Directing · New York City, New York, USA · Born October 8, 1926
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.
MovieOnce Upon a Time in Harlem
2026
as Self (archival footage)
TVHollywood Black
2024
as Self (archive footage)
MovieThe Man Who Built Cambodia
2017
as Self
Our Paul: Remembering Paul Robeson
2007
as Self
MovieDiscovering William Greaves
2006
as Self
MovieSymbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take 2½
2005
as Self
MovieThat's Black Entertainment
1989
as Host/Narrator
MovieBlack Power in America: Myth or Reality?
1986
as Narrator/Interviewer
MovieSymbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One
1968
as Self - Director
MovieThe First World Festival of Negro Arts
1966
as Narrator
MovieSouls of Sin
1949
as Isaiah 'Alabama' Lee
MovieLost Boundaries
1949
as Arthur 'Art' Cooper
MovieMiracle in Harlem
1948
as Bert Hallam
MovieThe Fight Never Ends
1948
MovieSepia Cinderella
1947
as Patron
