William Greaves
October 8 1926 – August 25 2014- Place of birth: New York City, New York, USA
- Gender: Male
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.
Latest roles
The Man Who Built Cambodia
Self
Our Paul: Remembering Paul Robeson
Self
Discovering William Greaves
Self
Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take 2½
Self
That's Black Entertainment
Host/Narrator
Black Power in America: Myth or Reality?
Narrator/Interviewer
Symbiopsychotaxiplasm
Self - Director
The First World Festival of Negro Arts
Narrator
Souls of Sin
Isaiah 'Alabama' Lee
Lost Boundaries
Arthur 'Art' Cooper
Producing credits
Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take 2½
Director, Writer, Producer
Ralph Bunche: An American Odyssey
Writer, Producer, Editor, Director
Ida B. Wells: A Passion for Justice
Producer, Director, Writer
That's Black Entertainment
Director
The Best of Black Journal
Director
Black Power in America: Myth or Reality?
Camera Operator, Director, Producer, Editor, Writer, Cinematography
Frederick Douglass: An American Life
Director, Producer, Writer, Editor
Fighter for Freedom: The Frederick Douglass Story
Director, Producer, Screenplay
Booker T. Washington: The Life and the Legacy
Director of Photography, Producer, Writer, Editor, Cinematography, Sound
Space For Women
Director, Producer, Writer
William Greaves's Images
