William Greaves
Directing
15
Acting Credits
33
Directed
Biography
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,...
Known For
Filmography
Once Upon a Time in Harlem
2026
as Self (archival footage)
Hollywood Black
2024
as Self (archive footage)
The Man Who Built Cambodia
2017
as Self
Our Paul: Remembering Paul Robeson
2007
as Self
Discovering William Greaves
2006
as Self
Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take 2½
2005
as Self
That's Black Entertainment
1989
as Host/Narrator
Black Power in America: Myth or Reality?
1986
as Narrator/Interviewer
Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One
1968
as Self - Director
The First World Festival of Negro Arts
1966
as Narrator
Souls of Sin
1949
as Isaiah 'Alabama' Lee
Lost Boundaries
1949
as Arthur 'Art' Cooper
Miracle in Harlem
1948
as Bert Hallam
The Fight Never Ends
1948
Sepia Cinderella
1947
as Patron