William Greaves

from New York City, New York, USA

Artwork for Once Upon a Time in HarlemImage of William Greaves

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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Timeline

2026Aged 100

  • Poster for Once Upon a Time in Harlem

    Self (archival footage)

2017Aged 91

  • Poster for The Man Who Built Cambodia

    Self

2006Aged 80

  • Poster for Discovering William Greaves

    Self

2005Aged 79

  • Poster for Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take 2½

    Self

2001Aged 75

  • Poster for Ralph Bunche: An American Odyssey

    Editor

1989Aged 63

  • Poster for That's Black Entertainment

    Host/Narrator

  • Poster for Ida B. Wells: A Passion for Justice

    Producer

1988Aged 62

1986Aged 60

  • Poster for Black Power in America: Myth or Reality?

    Narrator/Interviewer

1985Aged 59

  • Poster for Frederick Douglass: An American Life

    Editor

1981Aged 55

  • Poster for Bustin' Loose

    Executive Producer

  • Poster for Space For Women

    Writer

1979Aged 53

  • Poster for Where Dreams Come True

    Director

1976Aged 50

  • Poster for Just Doin’ It (A Tale of Two Barbershops)

    Director of Photography

1975Aged 49

  • Poster for The Marijuana Affair

    Editor

1974Aged 48

1972Aged 46

1971Aged 45

  • Poster for Voice of La Raza

    Editor

1970Aged 44

1969Aged 43

1968Aged 42

  • Poster for Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One

    Self - Director

  • Poster for Still A Brother: Inside the Negro Middle Class

    Editor

1966Aged 40

  • Poster for The First World Festival of Negro Arts

    Narrator

1964Aged 38

  • Poster for Wealth of a Nation

    Editor

1960Aged 34

  • Poster for Four Religions

    Editor

1959Aged 33

1958Aged 32

1955Aged 29

1949Aged 23

  • Poster for Lost Boundaries

    Arthur 'Art' Cooper

  • Poster for Souls of Sin

    Isaiah 'Alabama' Lee

1948Aged 22

  • Poster for The Fight Never Ends

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for Miracle in Harlem

    Bert Hallam

1947Aged 21

  • Poster for Sepia Cinderella

    Patron