William Greaves

William Greaves

Directing

Birthday

1926/10/08

Day of death

2014/08/25 (87 years old)

Gender

Male

Place of Birth

New York City, New York, USA

Also know as

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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.

Acting
The Man Who Built Cambodia
0.0

(2017) The Man Who Built Cambodia

as Self

Miracle in Harlem
6.2

(1948) Miracle in Harlem

as Bert Hallam

The Fight Never Ends
0.0

(1948) The Fight Never Ends

as ---

Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take 2½
6.0

(2005) Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take 2½

as Self

Discovering William Greaves
7.0

(2006) Discovering William Greaves

as Self

Symbiopsychotaxiplasm
7.1

(1968) Symbiopsychotaxiplasm

as Self - Director

Souls of Sin
6.0

(1949) Souls of Sin

as Isaiah 'Alabama' Lee

Lost Boundaries
6.4

(1949) Lost Boundaries

as Arthur 'Art' Cooper

The First World Festival of Negro Arts
7.0

(1966) The First World Festival of Negro Arts

as Narrator

That's Black Entertainment
0.0

(1989) That's Black Entertainment

as Host/Narrator

0.0

(2007) Our Paul: Remembering Paul Robeson

as Self

Black Power in America: Myth or Reality?
6.0

(1986) Black Power in America: Myth or Reality?

as Narrator/Interviewer