William Greaves

William Greaves

  • Birthday: 1926-10-08
  • Deathday: 2014-08-25
  • Place of birth: 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.

Filmography

Miracle in Harlem

1948

As Bert Hallam

Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One

1968

As Himself / Director

Souls of Sin

1949

As Isaiah 'Alabama' Lee

Lost Boundaries

1949

As Arthur 'Art' Cooper

That's Black Entertainment

1989

As Host/Narrator

Black Power in America: Myth or Reality?

1986

As Narrator/Interviewer

Production

Emergency Ward

1959

As Editor

Emergency Ward

1959

As Director

Blood and Fire

1958

As Editor

Wealth of a Nation

1966

As Director

From These Roots

1974

As Director

Voice of La Raza

1971

As Director

Trans Canada Summer

1958

As Editor

In the Company of Men

1969

As Director

Nationtime

1972

As Director

Every Nigger Is a Star

1974

As Cinematography

Bustin' Loose

1981

As Executive Producer

Wealth of a Nation

1966

As Writer

Wealth of a Nation

1966

As Producer

Nationtime

1972

As Cinematography

The New-Ark

1968

As Producer

Whose Standard English?

1974

As Director

On Merit

1972

As Director

Putting It Straight

1957

As Director

Smoke and Weather

1958

As Writer

Smoke and Weather

1958

As Director

Four Religions

1960

As Director

The Best of Black Journal

1988

As Director

Just Doin’ It (A Tale of Two Barbershops)

1976

As Director of Photography

The Fight

1974

As Director

Space For Women

1981

As Director

Space For Women

1981

As Producer

Space For Women

1981

As Writer

Where Dreams Come True

1979

As Director

The Marijuana Affair

1975

As Director

The Marijuana Affair

1975

As Producer

The Marijuana Affair

1975

As Writer

The Marijuana Affair

1975

As Editor

The Dikes

1955

As Sound

The Fighters

1974

As Director

Wealth of a Nation

1966

As Editor

Nationtime

1972

As Writer

Nationtime

1972

As Producer

Nationtime

1972

As Editor

Voice of La Raza

1971

As Writer

Voice of La Raza

1971

As Producer

Voice of La Raza

1971

As Cinematography

Voice of La Raza

1971

As Editor

Smoke and Weather

1958

As Editor

Smoke and Weather

1958

As Producer

High Arctic

1959

As Writer

High Arctic

1959

As Editor

Four Religions

1960

As Cinematography

Four Religions

1960

As Editor

Trans Canada Summer

1958

As Sound

Bush Doctor

1955

As Sound

Booker T. Washington: The Life and the Legacy

1982

As Director of Photography

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