William Greaves
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William Greaves

Born Oct 8, 1926Died at 87New York City, New York, USADirecting

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. Description above from the Wikipedia article William Greaves, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Age at death: 87

Gender: Male

Died: Aug 25, 2014

IMDb: nm0337348

Known credits: 125