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Hollywood Black
2024· TV Series
Personal Info
Known For
Directing
Gender
Male
Birthday
October 8, 1926(87)
Day of Death
August 25, 2014
Place of Birth
New York City, New York, USA
William Greaves
Directing
Biography
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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Known For
Filmography
- 2026MovieOnce Upon a Time in Harlemas Self (archival footage)
- 2024TVHollywood Blackas Self (archive footage)
- 2017MovieThe Man Who Built Cambodiaas Self
- 2006MovieDiscovering William Greavesas Self
- 2005MovieSymbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take 2½as Self
- 1989MovieThat's Black Entertainmentas Host/Narrator
- 1986MovieBlack Power in America: Myth or Reality?as Narrator/Interviewer
- 1968MovieSymbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take Oneas Self - Director
- 1966MovieThe First World Festival of Negro Artsas Narrator
- 1949MovieSouls of Sinas Isaiah 'Alabama' Lee
- 1949MovieLost Boundariesas Arthur 'Art' Cooper
- 1948MovieMiracle in Harlemas Bert Hallam
- 1948MovieThe Fight Never Ends
- 1947MovieSepia Cinderellaas Patron