A work in constant progress (and occasional regress).
Birthplace:
New York City, New York, USA
Born:
October 8, 1926
Died:
August 25, 2014
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.
Camera Operator:
1986 Black Power in America: Myth or Reality?
Cinematography:
1960 Four Religions
1966 The First World Festival of Negro Arts
1968 Still A Brother: Inside the Negro Middle Class
1971 Voice of La Raza
1972 Nationtime
1974 Every Nigger Is a Star
1982 Booker T. Washington: The Life and the Legacy
1986 Black Power in America: Myth or Reality?
Director:
1957 Putting It Straight
1958 Smoke and Weather
1959 Emergency Ward
1960 Four Religions
1966 The First World Festival of Negro Arts
1966 Wealth of a Nation
1968 Still A Brother: Inside the Negro Middle Class
1968 Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One
1969 In the Company of Men
1971 Voice of La Raza
1972 Nationtime
1972 On Merit
1974 Every Nigger Is a Star
1974 From These Roots
1974 The Fight
1974 The Fighters
1974 Whose Standard English?
1975 Ali the Man: Ali the Fighter
1975 The Marijuana Affair
1976 Just Doin’ It (A Tale of Two Barbershops)
1979 Where Dreams Come True
1981 Space For Women
1982 Booker T. Washington: The Life and the Legacy
1984 Fighter for Freedom: The Frederick Douglass Story
1985 Frederick Douglass: An American Life
1986 Black Power in America: Myth or Reality?
1988 The Best of Black Journal
1989 Ida B. Wells: A Passion for Justice
1989 That's Black Entertainment
2001 Ralph Bunche: An American Odyssey
2005 Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take 2 ½
Director of Photography:
1957 Putting It Straight
1958 Smoke and Weather
1959 Emergency Ward
1960 Four Religions
1966 The First World Festival of Negro Arts
1966 Wealth of a Nation
1968 Still A Brother: Inside the Negro Middle Class
1968 Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One
1969 In the Company of Men
1971 Voice of La Raza
1972 Nationtime
1972 On Merit
1974 Every Nigger Is a Star
1974 From These Roots
1974 The Fight
1974 The Fighters
1974 Whose Standard English?
1975 Ali the Man: Ali the Fighter
1975 The Marijuana Affair
1976 Just Doin’ It (A Tale of Two Barbershops)
1979 Where Dreams Come True
1981 Space For Women
1982 Booker T. Washington: The Life and the Legacy
1984 Fighter for Freedom: The Frederick Douglass Story
1985 Frederick Douglass: An American Life
1986 Black Power in America: Myth or Reality?
1988 The Best of Black Journal
1989 Ida B. Wells: A Passion for Justice
1989 That's Black Entertainment
2001 Ralph Bunche: An American Odyssey
2005 Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take 2 ½
Editor:
1957 Profile of a Problem Drinker
1957 Putting It Straight
1958 Blood and Fire
1958 Islands of the Frozen Sea
1958 Smoke and Weather
1958 Trans Canada Summer
1959 Emergency Ward
1959 High Arctic
1960 Four Religions
1966 The First World Festival of Negro Arts
1966 Wealth of a Nation
1968 Still A Brother: Inside the Negro Middle Class
1968 Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One
1969 In the Company of Men
1971 Voice of La Raza
1972 Nationtime
1972 On Merit
1974 Every Nigger Is a Star
1974 From These Roots
1974 The Fight
1974 The Fighters
1974 Whose Standard English?
1975 Ali the Man: Ali the Fighter
1975 The Marijuana Affair
1976 Just Doin’ It (A Tale of Two Barbershops)
1979 Where Dreams Come True
1981 Space For Women
1982 Booker T. Washington: The Life and the Legacy
1984 Fighter for Freedom: The Frederick Douglass Story
1985 Frederick Douglass: An American Life
1986 Black Power in America: Myth or Reality?
1988 The Best of Black Journal
1989 Ida B. Wells: A Passion for Justice
1989 That's Black Entertainment
2001 Ralph Bunche: An American Odyssey
2005 Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take 2 ½
Executive Producer:
