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William Greaves

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William Greaves

Born October 8, 1926 in New York City, New York, USADied August 25, 201433 films

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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Filmography

33 films as director
  1. 2026Once Upon a Time in HarlemDirector
  2. 2005Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take 2½Director
  3. 2001Ralph Bunche: An American OdysseyDirector
  4. 1989Ida B. Wells: A Passion for JusticeDirector
  5. 1989That's Black EntertainmentDirector
  6. 1988The Deep NorthDirector
  7. 1988The Best of Black JournalDirector
  8. 1986Black Power in America: Myth or Reality?Director
  9. 1985Frederick Douglass: An American LifeDirector
  10. 1984Fighter for Freedom: The Frederick Douglass StoryDirector
  11. 1982Booker T. Washington: The Life and the LegacyDirector
  12. 1981Space For WomenDirector
  13. 1979Where Dreams Come TrueDirector
  14. 1976Just Doin’ It (A Tale of Two Barbershops)Director
  15. 1975The Marijuana AffairDirector
  16. 1974From These RootsDirector
  17. 1974The FightersDirector
  18. 1974Whose Standard English?Director
  19. 1974The FightDirector
  20. 1972Nationtime: GaryDirector
  21. 1972On MeritDirector
  22. 1971Voice of La RazaDirector
  23. 1969Black Journal: 18Director
  24. 1969Black Journal: 9Director
  25. 1969In the Company of MenDirector
  26. 1968Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take OneDirector
  27. 1968Still A Brother: Inside the Negro Middle ClassDirector
  28. 1966The First World Festival of Negro ArtsDirector
  29. 1964Wealth of a NationDirector
  30. 1960Four ReligionsDirector
  31. 1959Emergency WardDirector
  32. 1958Smoke and WeatherDirector
  33. 1957Putting It StraightDirector