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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Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One

Department Directing

Job Director

Average Rating

7.0

56 votes

Release Date

Oct 28, 1968

58 years ago
Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One

Department Writing

Job Writer

Average Rating

7.0

56 votes

Release Date

Oct 28, 1968

58 years ago
Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One

Department Editing

Job Editor

Average Rating

7.0

56 votes

Release Date

Oct 28, 1968

58 years ago
Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One

Department Production

Job Producer

Average Rating

7.0

56 votes

Release Date

Oct 28, 1968

58 years ago
Bustin' Loose

Department Production

Job Executive Producer

Average Rating

6.1

53 votes

Release Date

May 22, 1981

45 years ago
Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take 2½

Department Directing

Job Director

Average Rating

6.0

13 votes

Release Date

Jan 20, 2005

21 years ago
Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take 2½

Department Writing

Job Writer

Average Rating

6.0

13 votes

Release Date

Jan 20, 2005

21 years ago
Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take 2½

Department Production

Job Producer

Average Rating

6.0

13 votes

Release Date

Jan 20, 2005

21 years ago
Black Journal: 26; Alice Coltrane

Department Production

Job Producer

Average Rating

5.0

1 votes

Release Date

Jan 01, 1970

57 years ago
The First World Festival of Negro Arts

Department Directing

Job Director

Average Rating

7.0

1 votes

Release Date

Jan 01, 1966

61 years ago
Nationtime

Department Writing

Job Writer

Average Rating

8.0

1 votes

Release Date

Nov 01, 1972

54 years ago
Nationtime

Department Production

Job Producer

Average Rating

8.0

1 votes

Release Date

Nov 01, 1972

54 years ago
Nationtime

Department Editing

Job Editor

Average Rating

8.0

1 votes

Release Date

Nov 01, 1972

54 years ago
Black Power in America: Myth or Reality?

Department Camera

Job Camera Operator

Average Rating

6.0

1 votes

Release Date

Jan 01, 1986

40 years ago
Trans Canada Summer

Department Sound

Job Sound

Average Rating

10.0

1 votes

Release Date

Jan 01, 1958

69 years ago
The First World Festival of Negro Arts

Department Production

Job Producer

Average Rating

7.0

1 votes

Release Date

Jan 01, 1966

61 years ago
The First World Festival of Negro Arts

Department Sound

Job Sound

Average Rating

7.0

1 votes

Release Date

Jan 01, 1966

61 years ago
Trans Canada Summer

Department Editing

Job Editor

Average Rating

10.0

1 votes

Release Date

Jan 01, 1958

69 years ago
Nationtime

Department Directing

Job Director

Average Rating

8.0

1 votes

Release Date

Nov 01, 1972

54 years ago
Every Nigger Is a Star

Department Crew

Job Cinematography

Average Rating

1.0

1 votes

Release Date

Jan 01, 1974

53 years ago
The First World Festival of Negro Arts

Department Writing

Job Writer

Average Rating

7.0

1 votes

Release Date

Jan 01, 1966

61 years ago
The First World Festival of Negro Arts

Department Crew

Job Cinematography

Average Rating

7.0

1 votes

Release Date

Jan 01, 1966

61 years ago
The First World Festival of Negro Arts

Department Editing

Job Editor

Average Rating

7.0

1 votes

Release Date

Jan 01, 1966

61 years ago
Nationtime

Department Crew

Job Cinematography

Average Rating

8.0

1 votes

Release Date

Nov 01, 1972

54 years ago
Black Power in America: Myth or Reality?

Department Directing

Job Director

Average Rating

6.0

1 votes

Release Date

Jan 01, 1986

40 years ago
Black Power in America: Myth or Reality?

Department Production

Job Producer

Average Rating

6.0

1 votes

Release Date

Jan 01, 1986

40 years ago
Black Power in America: Myth or Reality?

Department Editing

Job Editor

Average Rating

6.0

1 votes

Release Date

Jan 01, 1986

40 years ago
Black Power in America: Myth or Reality?

Department Writing

Job Writer

Average Rating

6.0

1 votes

Release Date

Jan 01, 1986

40 years ago
Black Power in America: Myth or Reality?

