
William Greaves
Director · Writer · Cast
- Born
- October 8, 1926 · New York City, New York, USA
- Died
- August 25, 2014
- Birth name
- William Garfield Greaves
William Greaves was born on October 8, 1926 in New York City, New York, USA. He was an editor and director, known for Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One (1968), Ralph Bunche: An American Odyssey (2001) and Nationtime (1972). He was married to Louise Archambault. He died on August 25, 2014 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA.
Director
- 2026Once Upon a Time in Harlem
- 2005Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take 2 1/2
- 2001Ralph Bunche: An American Odyssey
- 1990That's Black Entertainment
- 1988American Experience
- 1988The Deep North
- 1987Black Power in America: Myth... or Reality?
- 1985Frederick Douglass: An American Life
- 1979Where Dreams Come True
- 1975The Marijuana Affair
- 1974From These Roots
- 1973Ali the Fighter
- 1972The Voice of La Raza
- 1972Nationtime
- 1968Still a Brother: Inside the Negro Middle Class
- 1968Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One
- 1966Wealth of a Nation
- 1966NET Journal
- 1960Four Religions
- 1958The Candid Eye
Writer
- 2026Once Upon a Time in Harlem
- 2005Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take 2 1/2
- 2001Ralph Bunche: An American Odyssey
- 1988American Experience
- 1987Black Power in America: Myth... or Reality?
- 1985Frederick Douglass: An American Life
- 1979Where Dreams Come True
- 1972The Voice of La Raza
- 1972Nationtime
- 1968Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One
- 1966Wealth of a Nation
Cast
- 2016To Tell the TruthSelf - WWII Soldier
- 2015The OscarsSelf - Documentarian (In Memoriam) (archiveFootage)
- 2008Blacklist: Recovering the Life of Canada LeeInterviewee
- 2007Our Paul: Remembering Paul RobesonSelf
- 2006Segregating the Greatest GenerationSelf
- 2006Discovering William GreavesSelf
- 2005Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take 2 1/2Self
- 2002The Black Experience in CinemaSelf personal interview
- 2002Television in America: An AutobiographySelf
- 2002That's Black EntertainmentSelf
- 1999Cinéma Vérité: Defining the Moment
- 1996Spencer Williams: Remembrances of an Early Black Film PioneerSelf - Host
- 1990That's Black EntertainmentSelf - Host
- 1968Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take OneSelf - Director
- 1968Black JournalSelf - Host
- 1951Faith Baldwin Romance Theatre
- 1949Souls of SinIsaiah 'Alabama' Lee
- 1949Lost BoundariesArthur 'Art' Cooper
- 1949SuspenseDesk Clerk
- 1948Miracle in HarlemBert Hallam
- 1948The Fight Never EndsFrankie
- 1948Lamp Unto My FeetSelf
- 1947Sepia CinderellaPatron
- —William Greaves: Remembering an American FilmmakerSelf