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William Greaves
New York City, New York, USA
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,…
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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
Movies and shows, newest first
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2026
Once Upon a Time in Harlem
Movie Self (archival footage)
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2024
Hollywood Black
TV show Self (archive footage)
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2017
The Man Who Built Cambodia
Movie Self
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2007
Our Paul: Remembering Paul Robeson
Movie Self
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2006
Discovering William Greaves
Movie Self
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2005
Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take 2½
Movie Self
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2001
Ralph Bunche: An American Odyssey
Movie Writer
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1989
Ida B. Wells: A Passion for Justice
Movie Producer
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1989
That's Black Entertainment
Movie Host/Narrator
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1988
The Deep North
Movie Director
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1988
The Best of Black Journal
Movie Director
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1986
Black Power in America: Myth or Reality?
Movie Narrator/Interviewer
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1985
Frederick Douglass: An American Life
Movie Producer
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1984
Fighter for Freedom: The Frederick Douglass Story
Movie Director
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1982
Booker T. Washington: The Life and the Legacy
Movie Writer
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1981
Space For Women
Movie Director
More credits
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1981
Bustin' Loose
Movie Executive Producer
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1979
Where Dreams Come True
Movie Director
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1976
Just Doin’ It (A Tale of Two Barbershops)
Movie Producer
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1975
The Marijuana Affair
Movie Director
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1974
From These Roots
Movie Director
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1974
The Fighters
Movie Editor
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1974
The Fight
Movie Director
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1974
Every Nigger Is a Star
Movie Cinematography
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1974
Whose Standard English?
Movie Director
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1972
Nationtime: Gary
Movie Producer
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1972
On Merit
Movie Director
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1971
Voice of La Raza
Movie Writer
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1970
Black Journal: 26; Alice Coltrane
Movie Producer
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1970
Black Journal: 23; New-Ark
Movie Producer
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1969
Black Journal: 18
Movie Director
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1969
Black Journal: 9
Movie Director
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1969
In the Company of Men
Movie Director
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1968
Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One
Movie Self - Director
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1968
Black Journal
TV show Executive Producer
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1968
Still A Brother: Inside the Negro Middle Class
Movie Director
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1966
The First World Festival of Negro Arts
Movie Narrator
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1964
Wealth of a Nation
Movie Editor
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1960
Four Religions
Movie Editor
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1959
Emergency Ward
Movie Director
