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William Greaves

Personal Information

Known ForDirecting
GenderMale
Born / DiedOct 8, 1926 (Died at 88)
Zodiac Sign♎Libra
Place of BirthNew York City, New York, USA
Career Span1947 – 2014
Known Credits39 Titles
Official Links
DirectingPopularity Score 0.6

William Greaves

Total Works

39

38 movies • 1 shows

Avg Rating

6.3 / 10

across rated releases

Box Office

—

worldwide gross

Global Reach

#1

TMDB star index

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.

Signature Roles & Milestones

Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One
6.9
as Self - Director
Bustin' Loose
6.2
Bustin' Loose
1981•movie
Role: Executive Producer

Full Filmography & Credits

Showing 39 titles featuring William Greaves

Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One
6.9

as Self - Director

Bustin' Loose
6.2
Bustin' Loose
1981•movie

Role: Executive Producer

Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take 2½
5.9
Lost Boundaries
6.6
Lost Boundaries
1949•movie

as Arthur 'Art' Cooper

Sepia Cinderella
5.2
Sepia Cinderella
1947•movie

as Patron

Hollywood Black
3.0
4 eps
Hollywood Black
2024•series

as Self (archive footage)

Miracle in Harlem
7.5
Miracle in Harlem
1948•movie

as Bert Hallam

Souls of Sin
7.0
Souls of Sin
1949•movie

as Isaiah 'Alabama' Lee

Nationtime: Gary
8.0
Nationtime: Gary
1972•movie

Role: Writer

Trans Canada Summer
10.0

Role: Sound

The Fight Never Ends
8.0
Discovering William Greaves
7.0

as Self

The First World Festival of Negro Arts
7.0
That's Black Entertainment
7.0

as Host/Narrator

Black Power in America: Myth or Reality?
6.0

as Narrator/Interviewer

Black Journal: 26; Alice Coltrane
5.0

Role: Producer

Emergency Ward
7.0
Emergency Ward
1959•movie

Role: Director

Blood and Fire
9.0
Blood and Fire
1958•movie

Role: Editor

The Dikes
10.0
The Dikes
1955•movie

Role: Sound

From These Roots
8.0
From These Roots
1974•movie

Role: Director

The Fighters
8.0
The Fighters
1974•movie

Role: Editor

Ralph Bunche: An American Odyssey
9.0

Role: Editor

Voice of La Raza
8.0
Voice of La Raza
1971•movie

Role: Editor

Islands of the Frozen Sea
7.0

Role: Editor

Every Nigger Is a Star
1.0

Role: Cinematography

The Man Who Built Cambodia

as Self

Once Upon a Time in Harlem

as Self (archival footage)

Where Dreams Come True

Role: Director

The Marijuana Affair

Role: Director

Space For Women
Space For Women
1981•movie

Role: Director

Wealth of a Nation
Wealth of a Nation
1964•movie

Role: Editor

Ida B. Wells: A Passion for Justice

Role: Producer

In the Company of Men

Role: Director

Frederick Douglass: An American Life

Role: Director

Just Doin’ It (A Tale of Two Barbershops)

Role: Director of Photography

The Fight
The Fight
1974•movie

Role: Director

The Deep North
The Deep North
1988•movie

Role: Director

You've Got a Number

Role: Director