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 ga...
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.
Known for
Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One1971 · Self - Director3.4
Bustin' Loose1981 · Executive Producer3.1
Trans Canada Summer1958 · Sound, Editor5.0
The Dikes1955 · Sound5.0
Lost Boundaries1949 · Arthur 'Art' Cooper3.3
Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take 2½2005 · Self3.0
Miracle in Harlem1948 · Bert Hallam3.8
Blood and Fire1958 · Editor4.5Cast credits
Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One1971 · Self - Director3.4Lost Boundaries1949 · Arthur 'Art' Cooper3.3Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take 2½2005 · Self3.0Miracle in Harlem1948 · Bert Hallam3.8
Souls of Sin1949 · Isaiah 'Alabama' Lee3.5
The Fight Never Ends1948 · Cast4.0
Sepia Cinderella1947 · Patron2.6
Discovering William Greaves2006 · Self3.5
That's Black Entertainment1989 · Host/Narrator3.5
The First World Festival of Negro Arts1966 · Narrator3.5
Black Power in America: Myth or Reality?1986 · Narrator/Interviewer3.0
Once Upon a Time in Harlem2026 · Self (archival footage)
The Man Who Built Cambodia2017 · SelfOOur Paul: Remembering Paul Robeson2007 · SelfCrew credits
Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One1971 · Director, Writer, Editor, Producer3.4Bustin' Loose1981 · Executive Producer3.1Trans Canada Summer1958 · Sound, Editor5.0The Dikes1955 · Sound5.0Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take 2½2005 · Director, Writer, Producer3.0Blood and Fire1958 · Editor4.5
Nationtime: Gary1972 · Writer, Producer, Editor, Director4.0
The Fighters1974 · Editor, Producer, Director4.0
Voice of La Raza1971 · Editor, Writer, Cinematography, Producer4.0
From These Roots1974 · Director4.0
Still A Brother: Inside the Negro Middle Class1968 · Director, Producer, Editor, Cinematography3.5
Islands of the Frozen Sea1958 · Editor3.5RRalph Bunche: An American Odyssey2001 · Editor, Writer, Producer, Director4.5That's Black Entertainment1989 · Director3.5The First World Festival of Negro Arts1966 · Director, Producer, Sound, Writer3.5PPutting It Straight1957 · Director4.5
Emergency Ward1959 · Director, Editor3.5FFour Religions1960 · Editor, Cinematography, Director4.5