William Greaves
Gender: Male
Birthday: 1926-10-08 - 2014-08-25
Place of Birth: New York City, New York, USA
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.
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Known For
2024Hollywood Black
2026Once Upon a Time in Harlem
1968Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One
1948Miracle in Harlem
1986Black Power in America: Myth or Reality?
1947Sepia Cinderella
2005Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take 2½
1949Lost Boundaries
2017The Man Who Built Cambodia
1966The First World Festival of Negro Arts
1948The Fight Never Ends
Our Paul: Remembering Paul Robeson
1989That's Black Entertainment
2006Discovering William Greaves
1949