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William Greaves
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American documentary filmmaker (1926–2014)
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 7
Top works
- Systemic Perspectives on Discourse Vol. 2
- Intonation in the grammar of English
- Systemic perspectives on discourse
- Symbiopsychotaxiplasm
- Its My Round A Personal Celebration Of 2000 Years Of The British Pub
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Film & TV
New York City, New York, USA
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…
Known for
- Once Upon a Time in Harlem — Self (archival footage)2026
- Hollywood Black — Self (archive footage)2024
- The Man Who Built Cambodia — Self2017
- Our Paul: Remembering Paul Robeson — Self2007
- Discovering William Greaves — Self2006
- Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take 2½ — Self2005
- That's Black Entertainment — Host/Narrator1989
- Black Power in America: Myth or Reality? — Narrator/Interviewer1986
- Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One — Self - Director1968
- The First World Festival of Negro Arts — Narrator1966
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1926-10-08
- Active to
- 2014-08-25
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 4
- Total plays
- 6
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- William
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- New York
- Place of death
- Manhattan
- Occupation
- director
- Educated at
- Stuyvesant High School
- Employer
- National Film Board of Canada
- Languages spoken
- American English
- Image
- William Greaves Illustration for Wiki Unseen.jpg
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- has works in the collection
- Whitney Museum of American Art
- date of death
- 2014-08-25
- date of birth
- 1926-10-08
- Commons category
- William Greaves
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