
William Greaves
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.
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Films
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TV Shows
20
Crew Credits
Known For
13 Credits
Sepia Cinderella
as Patron
1947

Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One
as Self - Director
1968

Souls of Sin
as Isaiah 'Alabama' Lee
1949

Miracle in Harlem
as Bert Hallam
1948

Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take 2½
as Self
2005

The First World Festival of Negro Arts
as Narrator
1966

Lost Boundaries
as Arthur 'Art' Cooper
1949

Discovering William Greaves
as Self
2006

Once Upon a Time in Harlem
as Self (archival footage)
2026

Black Power in America: Myth or Reality?
as Narrator/Interviewer
1986

The Man Who Built Cambodia
as Self
2017

That's Black Entertainment
as Host/Narrator
1989
Behind the Camera
20 Credits
Nationtime
Writer, Producer, Director
1972

The Fight
Director
1974

Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One
Director, Writer, Producer
1968

Frederick Douglass: An American Life
Director, Producer, Writer
1985

Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take 2½
Director, Writer, Producer
2005

The Fighters
Producer, Director
1974

The First World Festival of Negro Arts
Director, Producer, Writer
1966

Still A Brother: Inside the Negro Middle Class
Director, Producer
1968

The Marijuana Affair
Director, Writer, Producer
1975

Black Journal: 26; Alice Coltrane
Producer
1970

Voice of La Raza
Writer, Producer, Director
1971

Once Upon a Time in Harlem
Director
2026