Known for
Directing
Credits
117
Gender
Man
Birthday
8 Oct 1926
Day of death
25 Aug 2014 (87)
Place of birth
New York City, New York, USA
Also known as
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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. Description above from the Wikipedia article William Greaves, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
Acting roles
Year | Movie / TV show / Other | Role |
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2017 | The Man Who Built Cambodia | Self |
2007 | Our Paul: Remembering Paul Robeson | Self |
2006 | Discovering William Greaves | Self |
2005 | Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take 2 ½ | Self |
1989 | That's Black Entertainment | Host/Narrator |
1986 | Black Power in America: Myth or Reality? | Narrator/Interviewer |
1968 | Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One | Self - Director |
1966 | The First World Festival of Negro Arts | Narrator |
1949 | Lost Boundaries | Arthur 'Art' Cooper |
1949 | Souls of Sin | Isaiah 'Alabama' Lee |
1948 | Miracle in Harlem | Bert Hallam |
1948 | The Fight Never Ends |
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