Sound
The Dikes
1955 · Movie
Sound
Lost Boundaries
1949 · Movie
Arthur 'Art' Cooper
Souls of Sin
1949 · Movie
Isaiah 'Alabama' Lee
Miracle in Harlem
1948 · Movie
Bert Hallam
The Fight Never Ends
1948 · Movie
Cast
Sepia Cinderella
1947 · Movie
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