William Greaves

William Greaves

b. 1926 — d. 2014 (aged 88) New York City, New York, USA
Director

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

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★ 7.4
Ralph Bunche: An American Odyssey
2001
The Voice of La Raza
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★ 8.2
The Voice of La Raza
1972
Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One
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★ 7.2
Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One
1968
Nationtime
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★ 7.2
Nationtime
1972

Filmography

Once Upon a Time in Harlem
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★ 7.3
Once Upon a Time in Harlem
2026 Director
Smoke and Weather
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Smoke and Weather
2025 Director Writer
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To Tell the Truth
2016 Self
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Blacklist: Recovering the Life of Canada Lee
2008 Actor
Interviewee
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Segregating the Greatest Generation
2006 Self
Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take 2 1/2
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★ 6.4
Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take 2 1/2
2005 Self Director Writer
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That's Black Entertainment
2002 Self
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The Black Experience in Cinema
2002 Self
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Television in America: An Autobiography
2002 Self
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★ 7.4
Ralph Bunche: An American Odyssey
2001 Director Writer
Cinéma Vérité: Defining the Moment
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★ 6.6
Cinéma Vérité: Defining the Moment
1999 Actor
That's Black Entertainment
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★ 7.8
That's Black Entertainment
1990 Director
American Experience
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★ 8.6
American Experience
1988 Director Writer
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★ 8.3
The Deep North
1988 Director
Black Power in America: Myth... or Reality?
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★ 8.2
Black Power in America: Myth... or Reality?
1987 Director Writer
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Frederick Douglass: An American Life
1985 Director Writer
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Where Dreams Come True
1979 Director Writer
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The Marijuana Affair
1975 Director
Every Nigger Is a Star
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★ 7.4
Every Nigger Is a Star
1974 Cinematographer
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★ 7.2
From These Roots
1974 Director
Ali the Fighter
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★ 7.0
Ali the Fighter
1973 Director
Nationtime
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★ 7.2
Nationtime
1972 Director Writer Cinematographer
The Voice of La Raza
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★ 8.2
The Voice of La Raza
1972 Director Writer Cinematographer
Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One
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★ 7.2
Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One
1968 Self Director Writer
Black Journal
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★ 6.7
Black Journal
1968 Self
Still a Brother: Inside the Negro Middle Class
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★ 7.4
Still a Brother: Inside the Negro Middle Class
1968 Director Cinematographer
Wealth of a Nation
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★ 6.8
Wealth of a Nation
1966 Director Writer
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NET Journal
1966 Director
Four Religions
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Four Religions
1960 Director Cinematographer
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High Arctic
1959 Writer
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The Candid Eye
1958 Director
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Putting It Straight
1957 Director
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The Settler
1952 Actor
Narrator
Souls of Sin
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★ 6.6
Souls of Sin
1949 Actor
Isaiah 'Alabama' Lee
Miracle in Harlem
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★ 6.0
Miracle in Harlem
1948 Actor
Bert Hallam
The Fight Never Ends
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★ 5.8
The Fight Never Ends
1948 Actor
Frankie
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William Greaves: Remembering an American Filmmaker
Self
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