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William Greaves

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.

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ACTING

The Man Who Built Cambodia (2017)
The Man Who Built Cambodia (2017)
Miracle in Harlem (1948)
Miracle in Harlem (1948)
The Fight Never Ends (1948)
The Fight Never Ends (1948)
Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take 2½ (2005)
Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take 2½ (2005)
Discovering William Greaves (2006)
Discovering William Greaves (2006)
Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One (1968)
Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One (1968)
Souls of Sin (1949)
Souls of Sin (1949)
Lost Boundaries (1949)
Lost Boundaries (1949)
The First World Festival of Negro Arts (1966)
The First World Festival of Negro Arts (1966)
That's Black Entertainment (1989)
That's Black Entertainment (1989)
Black Power in America: Myth or Reality? (1986)
Black Power in America: Myth or Reality? (1986)
Sepia Cinderella (1947)
Sepia Cinderella (1947)
Once Upon a Time in Harlem (2026)
Once Upon a Time in Harlem (2026)
Hollywood Black (2024)
Hollywood Black (2024)

CAMERA

Black Power in America: Myth or Reality? (1986)
Black Power in America: Myth or Reality? (1986)
Booker T. Washington: The Life and the Legacy (1982)
Booker T. Washington: The Life and the Legacy (1982)
Just Doin’ It (A Tale of Two Barbershops) (1976)
Just Doin’ It (A Tale of Two Barbershops) (1976)

CREW

Still A Brother: Inside the Negro Middle Class (1968)
Still A Brother: Inside the Negro Middle Class (1968)
Voice of La Raza (1971)
Voice of La Raza (1971)
Booker T. Washington: The Life and the Legacy (1982)
Booker T. Washington: The Life and the Legacy (1982)
Four Religions (1960)
Four Religions (1960)
Every Nigger Is a Star (1974)
Every Nigger Is a Star (1974)
The First World Festival of Negro Arts (1966)
The First World Festival of Negro Arts (1966)
Nationtime: Gary (1972)
Nationtime: Gary (1972)
Black Power in America: Myth or Reality? (1986)
Black Power in America: Myth or Reality? (1986)

DIRECTING

Where Dreams Come True (1979)
Where Dreams Come True (1979)
The Marijuana Affair (1975)
The Marijuana Affair (1975)
Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take 2½ (2005)
Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take 2½ (2005)
Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One (1968)
Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One (1968)
Still A Brother: Inside the Negro Middle Class (1968)
Still A Brother: Inside the Negro Middle Class (1968)
Emergency Ward (1959)
Emergency Ward (1959)
Space For Women (1981)
Space For Women (1981)
Fighter for Freedom: The Frederick Douglass Story (1984)
Fighter for Freedom: The Frederick Douglass Story (1984)
The First World Festival of Negro Arts (1966)
The First World Festival of Negro Arts (1966)
From These Roots (1974)
From These Roots (1974)
Wealth of a Nation (1964)
Wealth of a Nation (1964)
That's Black Entertainment (1989)
That's Black Entertainment (1989)
Ralph Bunche: An American Odyssey (2001)
Ralph Bunche: An American Odyssey (2001)
The Fighters (1974)
The Fighters (1974)
Voice of La Raza (1971)
Voice of La Raza (1971)
In the Company of Men (1969)
In the Company of Men (1969)
Nationtime: Gary (1972)
Nationtime: Gary (1972)
Frederick Douglass: An American Life (1985)
Frederick Douglass: An American Life (1985)
Ida B. Wells: A Passion for Justice (1989)
Ida B. Wells: A Passion for Justice (1989)
Whose Standard English? (1974)
Whose Standard English? (1974)
Four Religions (1960)
Four Religions (1960)
Putting It Straight (1957)
Putting It Straight (1957)
Smoke and Weather (1958)
Smoke and Weather (1958)
On Merit (1972)
On Merit (1972)
The Best of Black Journal (1988)
The Best of Black Journal (1988)
Black Power in America: Myth or Reality? (1986)
Black Power in America: Myth or Reality? (1986)
Just Doin’ It (A Tale of Two Barbershops) (1976)
Just Doin’ It (A Tale of Two Barbershops) (1976)
The Fight (1974)
The Fight (1974)
The Deep North (1988)
The Deep North (1988)
Black Journal: 9 (1969)
Black Journal: 9 (1969)
Black Journal: 18 (1969)
Black Journal: 18 (1969)
Booker T. Washington: The Life and the Legacy (1982)
Booker T. Washington: The Life and the Legacy (1982)
Once Upon a Time in Harlem (2026)
Once Upon a Time in Harlem (2026)

