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.
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Filmography
all 51
Movies 50
Director 22
Producer 9
self 6
TV Shows 1
Writer 1
Self / Director / Writer / Producer

Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take 2½ (2005)
Movie
Screenplay / Director / Producer

Fighter for Freedom: The Frederick Douglass Story (1984)
Movie
Director of Photography / Producer / Writer / Editor / Cinematography / Sound

Booker T. Washington: The Life and the Legacy (1982)
Movie
Director / Producer / Writer

Space For Women (1981)
Movie
Executive Producer

Bustin' Loose (1981)
Movie
Director

Where Dreams Come True (1979)
Movie
Director / Director of Photography / Editor / Producer / Writer

Just Doin’ It (A Tale of Two Barbershops) (1976)
Movie
Director / Producer / Editor

Ali the Man: Ali the Fighter (1975)
Movie
Director

The Marijuana Affair (1975)
Movie
Director

From These Roots (1974)
Movie
Director

Whose Standard English? (1974)
Movie
Cinematographer

Every Nigger Is a Star (1974)
Movie
Director

The Fighters (1974)
Movie
Director

The Fight (1974)
Movie
Director

Nationtime (1972)
Movie
Director

On Merit (1972)
Movie
Director

Voice of La Raza (1971)
Movie
Director

In the Company of Men (1969)
Movie
Self - Director

Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One (1968)
Movie
Self - Host

Black Journal (1968)
TV
Director

Wealth of a Nation (1966)
Movie
Narrator / Director / Cinematography / Writer / Editor / Producer / Sound

The First World Festival of Negro Arts (1966)
Movie
Director

Four Religions (1960)
Movie
Writer / Editor

High Arctic (1959)
Movie
Director

Emergency Ward (1959)
Movie
Director

Smoke and Weather (1958)
Movie
Editor

Blood and Fire (1958)
Movie
Director

Putting It Straight (1957)
Movie
Sound

Bush Doctor (1955)
Movie
Sound

The Dikes (1955)
Movie
Isaiah 'Alabama' Lee

Souls of Sin (1949)
Movie
Arthur 'Art' Cooper

Lost Boundaries (1949)
Movie
Bert Hallam

Miracle in Harlem (1948)
Movie
Information
Known For
Directing
Gender
Male
Birthday
1926-10-08
Deathday
2014-08-25 (87 years old)
Birth Place
New York, United States
Citizenships
United States
Awards
Paul Robeson Award, Black Filmmakers Hall of Fame
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