William Greaves
Directing • AGE 87
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 directe...
Filmography
Once Upon a Time in Harlem
Self (archival footage)
2026
Hollywood Black
Self (archive footage)
2024
The Man Who Built Cambodia
Self
2017
Discovering William Greaves
Self
2006
Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take 2½
Self
2005
Ida B. Wells: A Passion for Justice
Producer
1989
That's Black Entertainment
Host/Narrator
1989
Black Power in America: Myth or Reality?
Narrator/Interviewer
1986
Frederick Douglass: An American Life
Producer
1985
Bustin' Loose
Executive Producer
1981
Just Doin’ It (A Tale of Two Barbershops)
Producer
1976
The Marijuana Affair
Director
1975
From These Roots
Director
1974
The Fighters
Editor
1974
Every Nigger Is a Star
Cinematography
1974
The Fight
Director
1974
Nationtime
Producer
1972
Voice of La Raza
Writer
1971
Black Journal: 26; Alice Coltrane
Producer
1970
In the Company of Men
Director
1969
Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One
Self - Director
1968
Still A Brother: Inside the Negro Middle Class
Director
1968
The First World Festival of Negro Arts
Narrator
1966
Wealth of a Nation
Editor
1964
Emergency Ward
Director
1959
Blood and Fire
Editor
1958
Trans Canada Summer
Sound
1958
Islands of the Frozen Sea
Editor
1958
The Dikes
Sound
1955
Souls of Sin
Isaiah 'Alabama' Lee
1949
Lost Boundaries
Arthur 'Art' Cooper
1949
Miracle in Harlem
Bert Hallam
1948
The Fight Never Ends
1948
Sepia Cinderella
Patron
1947