
William Greaves
Known for: Directing
Born: 1926-10-08 – 2014-08-25 (aged 87)
From: New York City, New York, USA
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 (15)
MOVIEOnce Upon a Time in Harlem2026as Self (archival footage)
TV★ 3.7Hollywood Black2024as Self (archive footage)
MOVIEThe Man Who Built Cambodia2017as Self- MOVIEOur Paul: Remembering Paul Robeson2007as Self
MOVIE★ 7.0Discovering William Greaves2006as Self
MOVIE★ 6.3Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take 2½2005as Self
MOVIE★ 7.0That's Black Entertainment1989as Host/Narrator
MOVIE★ 6.0Black Power in America: Myth or Reality?1986as Narrator/Interviewer
MOVIE★ 6.9Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One1968as Self - Director
MOVIE★ 7.0The First World Festival of Negro Arts1966as Narrator
MOVIE★ 7.0Souls of Sin1949as Isaiah 'Alabama' Lee
MOVIE★ 6.6Lost Boundaries1949as Arthur 'Art' Cooper
MOVIE★ 7.5Miracle in Harlem1948as Bert Hallam
MOVIE★ 8.0The Fight Never Ends1948
MOVIE★ 5.2Sepia Cinderella1947as Patron