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William Greaves

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Born: October 8, 1926
Died: August 25, 2014
From: 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

Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One

Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take 2½

Nationtime: Gary

The Fighters

Still A Brother: Inside the Negro Middle Class

Emergency Ward

The First World Festival of Negro Arts

From These Roots

Filmography

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2026

Once Upon a Time in Harlem

Acting (Self (archival footage))

2024

Hollywood Black

Acting (Self (archive footage)) 4 EP

2017

The Man Who Built Cambodia

Acting (Self)

2007

Our Paul: Remembering Paul Robeson

Acting (Self)

2006

Discovering William Greaves

Acting (Self)

2005

Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take 2½

Acting (Self) Directing (Director) Writing (Writer) Production (Producer)

2001

Ralph Bunche: An American Odyssey

Writing (Writer) Production (Producer) Editing (Editor) Directing (Director)

1989

Ida B. Wells: A Passion for Justice

Production (Producer) Directing (Director) Writing (Writer)

That's Black Entertainment

Acting (Host/Narrator) Directing (Director)

1988

The Deep North

Directing (Director) Production (Producer)

The Best of Black Journal

Directing (Director)

1986

Black Power in America: Myth or Reality?

Acting (Narrator/Interviewer) Camera (Camera Operator) Directing (Director) Production (Producer) Editing (Editor) Writing (Writer) Crew (Cinematography)

1985

Frederick Douglass: An American Life

Directing (Director) Production (Producer) Writing (Writer) Editing (Editor)

1984

Fighter for Freedom: The Frederick Douglass Story

Directing (Director) Production (Producer) Writing (Screenplay)

1982

Booker T. Washington: The Life and the Legacy

Camera (Director of Photography) Production (Producer) Writing (Writer) Editing (Editor) Crew (Cinematography) Sound Directing (Director)

1981

Space For Women

Directing (Director) Production (Producer) Writing (Writer)

Bustin' Loose

Production (Executive Producer)

1979

Where Dreams Come True

Directing (Director)

1976

Just Doin’ It (A Tale of Two Barbershops)

Directing (Director) Production (Producer) Writing (Writer) Editing (Editor) Camera (Director of Photography)

1975

The Marijuana Affair

Directing (Director) Production (Producer) Writing (Writer) Editing (Editor)

1974

From These Roots

Directing (Director)

The Fighters

Production (Producer) Editing (Editor) Directing (Director)

Every Nigger Is a Star

Crew (Cinematography)

Directing (Director)

Whose Standard English?

Directing (Director)

You've Got a Number

Directing (Director)

1972

Nationtime: Gary

Writing (Writer) Production (Producer) Editing (Editor) Directing (Director) Crew (Cinematography)

Directing (Director)

1971

Voice of La Raza

Writing (Writer) Production (Producer) Crew (Cinematography) Editing (Editor) Directing (Director)

1970

Black Journal: 26; Alice Coltrane

Production (Producer)

Black Journal: 23; New-Ark

Production (Producer)

1969

Black Journal: 18

Directing (Director)