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William Greaves
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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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33 directing credits · Includes cameos and other appearances where listed.
Nationtime: Gary
Writer, Producer, Editor, Director, Cinematography
Wealth of a Nation
Editor, Director, Producer, Writer
Still A Brother: Inside the Negro Middle Class
Director, Producer, Editor, Cinematography
Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One
Director, Writer, Editor, Producer
The Fight
Director
Voice of La Raza
Editor, Writer, Cinematography, Producer, Director
Where Dreams Come True
Director
Frederick Douglass: An American Life
Director, Editor, Producer, Writer
The First World Festival of Negro Arts
Director, Producer, Sound, Writer, Cinematography, Editor
Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take 2½
Director, Writer, Producer
Ida B. Wells: A Passion for Justice
Producer, Director, Writer
Ralph Bunche: An American Odyssey
Ralph Bunche: An American Odyssey
Editor, Writer, Producer, Director
The Marijuana Affair
Director, Writer, Editor, Producer
Black Power in America: Myth or Reality?
Camera Operator, Director, Cinematography, Producer, Editor, Writer
Space For Women
Space For Women
Director, Producer, Writer
The Fighters
Editor, Producer, Director
Booker T. Washington: The Life and the Legacy
Booker T. Washington: The Life and the Legacy
Editor, Producer, Writer, Sound, Cinematography, Director of Photography, Director
Just Doin’ It (A Tale of Two Barbershops)
Director of Photography, Director, Editor, Producer, Writer
That's Black Entertainment
Director
The Deep North
The Deep North
Director, Producer
In the Company of Men
Director
Smoke and Weather
Smoke and Weather
Editor, Producer, Writer, Director
Fighter for Freedom: The Frederick Douglass Story
Fighter for Freedom: The Frederick Douglass Story
Producer, Screenplay, Director
Emergency Ward
Director, Editor
From These Roots
Director
Four Religions
Four Religions
Editor, Cinematography, Director
Black Journal: 9
Black Journal: 9
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