William Greaves

Personal Info

Known For Director

Gender Male

Birthday 1926-10-08

Deathday 2014-08-25 (87 years old)

Place of Birth New York City, New York, USA

William Greaves

Biography

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.

Known For

Actor

1989
1986
1968
1949
Souls of Sin

as Isaiah 'Alabama' Lee

1949
Lost Boundaries

as Arthur 'Art' Cooper

1948
Miracle in Harlem

as Bert Hallam

Crew

1974
Every Nigger Is a Star

as Cinematography

1972
Nationtime

as Cinematography

1971
Voice of La Raza

as Cinematography

1960
Four Religions

as Cinematography

Camera