Acting credits
14
Active
Consistent number of acting credits.
Actor
William Greaves
Directing
Career Snapshot
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Movies: 33Series: 1Crew credits: 26
TMDB ID: 131468
IMDb ID: nm0337348
Known for: Directing
Born: October 8, 1926
Died: August 25, 2014
Age: 87
Place of birth: New York City, New York, USA
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1947 - 2026
Years active: 80
Average TMDB rating: 6.55
Wikidata: Q8010139
Other jobs
Director (12)Editor (5)Producer (2)Sound (2)Camera Operator (1)Cinematography (1)Director of Photography (1)Executive Producer (1)
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.
Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with William Greaves.
Oct 16
as Self (archival footage)
Once Upon a Time in Harlem
2026 • Movie
as Self
The Man Who Built Cambodia
2017 • Movie
as Self
Discovering William Greaves
2006 • Movie
as Self
Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take 2½
2005 • Movie
Producer
Ida B. Wells: A Passion for Justice
1989 • Movie
as Host/Narrator
That's Black Entertainment
1989 • Movie
as Narrator/Interviewer
Black Power in America: Myth or Reality?
1986 • Movie
Director
Frederick Douglass: An American Life
1985 • Movie
Executive Producer
Bustin' Loose
1981 • Movie
Director of Photography
Just Doin’ It (A Tale of Two Barbershops)
1976 • Movie
Director
The Marijuana Affair
1975 • Movie
Director
From These Roots
1974 • Movie
Editor
The Fighters
1974 • Movie
Cinematography
Every Nigger Is a Star
1974 • Movie
Director
The Fight
1974 • Movie
Writer
Nationtime: Gary
1972 • Movie
Editor
Voice of La Raza
1971 • Movie
Producer
Black Journal: 26; Alice Coltrane
1970 • Movie
Director
In the Company of Men
1969 • Movie
as Self - Director
Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One
1968 • Movie
Director
Still A Brother: Inside the Negro Middle Class
1968 • Movie
as Narrator
The First World Festival of Negro Arts
1966 • Movie
Editor
Wealth of a Nation
1964 • Movie
Director
Emergency Ward
1959 • Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with William Greaves.
