
William Greaves
Directing
Born: 1926-10-08 Β· New York City, New York, USA
Died: 2014-08-25
Biography
William Greaves (October 8, 1926 β 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,
π¬ Movies (30)

Once Upon a Time in Harlem
2026
Director

The Man Who Built Cambodia
2017
Self
Our Paul: Remembering Paul Robeson
2007
Self

Discovering William Greaves
2006
Self

Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take 2Β½
2005
Director
Ralph Bunche: An American Odyssey
2001
Director

That's Black Entertainment
1989
Director

Ida B. Wells: A Passion for Justice
1989
Director
The Best of Black Journal
1988
Director
The Deep North
1988
Director

Black Power in America: Myth or Reality?
1986
Director

Frederick Douglass: An American Life
1985
Director
Fighter for Freedom: The Frederick Douglass Story
1984
Director
Booker T. Washington: The Life and the Legacy
1982
Director
Space For Women
1981
Director

Bustin' Loose
1981
Executive Producer
Where Dreams Come True
1979
Director

Just Doinβ It (A Tale of Two Barbershops)
1976
Director

The Marijuana Affair
1975
Director

From These Roots
1974
Director

The Fighters
1974
Director

Every Nigger Is a Star
1974
Cinematography
Whose Standard English?
1974
Director

The Fight
1974
Director

Nationtime
1972
Director
On Merit
1972
Director

Voice of La Raza
1971
Director

Black Journal: 26; Alice Coltrane
1970
Producer
Black Journal: 23; New-Ark
1970
Producer

In the Company of Men
1969
Director
