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.

Filmography of William Greaves

  • Once Upon a Time in Harlem (2026)
  • Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take 2½ (2005)
  • That's Black Entertainment (1989)
  • Ida B. Wells: A Passion for Justice (1989)
  • Black Power in America: Myth or Reality? (1986)
  • Frederick Douglass: An American Life (1985)
  • Just Doin’ It (A Tale of Two Barbershops) (1976)
  • The Marijuana Affair (1975)
  • From These Roots (1974)
  • The Fighters (1974)
  • The Fight (1974)
  • Nationtime: Gary (1972)
  • Voice of La Raza (1971)
  • In the Company of Men (1969)
  • Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One (1968)
  • Still A Brother: Inside the Negro Middle Class (1968)
  • The First World Festival of Negro Arts (1966)
  • Wealth of a Nation (1964)
  • Emergency Ward (1959)