William Greaves
William Garfield Greaves was an American filmmaker and actor. Trained at the Actors Studio, he worked as a stage and film actor but became disillusioned with the roles available to Black performers, and transitioned into a career as a pioneering documentarian at the highest of the civil rights movement. He produced more than 200 documentaries, and wrote and directed more than half of these. He garnered many accolades for his work, including four Emmy nominations.
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Once Upon a Time in Harlem
director
2026
Once Upon a Time in Harlem
actor
2026
The Man Who Built Cambodia
actor
2017
Discovering William Greaves
actor
2006
Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take 2½
writer
2005
Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take 2½
actor
2005
Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take 2½
director
2005
Ralph Bunche: An American Odyssey
writer
2001
Ralph Bunche: An American Odyssey
director
2001
Ida B. Wells: A Passion for Justice
writer
1989
Ida B. Wells: A Passion for Justice
director
1989
Black Power in America: Myth or Reality?
writer
1986
Black Power in America: Myth or Reality?
actor
1986
Black Power in America: Myth or Reality?
director
1986
Frederick Douglass: An American Life
director
1985
Frederick Douglass: An American Life
writer
1985
Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One
writer
1968
Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One
actor
1968
Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One
director
1968
Miracle in Harlem
actor
1948
The Fight Never Ends
actor
1948