William Greaves

William Greaves

Personal information

Known for
Directing
Known credits
54
Gender
Male
Born
October 8, 1926
Died
August 25, 2014
Place of birth
New York City, New York, USA

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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