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 Cambodiaas Self
- 2007 ·Our Paul: Remembering Paul Robesonas Self
- 2006 ·Discovering William Greavesas Self
- 2005 ·Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take 2½as Self
- 1989 ·That's Black Entertainmentas Host/Narrator
- 1986 ·Black Power in America: Myth or Reality?as Narrator/Interviewer
- 1968 ·Symbiopsychotaxiplasmas Self - Director
- 1966 ·The First World Festival of Negro Artsas Narrator
- 1949 ·Souls of Sinas Isaiah 'Alabama' Lee
- 1949 ·Lost Boundariesas Arthur 'Art' Cooper
- 1948 ·Miracle in Harlemas Bert Hallam
- 1948 ·The Fight Never Endsas