Actor

William Greaves

Directing

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Movies: 33Series: 0Crew credits: 26

TMDB ID: 131468

IMDb ID: nm0337348

Known for: Directing

Born: October 8, 1926

Died: August 25, 2014

Age: 87

Place of birth: New York City, New York, USA

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1947 - 2026

Years active: 80

Average TMDB rating: 6.55

Wikidata: Q8010139

Other jobs

Director (11)Producer (5)Editor (4)Sound (2)Camera Operator (1)Cinematography (1)Executive Producer (1)Writer (1)

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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.

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