Personal Info
Known For
Directing
Birthdate
1926-10-08
Day of Death
2014-08-25
Place of Birth
New York City, New York, USA
William Greaves
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.
Filmography (14)
⭐ 0
Role:
Self (archival footage)
Once Upon a Time in Harlem
2026
⭐ 0
Role:
Self
The Man Who Built Cambodia
2017No Image
⭐ 0
Role:
Self
Our Paul: Remembering Paul Robeson
2007
⭐ 7.0
Role:
Self
Discovering William Greaves
2006
⭐ 6.3
Role:
Self
Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take 2½
2005
⭐ 7.0
Role:
Host/Narrator
That's Black Entertainment
1989
⭐ 6.0
Role:
Narrator/Interviewer
Black Power in America: Myth or Reality?
1986
⭐ 6.9
Role:
Self - Director
Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One
1968
⭐ 7.0
Role:
Narrator
The First World Festival of Negro Arts
1966
⭐ 7.0
Role:
Isaiah 'Alabama' Lee
Souls of Sin
1949
⭐ 6.6
Role:
Arthur 'Art' Cooper
Lost Boundaries
1949
⭐ 7.5
Role:
Bert Hallam
Miracle in Harlem
1948
⭐ 8.0
Role:
Unknown
The Fight Never Ends
1948
⭐ 5.2
Role:
Patron