Personal Info
Known For
Directing
Born
October 8, 1926
Died
August 25, 2014 (age 87)
Place of Birth
New York City, New York, USA
William Greaves
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.
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Known For
Film
Sepia Cinderella
Patron
1947
Film
Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One
Self - Director
1968
Film
Lost Boundaries
Arthur 'Art' Cooper
1949
Film
Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take 2½
Self
2005
Film
Souls of Sin
Isaiah 'Alabama' Lee
1949
Film
Black Power in America: Myth or Reality?
Narrator/Interviewer
1986
Film
Our Paul: Remembering Paul Robeson
Self
2007
Film
The First World Festival of Negro Arts
Narrator
1966
Film
Miracle in Harlem
Bert Hallam
1948
Film
The Fight Never Ends
1948
Film
Once Upon a Time in Harlem
Self (archival footage)
2026
Film
The Man Who Built Cambodia
Self
2017
Film
Discovering William Greaves
Self
2006
Film
That's Black Entertainment
Host/Narrator
1989
Filmography
2026FilmOnce Upon a Time in Harlemas Self (archival footage)2017FilmThe Man Who Built Cambodiaas Self2007FilmOur Paul: Remembering Paul Robesonas Self2006FilmDiscovering William Greavesas Self2005FilmSymbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take 2½as Self1989FilmThat's Black Entertainmentas Host/Narrator1986FilmBlack Power in America: Myth or Reality?as Narrator/Interviewer1968FilmSymbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take Oneas Self - Director1966FilmThe First World Festival of Negro Artsas Narrator1949FilmSouls of Sinas Isaiah 'Alabama' Lee1949FilmLost Boundariesas Arthur 'Art' Cooper1948FilmMiracle in Harlemas Bert Hallam1948FilmThe Fight Never Ends1947FilmSepia Cinderellaas Patron