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William Greaves
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1926Born, New York City
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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.
Known for
Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take OneDirector
Bustin' LooseExecutive Producer
Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take 2½Director
Lost BoundariesArthur 'Art' Cooper
Sepia CinderellaPatron2005Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take 2½Director · Writer · ProducerMovie
2001Ralph Bunche: An American OdysseyWriter · Editor · Producer · DirectorMovie
1989Ida B. Wells: A Passion for JusticeProducer · Director · WriterMovie
1989That's Black EntertainmentHost/Narrator · DirectorMovie
1988The Deep NorthDirector · ProducerMovie
1988The Best of Black JournalDirectorMovie
1986Black Power in America: Myth or Reality?Narrator/Interviewer · Camera Operator · Director · Writer · Producer · Editor · CinematographyMovie
1985Frederick Douglass: An American LifeProducer · Editor · Director · WriterMovie
1984Fighter for Freedom: The Frederick Douglass StoryDirector · Producer · ScreenplayMovie
1982Booker T. Washington: The Life and the LegacyWriter · Cinematography · Director of Photography · Producer · Editor · Sound · DirectorMovie
1981Space For WomenDirector · Producer · WriterMovie
1981Bustin' LooseExecutive ProducerMovie
1979Where Dreams Come TrueDirectorMovie
1976Just Doin’ It (A Tale of Two Barbershops)Producer · Director of Photography · Writer · Editor · DirectorMovie
1975The Marijuana AffairDirector · Producer · Editor · WriterMovie
1974From These RootsDirectorMovie
1974The FightersEditor · Producer · DirectorMovie
1974Every Nigger Is a StarCinematographyMovie
1974Whose Standard English?DirectorMovie
1974The FightDirectorMovie
1974You've Got a NumberDirectorMovie
1972Nationtime: GaryProducer · Editor · Writer · Director · CinematographyMovie
1972On MeritDirectorMovie
1971Voice of La RazaWriter · Cinematography · Editor · Producer · DirectorMovie
1970Black Journal: 26; Alice ColtraneProducerMovie
1970Black Journal: 23; New-ArkProducerMovie
1969Black Journal: 18DirectorMovie
1969Black Journal: 9DirectorMovie
1969In the Company of MenDirectorMovie
1968Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take OneDirector · Editor · Writer · ProducerMovie
1968Black JournalExecutive Producer · 1 episodeShow
1968Still A Brother: Inside the Negro Middle ClassDirector · Editor · Cinematography · ProducerMovie
1966The First World Festival of Negro ArtsNarrator · Director · Sound · Producer · Editor · Cinematography · WriterMovie
1964Wealth of a NationEditor · Director · Producer · WriterMovie
1960Four ReligionsEditor · Cinematography · DirectorMovie
1959Emergency WardDirector · EditorMovie
1959High ArcticWriter · EditorMovie
1958Blood and FireEditorMovie
1958Smoke and WeatherEditor · Producer · Writer · DirectorMovie
1958Trans Canada SummerSound · EditorMovie
1958Islands of the Frozen SeaEditorMovie
1958StigmaEditorMovie
1957Profile of a Problem DrinkerEditorMovie
1957Putting It StraightDirectorMovie
1955Bush DoctorSoundMovie
1955The DikesSoundMovie
1949Souls of SinIsaiah 'Alabama' LeeMovie
1949Lost BoundariesArthur 'Art' CooperMovie
1948Miracle in HarlemBert HallamMovie
1948The Fight Never EndsMovie
1947Sepia CinderellaPatronMovie
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