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William Greaves

William Greaves

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.

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Filmography
Once Upon a Time in Harlem poster
Once Upon a Time in Harlem
2026 • Self (archival footage)
The Man Who Built Cambodia poster
The Man Who Built Cambodia
2017 • Self
No Image
Our Paul: Remembering Paul Robeson
2007 • Self
Discovering William Greaves poster
Discovering William Greaves
2006 • Self
Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take 2½ poster
Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take 2½
2005 • Self
That's Black Entertainment poster
That's Black Entertainment
1989 • Host/Narrator
Black Power in America: Myth or Reality? poster
Black Power in America: Myth or Reality?
1986 • Narrator/Interviewer
Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One poster
Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One
1968 • Self - Director
The First World Festival of Negro Arts poster
The First World Festival of Negro Arts
1966 • Narrator
Souls of Sin poster
Souls of Sin
1949 • Isaiah 'Alabama' Lee
Lost Boundaries poster
Lost Boundaries
1949 • Arthur 'Art' Cooper
Miracle in Harlem poster
Miracle in Harlem
1948 • Bert Hallam
The Fight Never Ends poster
The Fight Never Ends
1948
Sepia Cinderella poster
Sepia Cinderella
1947 • Patron