1957 Profile of a Problem Drinker
1957 Putting It Straight
1958 Blood and Fire
1958 Islands of the Frozen Sea
1958 Smoke and Weather
1958 Trans Canada Summer
1959 Emergency Ward
1959 High Arctic
1960 Four Religions
1966 The First World Festival of Negro Arts
1966 Wealth of a Nation
1968 Still A Brother: Inside the Negro Middle Class
1968 Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One
1969 In the Company of Men
1971 Voice of La Raza
1972 Nationtime
1972 On Merit
1974 Every Nigger Is a Star
1974 From These Roots
1974 The Fight
1974 The Fighters
1974 Whose Standard English?
1975 Ali the Man: Ali the Fighter
1975 The Marijuana Affair
1976 Just Doin’ It (A Tale of Two Barbershops)
1979 Where Dreams Come True
1981 Bustin' Loose
1981 Space For Women
1982 Booker T. Washington: The Life and the Legacy
1984 Fighter for Freedom: The Frederick Douglass Story
1985 Frederick Douglass: An American Life
1986 Black Power in America: Myth or Reality?
1988 The Best of Black Journal
1989 Ida B. Wells: A Passion for Justice
1989 That's Black Entertainment
2001 Ralph Bunche: An American Odyssey
2005 Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take 2 ½
Producer:
1957 Profile of a Problem Drinker
1957 Putting It Straight
1958 Blood and Fire
1958 Islands of the Frozen Sea
1958 Smoke and Weather
1958 Trans Canada Summer
1959 Emergency Ward
1959 High Arctic
1960 Four Religions
1966 The First World Festival of Negro Arts
1966 Wealth of a Nation
1968 Still A Brother: Inside the Negro Middle Class
1968 Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One
1968 The New-Ark
1969 In the Company of Men
1970 Black Journal: 26; Alice Coltrane
1971 Voice of La Raza
1972 Nationtime
1972 On Merit
1974 Every Nigger Is a Star
1974 From These Roots
1974 The Fight
1974 The Fighters
1974 Whose Standard English?
1975 Ali the Man: Ali the Fighter
1975 The Marijuana Affair
1976 Just Doin’ It (A Tale of Two Barbershops)
1979 Where Dreams Come True
1981 Bustin' Loose
1981 Space For Women
1982 Booker T. Washington: The Life and the Legacy
1984 Fighter for Freedom: The Frederick Douglass Story
1985 Frederick Douglass: An American Life
1986 Black Power in America: Myth or Reality?
1988 The Best of Black Journal
1989 Ida B. Wells: A Passion for Justice
1989 That's Black Entertainment
2001 Ralph Bunche: An American Odyssey
2005 Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take 2 ½
Screenplay:
1957 Profile of a Problem Drinker
1957 Putting It Straight
1958 Blood and Fire
1958 Islands of the Frozen Sea
1958 Smoke and Weather
1958 Trans Canada Summer
1959 Emergency Ward
1959 High Arctic
1960 Four Religions
1966 The First World Festival of Negro Arts
1966 Wealth of a Nation
1968 Still A Brother: Inside the Negro Middle Class
1968 Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One
1968 The New-Ark
1969 In the Company of Men
1970 Black Journal: 26; Alice Coltrane
1971 Voice of La Raza
1972 Nationtime
1972 On Merit
1974 Every Nigger Is a Star
1974 From These Roots
1974 The Fight
1974 The Fighters
1974 Whose Standard English?
1975 Ali the Man: Ali the Fighter
1975 The Marijuana Affair
1976 Just Doin’ It (A Tale of Two Barbershops)
1979 Where Dreams Come True
1981 Bustin' Loose
1981 Space For Women
1982 Booker T. Washington: The Life and the Legacy
1984 Fighter for Freedom: The Frederick Douglass Story
1985 Frederick Douglass: An American Life
1986 Black Power in America: Myth or Reality?
1988 The Best of Black Journal
1989 Ida B. Wells: A Passion for Justice
1989 That's Black Entertainment
2001 Ralph Bunche: An American Odyssey
2005 Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take 2 ½
Sound:
1955 Bush Doctor
1955 The Dikes
1957 Profile of a Problem Drinker
1957 Putting It Straight
1958 Blood and Fire
1958 Islands of the Frozen Sea
1958 Smoke and Weather
1958 Trans Canada Summer
1959 Emergency Ward
1959 High Arctic
1960 Four Religions
1966 The First World Festival of Negro Arts
1966 Wealth of a Nation
1968 Still A Brother: Inside the Negro Middle Class
1968 Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One
1968 The New-Ark
1969 In the Company of Men
1970 Black Journal: 26; Alice Coltrane
1971 Voice of La Raza
1972 Nationtime
1972 On Merit
1974 Every Nigger Is a Star
1974 From These Roots
1974 The Fight
1974 The Fighters
1974 Whose Standard English?
1975 Ali the Man: Ali the Fighter
1975 The Marijuana Affair
1976 Just Doin’ It (A Tale of Two Barbershops)
1979 Where Dreams Come True
1981 Bustin' Loose
1981 Space For Women
1982 Booker T. Washington: The Life and the Legacy
1984 Fighter for Freedom: The Frederick Douglass Story
1985 Frederick Douglass: An American Life
1986 Black Power in America: Myth or Reality?
1988 The Best of Black Journal
1989 Ida B. Wells: A Passion for Justice
1989 That's Black Entertainment
2001 Ralph Bunche: An American Odyssey
2005 Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take 2 ½
Writer:
1955 Bush Doctor
1955 The Dikes
1957 Profile of a Problem Drinker
1957 Putting It Straight
1958 Blood and Fire
1958 Islands of the Frozen Sea
1958 Smoke and Weather
1958 Trans Canada Summer
1959 Emergency Ward
1959 High Arctic
1960 Four Religions
1966 The First World Festival of Negro Arts
1966 Wealth of a Nation
1968 Still A Brother: Inside the Negro Middle Class
1968 Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One
1968 The New-Ark
1969 In the Company of Men
1970 Black Journal: 26; Alice Coltrane
1971 Voice of La Raza
1972 Nationtime
1972 On Merit
1974 Every Nigger Is a Star
1974 From These Roots
1974 The Fight
1974 The Fighters
1974 Whose Standard English?
1975 Ali the Man: Ali the Fighter
1975 The Marijuana Affair
1976 Just Doin’ It (A Tale of Two Barbershops)
1979 Where Dreams Come True
1981 Bustin' Loose
1981 Space For Women
1982 Booker T. Washington: The Life and the Legacy
1984 Fighter for Freedom: The Frederick Douglass Story
1985 Frederick Douglass: An American Life
1986 Black Power in America: Myth or Reality?
1988 The Best of Black Journal
1989 Ida B. Wells: A Passion for Justice
1989 That's Black Entertainment
2001 Ralph Bunche: An American Odyssey
2005 Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take 2 ½
Executive Producer:
1968 Black Journal
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