William Greaves
Known for DirectingBorn 1926-10-08 — died 2014-08-25New 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.
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Known for
Once Upon a Time in Harlem
2026 · as Self (archival footage)
Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One
1968 · as Self - Director
Sepia Cinderella
1947 · as Patron
Lost Boundaries
1949 · as Arthur 'Art' Cooper
The Fight Never Ends
1948
Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take 2½
2005 · as Self
Our Paul: Remembering Paul Robeson
2007 · as Self
The First World Festival of Negro Arts
1966 · as Narrator
Miracle in Harlem
1948 · as Bert Hallam
Discovering William Greaves
2006 · as Self
The Man Who Built Cambodia
2017 · as Self
Souls of Sin
1949 · as Isaiah 'Alabama' Lee
That's Black Entertainment
1989 · as Host/Narrator
Black Power in America: Myth or Reality?
1986 · as Narrator/Interviewer