William Greaves
Directing · 87 years old
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.
Known For
Hollywood Black
Self (archive footage)
Discovering William Greaves
Self
Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One
Self - Director
The First World Festival of Negro Arts
Narrator
Lost Boundaries
Arthur 'Art' Cooper
Miracle in Harlem
Bert Hallam
Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take 2½
Self
Souls of Sin
Isaiah 'Alabama' Lee
Black Power in America: Myth or Reality?
Narrator/Interviewer
Sepia Cinderella
Patron
The Man Who Built Cambodia
Self
The Fight Never Ends
That's Black Entertainment
Host/Narrator
Once Upon a Time in Harlem
Self (archival footage)
Behind the Scenes
Nationtime
Producer
Nationtime
Writer
Nationtime
Director
Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One
Director
The First World Festival of Negro Arts
Director
The First World Festival of Negro Arts
Producer
Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One
Writer
Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One
Producer
The First World Festival of Negro Arts
Writer
Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take 2½
Director
Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take 2½
Writer
Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take 2½
Producer