Director
William Greaves
100 years · New York City, New York, USA · 35 films
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.
Best known for
Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One
1968 · Self - Director, Director
Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take 2½
2005 · Self, Director
On Criterion Channel
Lost Boundaries
1949 · Arthur 'Art' Cooper
Sepia Cinderella
1947 · Patron
On Philo
Souls of Sin
1949 · Isaiah 'Alabama' Lee
On Philo
Miracle in Harlem
1948 · Bert Hallam
On Plex
Filmography 35
Once Upon a Time in Harlem
2026 · Self (archival footage), Director
The Man Who Built Cambodia
2017 · Self
Discovering William Greaves
2006 · Self
Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take 2½
2005 · Self, Director
On Criterion Channel
Ralph Bunche: An American Odyssey
2001 · Writer, Producer
On Kanopy
Ida B. Wells: A Passion for Justice
1989 · Producer, Director
On Kanopy
That's Black Entertainment
1989 · Host/Narrator, Director
The Deep North
1988 · Director, Producer
Black Power in America: Myth or Reality?
1986 · Narrator/Interviewer, Director
Frederick Douglass: An American Life
1985 · Director, Producer
Space For Women
1981 · Director, Producer
Where Dreams Come True
1979 · Director
Just Doin’ It (A Tale of Two Barbershops)
1976 · Director, Producer
The Marijuana Affair
1975 · Director, Producer
From These Roots
1974 · Director
The Fighters
1974 · Producer, Editor
The Fight
1974 · Director
You've Got a Number
1974 · Director
Nationtime: Gary
1972 · Writer, Producer
On Kanopy
Voice of La Raza
1971 · Writer, Producer
Black Journal: 26; Alice Coltrane
1970 · Producer
On Criterion Channel
In the Company of Men
1969 · Director
Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One
1968 · Self - Director, Director
Still A Brother: Inside the Negro Middle Class
1968 · Director, Producer