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Biography
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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Awards & recognition
- Paul Robeson Award · 2012
- Black Filmmakers Hall of Fame · 1980
Filmography9 titles
Nationtime
1972Cinematography, Director, Editor, Producer, Writer
1972Cinematography, Director, Editor, Producer, Writer
Miracle in Harlem
1948as Bert Hallam
1948as Bert Hallam
Souls of Sin
1949as Isaiah 'Alabama' Lee
1949as Isaiah 'Alabama' Lee
Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One
1968as Self - Director
1968as Self - Director
Lost Boundaries
1949as Arthur 'Art' Cooper
1949as Arthur 'Art' Cooper
Bustin' Loose
1981Executive Producer
1981Executive Producer
Sepia Cinderella
1947as Patron
1947as Patron
Hollywood Black
2024as Self (archive footage)
2024as Self (archive footage)
Ida B. Wells: A Passion for Justice
1989Director, Producer, Writer
1989Director, Producer, Writer