William Greaves
October 8, 1926 (98 years old) in New York City, New York, USA
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.
Known For
Credits
- 2017 · The Man Who Built Cambodia as Self
- 2007 · Our Paul: Remembering Paul Robeson as Self
- 2006 · Discovering William Greaves as Self
- 2005 · Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take 2 ½ as Self
- 1989 · That's Black Entertainment as Host/Narrator
- 1986 · Black Power in America: Myth or Reality? as Narrator/Interviewer
- 1968 · Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One as Self - Director
- 1966 · The First World Festival of Negro Arts as Narrator
- 1949 · Souls of Sin as Isaiah 'Alabama' Lee
- 1949 · Lost Boundaries as Arthur 'Art' Cooper
- 1948 · Miracle in Harlem as Bert Hallam
- 1948 · The Fight Never Ends as