
Directing
William Greaves
8 October 1926† 25 August 2014 (aged 87) New York City, New York, USA
- Directed
- 34
- Written
- 17
- Produced
- 21
- Movies
- 14
- Shows
- 1
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.
Known For
- 2026
- Once Upon a Time in Harlem · Film
- Once Upon a Time in Harlem · Film · Director
- 2024
- Hollywood Black · Series
- 2017
- The Man Who Built Cambodia · Film
- 2007
- 2006
- Discovering William Greaves · Film
- 2005
- Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take 2½ · Film
- Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take 2½ · Film · Director
- 2001
- Ralph Bunche: An American Odyssey · Film · Writer
- 1989
- That's Black Entertainment · Film · Host · Narrator
- That's Black Entertainment · Film · Director
- Ida B. Wells: A Passion for Justice · Film · Producer
- 1988
- The Best of Black Journal · Film · Director
- The Deep North · Film · Director
- 1986
- Black Power in America: Myth or Reality? · Film · Narrator · Interviewer
- Black Power in America: Myth or Reality? · Film · Camera Operator
- 1985
- Frederick Douglass: An American Life · Film · Producer
- 1984
- Fighter for Freedom: The Frederick Douglass Story · Film · Director
- 1982
- Booker T. Washington: The Life and the Legacy · Film · Writer
- 1981
- Bustin' Loose · Film · Executive Producer
- Space For Women · Film · Director
- 1979
- Where Dreams Come True · Film · Director
- 1976
- Just Doin’ It (A Tale of Two Barbershops) · Film · Producer
- 1975
- The Marijuana Affair · Film · Director
- 1974
- From These Roots · Film · Director
- The Fighters · Film · Editor
- Every Nigger Is a Star · Film · Cinematography
- Whose Standard English? · Film · Director
- The Fight · Film · Director
- You've Got a Number · Film · Director
- 1972
- Nationtime: Gary · Film · Producer
- On Merit · Film · Director
- 1971
- Voice of La Raza · Film · Writer
- 1970
- Black Journal: 26; Alice Coltrane · Film · Producer
- Black Journal: 23; New-Ark · Film · Producer
- 1969
- In the Company of Men · Film · Director
- Black Journal: 9 · Film · Director
- Black Journal: 18 · Film · Director
- 1968
- Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One · Film · Director
- Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One · Film · Director
- Still A Brother: Inside the Negro Middle Class · Film · Director
- Black Journal · Series · Executive Producer
- 1966
- The First World Festival of Negro Arts · Film · Narrator
- The First World Festival of Negro Arts · Film · Director
- 1964
- Wealth of a Nation · Film · Editor
- 1960
- Four Religions · Film · Editor
- 1959
- Emergency Ward · Film · Director
- High Arctic · Film · Writer
- 1958
- Trans Canada Summer · Film · Sound
- Blood and Fire · Film · Editor
- Smoke and Weather · Film · Editor
- Islands of the Frozen Sea · Film · Editor
- 1957
- Putting It Straight · Film · Director
- Profile of a Problem Drinker · Film · Editor
- 1955
- The Dikes · Film · Sound
- Bush Doctor · Film · Sound
- 1949
- Souls of Sin · Film · Isaiah 'Alabama' Lee
- Lost Boundaries · Film · Arthur 'Art' Cooper
- 1948
- Miracle in Harlem · Film · Bert Hallam
- The Fight Never Ends · Film
- 1947
- Sepia Cinderella · Film · Patron
