Department Crew

Job Cinematography

Average Rating

6.0

1 votes

Release Date

Jan 01, 1986

40 years ago
Where Dreams Come True

Department Directing

Job Director

Average Rating

0.0

0 votes

Release Date

Jan 01, 1979

47 years ago
The Marijuana Affair

Department Directing

Job Director

Average Rating

0.0

0 votes

Release Date

Jul 12, 1975

51 years ago
The Marijuana Affair

Department Production

Job Producer

Average Rating

0.0

0 votes

Release Date

Jul 12, 1975

51 years ago
The Marijuana Affair

Department Writing

Job Writer

Average Rating

0.0

0 votes

Release Date

Jul 12, 1975

51 years ago
The Marijuana Affair

Department Editing

Job Editor

Average Rating

0.0

0 votes

Release Date

Jul 12, 1975

51 years ago
Still A Brother: Inside the Negro Middle Class

Department Directing

Job Director

Average Rating

0.0

0 votes

Release Date

Jan 02, 1968

59 years ago
Emergency Ward

Department Directing

Job Director

Average Rating

0.0

0 votes

Release Date

Jan 01, 1959

68 years ago
Space For Women

Department Directing

Job Director

Average Rating

0.0

0 votes

Release Date

Jul 10, 1981

45 years ago
Space For Women

Department Production

Job Producer

Average Rating

0.0

0 votes

Release Date

Jul 10, 1981

45 years ago
Space For Women

Department Writing

Job Writer

Average Rating

0.0

0 votes

Release Date

Jul 10, 1981

45 years ago
Fighter for Freedom: The Frederick Douglass Story

Department Directing

Job Director

Average Rating

0.0

0 votes

Release Date

Jan 01, 1984

42 years ago
Fighter for Freedom: The Frederick Douglass Story

Department Production

Job Producer

Average Rating

0.0

0 votes

Release Date

Jan 01, 1984

42 years ago
Fighter for Freedom: The Frederick Douglass Story

Department Writing

Job Screenplay

Average Rating

0.0

0 votes

Release Date

Jan 01, 1984

42 years ago
Blood and Fire

Department Editing

Job Editor

Average Rating

0.0

0 votes

Release Date

Oct 26, 1958

68 years ago
Emergency Ward

Department Editing

Job Editor

Average Rating

0.0

0 votes

Release Date

Jan 01, 1959

68 years ago
The Dikes

Department Sound

Job Sound

Average Rating

0.0

0 votes

Release Date

Jan 01, 1955

72 years ago
Wealth of a Nation

Department Editing

Job Editor

Average Rating

0.0

0 votes

Release Date

Jan 01, 1964

63 years ago
Wealth of a Nation

Department Directing

Job Director

Average Rating

0.0

0 votes

Release Date

Jan 01, 1964

63 years ago
From These Roots

Department Directing

Job Director

Average Rating

0.0

0 votes

Release Date

Oct 12, 1974

52 years ago
Still A Brother: Inside the Negro Middle Class

Department Production

Job Producer

Average Rating

0.0

0 votes

Release Date

Jan 02, 1968

59 years ago
Still A Brother: Inside the Negro Middle Class

Department Crew

Job Cinematography

Average Rating

0.0

0 votes

Release Date

Jan 02, 1968

59 years ago
Still A Brother: Inside the Negro Middle Class

Department Editing

Job Editor

Average Rating

0.0

0 votes

Release Date

Jan 02, 1968

59 years ago
The Fighters

Department Production

Job Producer

Average Rating

0.0

0 votes

Release Date

Jan 04, 1974

53 years ago
The Fighters

Department Editing

Job Editor

Average Rating

0.0

0 votes

Release Date

Jan 04, 1974

53 years ago
Ida B. Wells: A Passion for Justice

Department Production

Job Producer

Average Rating

0.0

0 votes

Release Date

Oct 24, 1989

36 years ago
Voice of La Raza

Department Writing

Job Writer

Average Rating

0.0

0 votes

Release Date

Jan 01, 1971

56 years ago
Voice of La Raza

Department Production

Job Producer

Average Rating

0.0

0 votes

Release Date

Jan 01, 1971

56 years ago
Voice of La Raza

Department Crew

Job Cinematography

Average Rating

0.0

0 votes

Release Date

Jan 01, 1971

56 years ago
Voice of La Raza

Department Editing

Job Editor

Average Rating

0.0

0 votes

Release Date

Jan 01, 1971

56 years ago
Ralph Bunche: An American Odyssey

Department Writing

Job Writer

Average Rating

0.0

0 votes

Release Date

Jan 19, 2001

25 years ago
Ralph Bunche: An American Odyssey

Department Production

Job Producer

Average Rating

0.0

0 votes

Release Date

Jan 19, 2001

25 years ago
Ralph Bunche: An American Odyssey

Department Editing

Job Editor

Average Rating

0.0

0 votes

Release Date

Jan 19, 2001

25 years ago
Smoke and Weather

Department Editing

Job Editor

Average Rating

0.0

0 votes

Release Date

Jan 01, 1958

69 years ago
Smoke and Weather

Department Production

Job Producer

Average Rating

0.0

0 votes

Release Date

Jan 01, 1958

69 years ago
High Arctic

Department Writing

Job Writer

Average Rating

0.0

0 votes

Release Date

Jan 01, 1959

68 years ago
High Arctic

Department Editing

Job Editor

Average Rating

0.0

0 votes

Release Date

Jan 01, 1959

