William Greaves
AKA:
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1926-10-08
New York City, New York, USA
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.
Crew Roles
Where Dreams Come True
Director
The Marijuana Affair
Director
Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take 2½
Director
Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One
Director
The Marijuana Affair
Producer
The Marijuana Affair
Editor
Black Journal: 26; Alice Coltrane
Producer
The Marijuana Affair
Writer
Still A Brother: Inside the Negro Middle Class
Director
Emergency Ward
Director
Space For Women
Director
Space For Women
Producer
Space For Women
Writer
Fighter for Freedom: The Frederick Douglass Story
Director
Fighter for Freedom: The Frederick Douglass Story
Producer
Fighter for Freedom: The Frederick Douglass Story
Screenplay
Blood and Fire
Editor
Emergency Ward
Editor
The First World Festival of Negro Arts
Director
The Dikes
Sound
Wealth of a Nation
Editor
Wealth of a Nation
Director
From These Roots
Director
Voice of La Raza
Writer
Voice of La Raza
Cinematography
Nationtime
Producer
The Fighters
Editor
Ralph Bunche: An American Odyssey
Writer
Black Power in America: Myth or Reality?
Camera Operator
Ida B. Wells: A Passion for Justice
Producer
Still A Brother: Inside the Negro Middle Class
Editor
Nationtime
Editor
The Fighters
Producer
Ralph Bunche: An American Odyssey
Editor
Still A Brother: Inside the Negro Middle Class
Cinematography
Smoke and Weather
Editor
High Arctic
Writer
Still A Brother: Inside the Negro Middle Class
Producer
Nationtime
Writer
Ralph Bunche: An American Odyssey
Producer
Booker T. Washington: The Life and the Legacy
Writer
Four Religions
Editor
Booker T. Washington: The Life and the Legacy
Cinematography
Four Religions
Cinematography
The First World Festival of Negro Arts
Sound
Booker T. Washington: The Life and the Legacy
Director of Photography
Booker T. Washington: The Life and the Legacy
Producer
Smoke and Weather
Producer
Booker T. Washington: The Life and the Legacy
Editor
Voice of La Raza
Editor
The First World Festival of Negro Arts
Producer
Voice of La Raza
Producer
High Arctic
Editor
Trans Canada Summer
Sound
Bush Doctor
Sound
Booker T. Washington: The Life and the Legacy
Sound
That's Black Entertainment
Director
Ralph Bunche: An American Odyssey
Director
The Fighters
Director
Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One
Editor
Voice of La Raza
Director
Trans Canada Summer
Editor
Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take 2½
Writer
Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One
Writer
Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take 2½
Producer
Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One
Producer
In the Company of Men
Director
Islands of the Frozen Sea
Editor
Nationtime
Director
Profile of a Problem Drinker
Editor
Bustin' Loose
Executive Producer
Every Nigger Is a Star
Cinematography
The First World Festival of Negro Arts
Editor
Wealth of a Nation
Producer
The First World Festival of Negro Arts
Cinematography
Wealth of a Nation
Writer
The First World Festival of Negro Arts
Writer
Frederick Douglass: An American Life
Producer
Frederick Douglass: An American Life
Editor
Frederick Douglass: An American Life
Director
Frederick Douglass: An American Life
Writer
Nationtime
Cinematography
Black Journal: 23; New-Ark
Producer
Ida B. Wells: A Passion for Justice
Director
Smoke and Weather
Writer
Ida B. Wells: A Passion for Justice
Writer
On Merit
Director
Putting It Straight
Director
Four Religions
Director
Smoke and Weather
Director
Whose Standard English?
Director
The Best of Black Journal
Director
Black Power in America: Myth or Reality?
Director
Just Doin’ It (A Tale of Two Barbershops)
Producer
Just Doin’ It (A Tale of Two Barbershops)
Director of Photography
Just Doin’ It (A Tale of Two Barbershops)
Writer
Just Doin’ It (A Tale of Two Barbershops)
Editor
Just Doin’ It (A Tale of Two Barbershops)
Director
Black Power in America: Myth or Reality?
Writer
Black Power in America: Myth or Reality?
Producer
Black Power in America: Myth or Reality?
Editor
Black Power in America: Myth or Reality?
Cinematography
The Fight
Director
The Deep North
Director
Black Journal: 9
Director
Black Journal: 18
Director
Booker T. Washington: The Life and the Legacy
Director
Once Upon a Time in Harlem
Director
The Deep North
Producer
Executive Producer
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