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William Greaves

Directing·Oct 8, 1926·New York City, New York, USA

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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.

Film	Credit
Once Upon a Time in Harlem2026 · Director	Director
Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take 2½2005 · Director, Writer, Producer	Director, Writer, Producer
RRalph Bunche: An American Odyssey2001 · Writer, Producer, Director	Writer, Producer, Director
Ida B. Wells: A Passion for Justice1989 · Producer, Director, Writer	Producer, Director, Writer
That's Black Entertainment1989 · Host/Narrator, Director	Host/Narrator, Director
TThe Deep North1988 · Director, Producer	Director, Producer
TThe Best of Black Journal1988 · Director	Director
Black Power in America: Myth or Reality?1986 · Narrator/Interviewer, Director, Writer, Producer	Narrator/Interviewer, Director, Writer, Producer
Frederick Douglass: An American Life1985 · Producer, Director, Writer	Producer, Director, Writer
FFighter for Freedom: The Frederick Douglass Story1984 · Director, Producer, Screenplay	Director, Producer, Screenplay
BBooker T. Washington: The Life and the Legacy1982 · Writer, Director of Photography, Producer, Director	Writer, Director of Photography, Producer, Director
SSpace For Women1981 · Director, Producer, Writer	Director, Producer, Writer
WWhere Dreams Come True1979 · Director	Director
Just Doin’ It (A Tale of Two Barbershops)1976 · Producer, Director of Photography, Writer, Director	Producer, Director of Photography, Writer, Director
The Marijuana Affair1975 · Director, Producer, Writer	Director, Producer, Writer
From These Roots1974 · Director	Director
The Fighters1974 · Producer, Director	Producer, Director
WWhose Standard English?1974 · Director	Director
The Fight1974 · Director	Director
Nationtime: Gary1972 · Producer, Writer, Director	Producer, Writer, Director
OOn Merit1972 · Director	Director
Voice of La Raza1971 · Writer, Producer, Director	Writer, Producer, Director
BBlack Journal: 181969 · Director	Director
BBlack Journal: 91969 · Director	Director
In the Company of Men1969 · Director	Director
Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One1968 · Director, Writer, Producer	Director, Writer, Producer
Still A Brother: Inside the Negro Middle Class1968 · Director, Producer	Director, Producer
The First World Festival of Negro Arts1966 · Narrator, Director, Producer, Writer	Narrator, Director, Producer, Writer
Wealth of a Nation1964 · Director, Producer, Writer	Director, Producer, Writer
FFour Religions1960 · Director	Director
Emergency Ward1959 · Director	Director
SSmoke and Weather1958 · Producer, Writer, Director	Producer, Writer, Director
PPutting It Straight1957 · Director	Director