68 years ago
Four Religions

Department Crew

Job Cinematography

Average Rating

0.0

0 votes

Release Date

Jan 01, 1960

67 years ago
Four Religions

Department Editing

Job Editor

Average Rating

0.0

0 votes

Release Date

Jan 01, 1960

67 years ago
Bush Doctor

Department Sound

Job Sound

Average Rating

0.0

0 votes

Release Date

Apr 01, 1955

72 years ago
Booker T. Washington: The Life and the Legacy

Department Camera

Job Director of Photography

Average Rating

0.0

0 votes

Release Date

May 31, 1982

44 years ago
Booker T. Washington: The Life and the Legacy

Department Production

Job Producer

Average Rating

0.0

0 votes

Release Date

May 31, 1982

44 years ago
Booker T. Washington: The Life and the Legacy

Department Writing

Job Writer

Average Rating

0.0

0 votes

Release Date

May 31, 1982

44 years ago
Booker T. Washington: The Life and the Legacy

Department Editing

Job Editor

Average Rating

0.0

0 votes

Release Date

May 31, 1982

44 years ago
Booker T. Washington: The Life and the Legacy

Department Crew

Job Cinematography

Average Rating

0.0

0 votes

Release Date

May 31, 1982

44 years ago
Booker T. Washington: The Life and the Legacy

Department Sound

Job Sound

Average Rating

0.0

0 votes

Release Date

May 31, 1982

44 years ago
That's Black Entertainment

Department Directing

Job Director

Average Rating

0.0

0 votes

Release Date

Jan 01, 1989

37 years ago
Ralph Bunche: An American Odyssey

Department Directing

Job Director

Average Rating

0.0

0 votes

Release Date

Jan 19, 2001

25 years ago
The Fighters

Department Directing

Job Director

Average Rating

0.0

0 votes

Release Date

Jan 04, 1974

53 years ago
Voice of La Raza

Department Directing

Job Director

Average Rating

0.0

0 votes

Release Date

Jan 01, 1971

56 years ago
In the Company of Men

Department Directing

Job Director

Average Rating

0.0

0 votes

Release Date

Jan 02, 1969

58 years ago
Islands of the Frozen Sea

Department Editing

Job Editor

Average Rating

0.0

0 votes

Release Date

Jan 01, 1958

69 years ago
Profile of a Problem Drinker

Department Editing

Job Editor

Average Rating

0.0

0 votes

Release Date

Jan 02, 1957

70 years ago
Wealth of a Nation

Department Writing

Job Writer

Average Rating

0.0

0 votes

Release Date

Jan 01, 1964

63 years ago
Wealth of a Nation

Department Production

Job Producer

Average Rating

0.0

0 votes

Release Date

Jan 01, 1964

63 years ago
Frederick Douglass: An American Life

Department Directing

Job Director

Average Rating

0.0

0 votes

Release Date

Jan 01, 1985

41 years ago
Frederick Douglass: An American Life

Department Production

Job Producer

Average Rating

0.0

0 votes

Release Date

Jan 01, 1985

41 years ago
Frederick Douglass: An American Life

Department Writing

Job Writer

Average Rating

0.0

0 votes

Release Date

Jan 01, 1985

41 years ago
Frederick Douglass: An American Life

Department Editing

Job Editor

Average Rating

0.0

0 votes

Release Date

Jan 01, 1985

41 years ago
Black Journal: 23; New-Ark

Department Production

Job Producer

Average Rating

0.0

0 votes

Release Date

Jul 01, 1970

56 years ago
Ida B. Wells: A Passion for Justice

Department Directing

Job Director

Average Rating

0.0

0 votes

Release Date

Oct 24, 1989

36 years ago
Ida B. Wells: A Passion for Justice

Department Writing

Job Writer

Average Rating

0.0

0 votes

Release Date

Oct 24, 1989

36 years ago
Whose Standard English?

Department Directing

Job Director

Average Rating

0.0

0 votes

Release Date

Jan 01, 1974

53 years ago
On Merit

Department Directing

Job Director

Average Rating

0.0

0 votes

Release Date

Jan 01, 1972

55 years ago
Putting It Straight

Department Directing

Job Director

Average Rating

0.0

0 votes

Release Date

Jan 01, 1957

70 years ago
Smoke and Weather

Department Writing

Job Writer

Average Rating

0.0

0 votes

Release Date

Jan 01, 1958

69 years ago
Smoke and Weather

Department Directing

Job Director

Average Rating

0.0

0 votes

Release Date

Jan 01, 1958

69 years ago
Four Religions

Department Directing

Job Director

Average Rating

0.0

0 votes

Release Date

Jan 01, 1960

67 years ago
The Best of Black Journal

Department Directing

Job Director

Average Rating

0.0

0 votes

Release Date

Jan 01, 1988

38 years ago
Just Doin’ It (A Tale of Two Barbershops)

Department Directing

Job Director

Average Rating

0.0

0 votes

Release Date

Dec 30, 1976

49 years ago
Just Doin’ It (A Tale of Two Barbershops)

Department Production

Job Producer

Average Rating

0.0

0 votes

Release Date

Dec 30, 1976

49 years ago
Just Doin’ It (A Tale of Two Barbershops)

Department Writing

Job Writer

Average Rating

0.0

0 votes

Release Date

Dec 30, 1976

49 years ago

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