William Greaves

William Greaves

Deceased · Born: Oct 8, 1926 · Died: Aug 25, 2014

Personal Details

Born Oct 8, 1926 New York City, New York, USA

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.

Career

2000
Cinéma Vérité: Defining the Moment
1989
That's Black Entertainment
That's Black Entertainment as Host/Narrator
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1986
Black Power in America: Myth... or Reality?
Black Power in America: Myth... or Reality? as Narrator/Interviewer
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1949
Lost Boundaries
Lost Boundaries as Arthur 'Art' Cooper
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Souls of Sin
Souls of Sin as Isaiah 'Alabama' Lee
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1948
Miracle in Harlem
Miracle in Harlem as Bert Hallam
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2006
Discovering William Greaves
2005
Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take 2 1/2
1968
Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One
2005
Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take 2 1/2
Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take 2 1/2 as Director, Writer
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1989
That's Black Entertainment
That's Black Entertainment as Director
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1986
Black Power in America: Myth... or Reality?
Black Power in America: Myth... or Reality? as Director, Writer
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1975
The Fighters
The Fighters as Director
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1972
Nationtime - Gary
Nationtime - Gary as Director
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1971
The Voice of La Raza
The Voice of La Raza as Director
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1968
Still a Brother: Inside the Negro Middle Class
Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One
Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One as Director, Writer
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