William Greaves

Personal Info

Known For

Directing

Known Credits

13

Gender

Male

Birthday

1926-10-08

Day of death

2014-08-25 (87 years old)

Place of Birth

New York City, New York, USA

William Greaves

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

  • Black Power in America: Myth or Reality?

    Black Power in America: Myth or Reality?

  • Sepia Cinderella

    Sepia Cinderella

  • Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One

    Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One

  • Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take 2½

    Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take 2½

  • Miracle in Harlem

    Miracle in Harlem

  • Lost Boundaries

    Lost Boundaries

  • That's Black Entertainment

    That's Black Entertainment

  • Souls of Sin

    Souls of Sin

  • The Man Who Built Cambodia

    The Man Who Built Cambodia

  • The Fight Never Ends

    The Fight Never Ends

  • The First World Festival of Negro Arts

    The First World Festival of Negro Arts

  • Discovering William Greaves

    Discovering William Greaves

  • Our Paul: Remembering Paul Robeson

    Our Paul: Remembering Paul Robeson