William Greaves
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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- Born:
- Oct 8, 1926 In New York City, New York, USA
- Movie/TV Credits:
- 11
- First Appeared:
- In the movie Miracle in Harlem 1948-11-29
- Latest Project:
- Movie Cloverdance Romance 2022-04-07
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | Cloverdance Romance | Will | 2022-04-07 |
| Movie | Columns | Mr. Matthews/Waiter | 2021-06-24 |
| Movie | Discovering William Greaves | Self | 2006-12-06 |
| Movie | Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take 2 ½ | Self | 2005-01-20 |
| Movie | That's Black Entertainment | Host/Narrator | 1989-01-01 |
| Movie | Black Power in America: Myth or Reality? | Narrator/Interviewer | 1986-01-01 |
| Movie | Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One | Self - Director | 1968-10-28 |
| Movie | The First World Festival of Negro Arts | Narrator | 1966-01-01 |
| Movie | Lost Boundaries | Arthur 'Art' Cooper | 1949-07-02 |
| Movie | Souls of Sin | Isaiah 'Alabama' Lee | 1949-12-25 |
| Movie | Miracle in Harlem | Bert Hallam | 1948-11-29 |