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. Description above from the Wikipedia article William Greaves, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Crew

Where Dreams Come True

(Director)

The Marijuana Affair

(Director)

Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take 2½

(Director)

Symbiopsychotaxiplasm

(Director)

The Marijuana Affair

(Writer)

The Marijuana Affair

(Editor)

The Marijuana Affair

(Producer)

Black Journal: 26; Alice Coltrane

(Producer)

Still A Brother: Inside the Negro Middle Class

(Director)

Emergency Ward

(Director)

Space For Women

(Director)

Space For Women

(Producer)

Space For Women

(Writer)

Fighter for Freedom: The Frederick Douglass Story

(Producer)

Fighter for Freedom: The Frederick Douglass Story

(Screenplay)

Fighter for Freedom: The Frederick Douglass Story

(Director)

Blood and Fire

(Editor)

Emergency Ward

(Editor)

The First World Festival of Negro Arts

(Director)

The Dikes

(Sound)

Wealth of a Nation

(Editor)

From These Roots

(Director)

Wealth of a Nation

(Director)

Ali the Man: Ali the Fighter

(Editor)

Ida B. Wells: A Passion for Justice

(Producer)

Still A Brother: Inside the Negro Middle Class

(Producer)

Still A Brother: Inside the Negro Middle Class

(Editor)

Ralph Bunche: An American Odyssey

(Editor)

Smoke and Weather

(Editor)

Nationtime

(Writer)

Black Power in America: Myth or Reality?

(Camera Operator)

Ralph Bunche: An American Odyssey

(Writer)

Ali the Man: Ali the Fighter

(Producer)

Nationtime

(Producer)

Still A Brother: Inside the Negro Middle Class

(Cinematography)

Voice of La Raza

(Editor)

Nationtime

(Editor)

Voice of La Raza

(Writer)

Ralph Bunche: An American Odyssey

(Producer)

Voice of La Raza

(Cinematography)

Voice of La Raza

(Producer)

Smoke and Weather

(Producer)

Booker T. Washington: The Life and the Legacy

(Editor)

Booker T. Washington: The Life and the Legacy

(Producer)

Booker T. Washington: The Life and the Legacy

(Writer)

High Arctic

(Writer)

Bush Doctor

(Sound)

The First World Festival of Negro Arts

(Producer)

Trans Canada Summer

(Sound)

Booker T. Washington: The Life and the Legacy

(Sound)

Four Religions

(Editor)

Booker T. Washington: The Life and the Legacy

(Cinematography)

High Arctic

(Editor)

Four Religions

(Cinematography)

The First World Festival of Negro Arts

(Sound)

Booker T. Washington: The Life and the Legacy

(Director of Photography)

The Fighters

(Director)

That's Black Entertainment

(Director)

Ralph Bunche: An American Odyssey

(Director)

Ali the Man: Ali the Fighter

(Director)

Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take 2½

(Writer)

Symbiopsychotaxiplasm

(Writer)

Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take 2½

(Producer)

Trans Canada Summer

(Editor)

Symbiopsychotaxiplasm

(Editor)

Voice of La Raza

(Director)

Symbiopsychotaxiplasm

(Producer)

In the Company of Men

(Director)

Islands of the Frozen Sea

(Editor)

Nationtime

(Director)

Profile of a Problem Drinker

(Editor)

Bustin' Loose

(Executive Producer)

Every Nigger Is a Star

(Cinematography)

Wealth of a Nation

(Producer)

Wealth of a Nation

(Writer)

The First World Festival of Negro Arts

(Writer)

The First World Festival of Negro Arts

(Cinematography)

The First World Festival of Negro Arts

(Editor)

Frederick Douglass: An American Life

(Director)

Frederick Douglass: An American Life

(Editor)

Frederick Douglass: An American Life

(Producer)

Frederick Douglass: An American Life

(Writer)

Nationtime

(Cinematography)

Black Journal: 23; New-Ark

(Producer)

Ida B. Wells: A Passion for Justice

(Director)

Whose Standard English?

(Director)

Smoke and Weather

(Writer)

Four Religions

(Director)

Putting It Straight

(Director)

Ida B. Wells: A Passion for Justice

(Writer)

Smoke and Weather

(Director)

On Merit

(Director)

The Best of Black Journal

(Director)

Black Power in America: Myth or Reality?

(Director)

Just Doin’ It (A Tale of Two Barbershops)

(Director of Photography)

Just Doin’ It (A Tale of Two Barbershops)

(Director)

Just Doin’ It (A Tale of Two Barbershops)

(Editor)

Just Doin’ It (A Tale of Two Barbershops)

(Producer)

Just Doin’ It (A Tale of Two Barbershops)

(Writer)

Black Power in America: Myth or Reality?

(Cinematography)

Black Power in America: Myth or Reality?

(Producer)

Black Power in America: Myth or Reality?

(Editor)

Black Power in America: Myth or Reality?

(Writer)

The Fight

(Director)

Black Journal

(Executive Producer)