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Director
William Greaves
- Born October 8, 1926 in New York City, New York, USA
- Died August 25, 2014
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
Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One1968
Bustin' Loose1981
Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take 2½2005
Lost Boundaries1949
Sepia Cinderella1947
Miracle in Harlem1948
Souls of Sin1949
Nationtime: Gary1972
Filmography
- 2026Once Upon a Time in HarlemFilmSelf (archival footage), Director
- 2024Hollywood BlackSeriesSelf (archive footage)
- 2017The Man Who Built CambodiaFilmSelf
- 2007Our Paul: Remembering Paul RobesonFilmSelf
- 2006Discovering William GreavesFilmSelf
- 2005Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take 2½FilmSelf, Director, Writer, Producer
- 2001Ralph Bunche: An American OdysseyFilmWriter, Producer, Editor, Director
- 1989That's Black EntertainmentFilmHost/Narrator, Director
- 1989Ida B. Wells: A Passion for JusticeFilmProducer, Director, Writer
- 1988The Best of Black JournalFilmDirector
- 1988The Deep NorthFilmDirector, Producer
- 1986Black Power in America: Myth or Reality?FilmNarrator/Interviewer, Camera Operator, Director, Producer, Editor, Writer, Cinematography
- 1985Frederick Douglass: An American LifeFilmDirector, Producer, Writer, Editor
- 1984Fighter for Freedom: The Frederick Douglass StoryFilmDirector, Producer, Screenplay
- 1982Booker T. Washington: The Life and the LegacyFilmDirector of Photography, Producer, Writer, Editor, Cinematography, Sound, Director
- 1981Bustin' LooseFilmExecutive Producer
- 1981Space For WomenFilmDirector, Producer, Writer
- 1979Where Dreams Come TrueFilmDirector
- 1976Just Doin’ It (A Tale of Two Barbershops)FilmDirector, Producer, Writer, Editor, Director of Photography
- 1975The Marijuana AffairFilmDirector, Producer, Writer, Editor
- 1974From These RootsFilmDirector
- 1974The FightersFilmProducer, Editor, Director
- 1974Every Nigger Is a StarFilmCinematography
- 1974Whose Standard English?FilmDirector
- 1974The FightFilmDirector
- 1974You've Got a NumberFilmDirector
- 1972Nationtime: GaryFilmWriter, Producer, Editor, Director, Cinematography
- 1972On MeritFilmDirector
- 1971Voice of La RazaFilmWriter, Producer, Cinematography, Editor, Director
- 1970Black Journal: 26; Alice ColtraneFilmProducer
- 1970Black Journal: 23; New-ArkFilmProducer
- 1969In the Company of MenFilmDirector
- 1969Black Journal: 9FilmDirector
- 1969Black Journal: 18FilmDirector
- 1968Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take OneFilmSelf - Director, Director, Writer, Editor, Producer
- 1968Still A Brother: Inside the Negro Middle ClassFilmDirector, Producer, Cinematography, Editor
- 1968Black JournalSeriesExecutive Producer
- 1966The First World Festival of Negro ArtsFilmNarrator, Director, Producer, Sound, Writer, Cinematography, Editor
- 1964Wealth of a NationFilmEditor, Director, Writer, Producer
- 1960Four ReligionsFilmCinematography, Editor, Director
- 1959Emergency WardFilmDirector, Editor
- 1959High ArcticFilmWriter, Editor
- 1958Trans Canada SummerFilmSound, Editor
- 1958Blood and FireFilmEditor
- 1958Smoke and WeatherFilmEditor, Producer, Writer, Director
- 1958Islands of the Frozen SeaFilmEditor
- 1958StigmaFilmEditor
- 1957Putting It StraightFilmDirector
- 1957Profile of a Problem DrinkerFilmEditor
- 1955The DikesFilmSound
- 1955Bush DoctorFilmSound
- 1949Lost BoundariesFilmArthur 'Art' Cooper
- 1949Souls of SinFilmIsaiah 'Alabama' Lee
- 1948Miracle in HarlemFilmBert Hallam
- 1948The Fight Never EndsFilm
- 1947Sepia CinderellaFilmPatron