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William Greaves

Known ForDirecting
Birthday1926-10-08
Age87 years old at death
Date of Death† 2014-08-25
Place of BirthNew 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

poster
1968
7.0
Documentary

Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One

poster
1949
6.4
Drama

Lost Boundaries

poster
2005
6.0
Documentary

Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take 2½

poster
2007

Our Paul: Remembering Paul Robeson

poster
1948
6.2
Romance
Mystery

Miracle in Harlem

poster
1948
Crime
Drama

The Fight Never Ends

poster
2017
Documentary
History

The Man Who Built Cambodia

poster
1947
4.8
Romance

Sepia Cinderella

poster
1966
7.0
Documentary

The First World Festival of Negro Arts

poster
2006
7.0
Documentary

Discovering William Greaves

poster
1949
6.0
Drama

Souls of Sin

poster
2026
Documentary

Once Upon a Time in Harlem

poster
1986
6.0
Documentary

Black Power in America: Myth or Reality?

poster
1989
Documentary

That's Black Entertainment