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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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- Hollywood Black (2024) as Self (archive footage)
- Once Upon a Time in Harlem (2026) Director
- Black Journal (1968) Executive Producer
- Bustin' Loose (1981) Executive Producer
- Nationtime: Gary (1972) Writer
- Sepia Cinderella (1947) as Patron
- Black Power in America: Myth or Reality? (1986) Camera Operator
- Black Journal: 26; Alice Coltrane (1970) Producer
- Still A Brother: Inside the Negro Middle Class (1968) Director
- Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One (1968) Director
- Miracle in Harlem (1948) as Bert Hallam
- Bush Doctor (1955) Sound
- Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take 2½ (2005) Director
- The Fight Never Ends (1948) Cast
- On Merit (1972) Director
- Where Dreams Come True (1979) Director
- Voice of La Raza (1971) Editor
- Lost Boundaries (1949) as Arthur 'Art' Cooper
- The Dikes (1955) Sound
- The Fight (1974) Director
- Wealth of a Nation (1964) Editor
- Profile of a Problem Drinker (1957) Editor
- The Fighters (1974) Editor
- Frederick Douglass: An American Life (1985) Director
- The Man Who Built Cambodia (2017) as Self
- Space For Women (1981) Director
- Our Paul: Remembering Paul Robeson (2007) as Self
- Just Doin’ It (A Tale of Two Barbershops) (1976) Director of Photography
- The Marijuana Affair (1975) Director
- Discovering William Greaves (2006) as Self
- Every Nigger Is a Star (1974) Cinematography
- Ida B. Wells: A Passion for Justice (1989) Producer
- That's Black Entertainment (1989) Director
- Black Journal: 23; New-Ark (1970) Producer
- Smoke and Weather (1958) Editor
- Emergency Ward (1959) Director
- The First World Festival of Negro Arts (1966) Director
- In the Company of Men (1969) Director
- Ralph Bunche: An American Odyssey (2001) Editor
- Islands of the Frozen Sea (1958) Editor
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Selected TV credits: Hollywood Black (2024), Black Journal (1968).
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