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.
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Acting
Movie
Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One
as Self - Director
1968
Movie
Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take 2½
as Self
2005
Movie
Lost Boundaries
as Arthur 'Art' Cooper
1949
Movie
Sepia Cinderella
as Patron
1947
Movie
Miracle in Harlem
as Bert Hallam
1948
Movie
Souls of Sin
as Isaiah 'Alabama' Lee
1949
Movie
The Fight Never Ends
1948
Movie
Discovering William Greaves
as Self
2006
Movie
The First World Festival of Negro Arts
as Narrator
1966
Movie
That's Black Entertainment
as Host/Narrator
1989
Movie
Black Power in America: Myth or Reality?
as Narrator/Interviewer
1986
TV
Hollywood Black
as Self (archive footage)
2024
Movie
The Man Who Built Cambodia
as Self
2017
Movie
Our Paul: Remembering Paul Robeson
as Self
2007
Movie
Once Upon a Time in Harlem
as Self (archival footage)
2026
Crew
Movie
Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One
Director
1968
Movie
Bustin' Loose
Executive Producer
1981
Movie
Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take 2½
Director
2005
Movie
Trans Canada Summer
Sound
1958
Movie
Black Journal: 26; Alice Coltrane
Producer
1970
Movie
Still A Brother: Inside the Negro Middle Class
Director
1968
Movie
Emergency Ward
Director
1959
Movie
Blood and Fire
Editor
1958
Movie
The First World Festival of Negro Arts
Director
1966
Movie
The Dikes
Sound
1955
Movie
From These Roots
Director
1974
Movie
Voice of La Raza
Writer
1971