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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:
9
First Appeared:
In the movie Miracle in Harlem 1948-11-29
Latest Project:
Movie Discovering William Greaves 2006-12-06
Known For
Poster of Discovering William Greaves
Poster of That's Black Entertainment
Poster of The First World Festival of Negro Arts
Poster of Souls of Sin
Filmography
Movie Discovering William Greaves Self 2006-12-06
Movie Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take 2 ½ Himself 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 Himself / 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