
William Greaves
View on IMDb ↗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 (15)
- 2026
Once Upon a Time in HarlemSelf (archival footage) - 2024
Hollywood BlackSelf (archive footage) - 2017
The Man Who Built CambodiaSelf - 2007Our Paul: Remembering Paul RobesonSelf
- 2006
Discovering William GreavesSelf - 2005
Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take 2½Self - 1989
That's Black EntertainmentHost/Narrator - 1986
Black Power in America: Myth or Reality?Narrator/Interviewer - 1968
Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take OneSelf - Director - 1966
The First World Festival of Negro ArtsNarrator - 1949
Souls of SinIsaiah 'Alabama' Lee - 1949
Lost BoundariesArthur 'Art' Cooper - 1948
The Fight Never Ends - 1948
Miracle in HarlemBert Hallam - 1947
Sepia CinderellaPatron
Crew (39)
- 2001Ralph Bunche: An American OdysseyDirector
- 1989Ida B. Wells: A Passion for JusticeWriter
- 1988The Best of Black JournalDirector
- 1988The Deep NorthProducer
- 1985Frederick Douglass: An American LifeWriter
- 1984Fighter for Freedom: The Frederick Douglass StoryDirector
- 1982Booker T. Washington: The Life and the LegacyDirector
- 1981Bustin' LooseExecutive Producer
- 1981Space For WomenWriter
- 1979Where Dreams Come TrueDirector
- 1976Just Doin’ It (A Tale of Two Barbershops)Writer
- 1975The Marijuana AffairProducer
- 1974From These RootsDirector
- 1974The FightersDirector
- 1974Every Nigger Is a StarCinematography
- 1974Whose Standard English?Director
- 1974The FightDirector
- 1972Nationtime: GaryCinematography
- 1972On MeritDirector
- 1971Voice of La RazaDirector
- 1970Black Journal: 26; Alice ColtraneProducer
- 1970Black Journal: 23; New-ArkProducer
- 1969In the Company of MenDirector
- 1969Black Journal: 9Director
- 1969Black Journal: 18Director
- 1968Black JournalExecutive Producer
- 1968Still A Brother: Inside the Negro Middle ClassCinematography
- 1964Wealth of a NationWriter
- 1960Four ReligionsDirector
- 1959Emergency WardEditor
- 1959High ArcticEditor
- 1958Trans Canada SummerEditor
- 1958Blood and FireEditor
- 1958Smoke and WeatherDirector
- 1958Islands of the Frozen SeaEditor
- 1957Putting It StraightDirector
- 1957Profile of a Problem DrinkerEditor
- 1955The DikesSound
- 1955Bush DoctorSound
The Fight Never Ends
Miracle in Harlem
Discovering William Greaves
That's Black Entertainment
The First World Festival of Negro Arts
Souls of Sin
Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One
Lost Boundaries
Black Power in America: Myth or Reality?
Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take 2½