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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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Directing

1957

[ ] Putting It Straight (Director)

1958

[ ] Smoke and Weather (Director)

1959

[ ] Emergency Ward (Director)

1960

[ ] Four Religions (Director)

1964

[ ] Wealth of a Nation (Director)

1966

[ ] The First World Festival of Negro Arts (Director)

1968

[ ] Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One (Director)
[ ] Still A Brother: Inside the Negro Middle Class (Director)

1969

[ ] In the Company of Men (Director)
[ ] Black Journal: 9 (Director)
[ ] Black Journal: 18 (Director)

1971

[ ] Voice of La Raza (Director)

1972

[ ] Nationtime (Director)
[ ] On Merit (Director)

1974

[ ] From These Roots (Director)
[ ] The Fighters (Director)
[ ] Whose Standard English? (Director)
[ ] The Fight (Director)

1975

[ ] The Marijuana Affair (Director)

1976

[ ] Just Doin’ It (A Tale of Two Barbershops) (Director)

1979

[ ] Where Dreams Come True (Director)

1981

[ ] Space For Women (Director)

1982

[ ] Booker T. Washington: The Life and the Legacy (Director)

1984

[ ] Fighter for Freedom: The Frederick Douglass Story (Director)

1985

[ ] Frederick Douglass: An American Life (Director)

1986

[ ] Black Power in America: Myth or Reality? (Director)

1988

[ ] The Best of Black Journal (Director)
[ ] The Deep North (Director)

1989

[ ] That's Black Entertainment (Director)
[ ] Ida B. Wells: A Passion for Justice (Director)

2001

[ ] Ralph Bunche: An American Odyssey (Director)

2005

[ ] Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take 2½ (Director)

2026

[ ] Once Upon a Time in Harlem (Director)

Writing

1958

[ ] Smoke and Weather (Writer)

1959

[ ] High Arctic (Writer)

1964

[ ] Wealth of a Nation (Writer)

1966

[ ] The First World Festival of Negro Arts (Writer)

1968

[ ] Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One (Writer)

1971

[ ] Voice of La Raza (Writer)

1972

[ ] Nationtime (Writer)

1975

[ ] The Marijuana Affair (Writer)

1976

[ ] Just Doin’ It (A Tale of Two Barbershops) (Writer)

1981

[ ] Space For Women (Writer)

1982

[ ] Booker T. Washington: The Life and the Legacy (Writer)

1984

[ ] Fighter for Freedom: The Frederick Douglass Story (Screenplay)

1985

[ ] Frederick Douglass: An American Life (Writer)

1986

[ ] Black Power in America: Myth or Reality? (Writer)

1989

[ ] Ida B. Wells: A Passion for Justice (Writer)

2001

[ ] Ralph Bunche: An American Odyssey (Writer)

2005

[ ] Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take 2½ (Writer)

Editing

1957

[ ] Profile of a Problem Drinker (Editor)

1958

[ ] Blood and Fire (Editor)
[ ] Smoke and Weather (Editor)
[ ] Trans Canada Summer (Editor)
[ ] Islands of the Frozen Sea (Editor)

1959

[ ] Emergency Ward (Editor)
[ ] High Arctic (Editor)

1960

[ ] Four Religions (Editor)

1964

[ ] Wealth of a Nation (Editor)

1966

[ ] The First World Festival of Negro Arts (Editor)

1968

[ ] Still A Brother: Inside the Negro Middle Class (Editor)
[ ] Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One (Editor)

1971

[ ] Voice of La Raza (Editor)

1972

[ ] Nationtime (Editor)

1974

[ ] The Fighters (Editor)

1975

[ ] The Marijuana Affair (Editor)

1976

[ ] Just Doin’ It (A Tale of Two Barbershops) (Editor)

1982

[ ] Booker T. Washington: The Life and the Legacy (Editor)

1985

[ ] Frederick Douglass: An American Life (Editor)

1986

[ ] Black Power in America: Myth or Reality? (Editor)

2001

[ ] Ralph Bunche: An American Odyssey (Editor)

Production

1958

[ ] Smoke and Weather (Producer)

1964

[ ] Wealth of a Nation (Producer)

1966

[ ] The First World Festival of Negro Arts (Producer)

1968

[ ] Still A Brother: Inside the Negro Middle Class (Producer)
[ ] Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One (Producer)

1970

[ ] Black Journal: 26; Alice Coltrane (Producer)
[ ] Black Journal: 23; New-Ark (Producer)

1971

[ ] Voice of La Raza (Producer)

1972

[ ] Nationtime (Producer)

1974

[ ] The Fighters (Producer)

1975

[ ] The Marijuana Affair (Producer)

1976

[ ] Just Doin’ It (A Tale of Two Barbershops) (Producer)

1981

[ ] Space For Women (Producer)
[ ] Bustin' Loose (Executive Producer)

1982

[ ] Booker T. Washington: The Life and the Legacy (Producer)

1984

[ ] Fighter for Freedom: The Frederick Douglass Story (Producer)

1985

[ ] Frederick Douglass: An American Life (Producer)

1986

[ ] Black Power in America: Myth or Reality? (Producer)

1988

[ ] The Deep North (Producer)

1989

[ ] Ida B. Wells: A Passion for Justice (Producer)

2001

[ ] Ralph Bunche: An American Odyssey (Producer)

2005

[ ] Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take 2½ (Producer)

Sound

1955

[ ] The Dikes (Sound)
[ ] Bush Doctor (Sound)

1958

[ ] Trans Canada Summer (Sound)

1966

[ ] The First World Festival of Negro Arts (Sound)

1982

[ ] Booker T. Washington: The Life and the Legacy (Sound)

Camera

1976

[ ] Just Doin’ It (A Tale of Two Barbershops) (Director of Photography)

1982

[ ] Booker T. Washington: The Life and the Legacy (Director of Photography)

1986

[ ] Black Power in America: Myth or Reality? (Camera Operator)

Crew

1960

[ ] Four Religions (Cinematography)

1966

[ ] The First World Festival of Negro Arts (Cinematography)

1968

[ ] Still A Brother: Inside the Negro Middle Class (Cinematography)

1971

[ ] Voice of La Raza (Cinematography)

1972

[ ] Nationtime (Cinematography)

1974

[ ] Every Nigger Is a Star (Cinematography)

1982

[ ] Booker T. Washington: The Life and the Legacy (Cinematography)

1986

[ ] Black Power in America: Myth or Reality? (Cinematography)

Actor

1947

[ ] Sepia Cinderella (Patron)

1948

[ ] Miracle in Harlem (Bert Hallam)
[ ] The Fight Never Ends (????)

1949

[ ] Souls of Sin (Isaiah 'Alabama' Lee)
[ ] Lost Boundaries (Arthur 'Art' Cooper)

1966

[ ] The First World Festival of Negro Arts (Narrator)

1968

[ ] Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One (Self - Director)

1986

[ ] Black Power in America: Myth or Reality? (Narrator/Interviewer)

1989

[ ] That's Black Entertainment (Host/Narrator)

2005

[ ] Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take 2½ (Self)

2006

[ ] Discovering William Greaves (Self)

2007

[ ] Our Paul: Remembering Paul Robeson (Self)

2017

[ ] The Man Who Built Cambodia (Self)

2026

[ ] Once Upon a Time in Harlem (Self (archival footage))