EDITING

The Marijuana Affair (1975)
The Marijuana Affair (1975)
Blood and Fire (1958)
Blood and Fire (1958)
Emergency Ward (1959)
Emergency Ward (1959)
Wealth of a Nation (1964)
Wealth of a Nation (1964)
The Fighters (1974)
The Fighters (1974)
Still A Brother: Inside the Negro Middle Class (1968)
Still A Brother: Inside the Negro Middle Class (1968)
Ralph Bunche: An American Odyssey (2001)
Ralph Bunche: An American Odyssey (2001)
Smoke and Weather (1958)
Smoke and Weather (1958)
Voice of La Raza (1971)
Voice of La Raza (1971)
Nationtime: Gary (1972)
Nationtime: Gary (1972)
Booker T. Washington: The Life and the Legacy (1982)
Booker T. Washington: The Life and the Legacy (1982)
Four Religions (1960)
Four Religions (1960)
High Arctic (1959)
High Arctic (1959)
Trans Canada Summer (1958)
Trans Canada Summer (1958)
Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One (1968)
Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One (1968)
Islands of the Frozen Sea (1958)
Islands of the Frozen Sea (1958)
Profile of a Problem Drinker (1957)
Profile of a Problem Drinker (1957)
The First World Festival of Negro Arts (1966)
The First World Festival of Negro Arts (1966)
Frederick Douglass: An American Life (1985)
Frederick Douglass: An American Life (1985)
Just Doin’ It (A Tale of Two Barbershops) (1976)
Just Doin’ It (A Tale of Two Barbershops) (1976)
Black Power in America: Myth or Reality? (1986)
Black Power in America: Myth or Reality? (1986)

PRODUCTION

The Marijuana Affair (1975)
The Marijuana Affair (1975)
Black Journal: 26; Alice Coltrane (1970)
Black Journal: 26; Alice Coltrane (1970)
Space For Women (1981)
Space For Women (1981)
Fighter for Freedom: The Frederick Douglass Story (1984)
Fighter for Freedom: The Frederick Douglass Story (1984)
Ida B. Wells: A Passion for Justice (1989)
Ida B. Wells: A Passion for Justice (1989)
Still A Brother: Inside the Negro Middle Class (1968)
Still A Brother: Inside the Negro Middle Class (1968)
The Fighters (1974)
The Fighters (1974)
Nationtime: Gary (1972)
Nationtime: Gary (1972)
Ralph Bunche: An American Odyssey (2001)
Ralph Bunche: An American Odyssey (2001)
Voice of La Raza (1971)
Voice of La Raza (1971)
Smoke and Weather (1958)
Smoke and Weather (1958)
Booker T. Washington: The Life and the Legacy (1982)
Booker T. Washington: The Life and the Legacy (1982)
The First World Festival of Negro Arts (1966)
The First World Festival of Negro Arts (1966)
Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take 2½ (2005)
Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take 2½ (2005)
Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One (1968)
Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One (1968)
Bustin' Loose (1981)
Bustin' Loose (1981)
Wealth of a Nation (1964)
Wealth of a Nation (1964)
Frederick Douglass: An American Life (1985)
Frederick Douglass: An American Life (1985)
Black Journal: 23; New-Ark (1970)
Black Journal: 23; New-Ark (1970)
Just Doin’ It (A Tale of Two Barbershops) (1976)
Just Doin’ It (A Tale of Two Barbershops) (1976)
Black Power in America: Myth or Reality? (1986)
Black Power in America: Myth or Reality? (1986)
The Deep North (1988)
The Deep North (1988)
Black Journal (1968)
Black Journal (1968)

SOUND

The Dikes (1955)
The Dikes (1955)
Bush Doctor (1955)
Bush Doctor (1955)
Trans Canada Summer (1958)
Trans Canada Summer (1958)
Booker T. Washington: The Life and the Legacy (1982)
Booker T. Washington: The Life and the Legacy (1982)
The First World Festival of Negro Arts (1966)
The First World Festival of Negro Arts (1966)

WRITING

The Marijuana Affair (1975)
The Marijuana Affair (1975)
Space For Women (1981)
Space For Women (1981)
Fighter for Freedom: The Frederick Douglass Story (1984)
Fighter for Freedom: The Frederick Douglass Story (1984)
Nationtime: Gary (1972)
Nationtime: Gary (1972)
Ralph Bunche: An American Odyssey (2001)
Ralph Bunche: An American Odyssey (2001)
Voice of La Raza (1971)
Voice of La Raza (1971)
Booker T. Washington: The Life and the Legacy (1982)
Booker T. Washington: The Life and the Legacy (1982)
High Arctic (1959)
High Arctic (1959)
Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take 2½ (2005)
Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take 2½ (2005)
Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One (1968)
Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One (1968)
Wealth of a Nation (1964)
Wealth of a Nation (1964)
The First World Festival of Negro Arts (1966)
The First World Festival of Negro Arts (1966)
Frederick Douglass: An American Life (1985)
Frederick Douglass: An American Life (1985)
Smoke and Weather (1958)
Smoke and Weather (1958)
Ida B. Wells: A Passion for Justice (1989)
Ida B. Wells: A Passion for Justice (1989)
Just Doin’ It (A Tale of Two Barbershops) (1976)
Just Doin’ It (A Tale of Two Barbershops) (1976)
Black Power in America: Myth or Reality? (1986)
Black Power in America: Myth or Reality? (1986)