William Greaves
Directing
Born: 1926-10-08 · New York City, New York, USA
Died: 2014-08-25
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,
🎬 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 2½
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 Doin’ 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
