William Greaves
Directing
Born 1926-10-08 · 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, 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
Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One
1968 · Movie
Miracle in Harlem
1948 · Movie
The Fight Never Ends
1948 · Movie
Souls of Sin
1949 · Movie
Discovering William Greaves
2006 · Movie
The First World Festival of Negro Arts
1966 · Movie
That's Black Entertainment
1989 · Movie
Once Upon a Time in Harlem
Releases Oct 16, 2026
The Man Who Built Cambodia
2017 · Movie
Black Power in America: Myth or Reality?
1986 · Movie
Lost Boundaries
1949 · Movie
Sepia Cinderella
1947 · Movie
Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take 2½
2005 · Movie