
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.
2026Once Upon a Time in HarlemMovieas Self (archival footage) · Director
2024Hollywood BlackTV showas Self (archive footage) · 4 episodes
2017The Man Who Built CambodiaMovieas Self
2006Discovering William GreavesMovieas Self
2005Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take 2½Movieas Self · Director · Writer · Producer
2001Ralph Bunche: An American OdysseyMovieWriter · Editor · Producer · Director
1989Ida B. Wells: A Passion for JusticeMovieProducer · Director · Writer
1989That's Black EntertainmentMovieas Host/Narrator · Director
1988The Deep NorthMovieDirector · Producer
1986Black Power in America: Myth or Reality?Movieas Narrator/Interviewer · Camera Operator · Director · Writer · Producer · Editor · Cinematography
1985Frederick Douglass: An American LifeMovieProducer · Editor · Director · Writer
1981Space For WomenMovieDirector · Producer · Writer
1981Bustin' LooseMovieExecutive Producer
1979Where Dreams Come TrueMovieDirector
1976Just Doin’ It (A Tale of Two Barbershops)MovieProducer · Director of Photography · Writer · Editor · Director
1975The Marijuana AffairMovieDirector · Producer · Editor · Writer
1974From These RootsMovieDirector
1974The FightersMovieEditor · Producer · Director
1974Every Nigger Is a StarMovieCinematography
1974The FightMovieDirector
1974You've Got a NumberMovieDirector
1972Nationtime: GaryMovieProducer · Editor · Writer · Director · Cinematography
1971Voice of La RazaMovieWriter · Cinematography · Editor · Producer · Director
1970Black Journal: 26; Alice ColtraneMovieProducer
1969In the Company of MenMovieDirector
1968Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take OneMovieas Self - Director · Director · Editor · Writer · Producer
1968Still A Brother: Inside the Negro Middle ClassMovieDirector · Editor · Cinematography · Producer
1966The First World Festival of Negro ArtsMovieas Narrator · Director · Sound · Producer · Editor · Cinematography · Writer
1964Wealth of a NationMovieEditor · Director · Producer · Writer
1959Emergency WardMovieDirector · Editor
1958Blood and FireMovieEditor
1958Trans Canada SummerMovieSound · Editor
1958Islands of the Frozen SeaMovieEditor
1955The DikesMovieSound
1949Souls of SinMovieas Isaiah 'Alabama' Lee
1949Lost BoundariesMovieas Arthur 'Art' Cooper
1948Miracle in HarlemMovieas Bert Hallam
1948The Fight Never EndsMovie
1947Sepia CinderellaMovieas Patron