William Greaves
American documentary filmmaker (1926–2014)
0.63body-of-work score · ranked #1280 of 2631 directors · 1 film in our library
A director's score is the sum of their films' composite canon scores — methodology.
- Born
- October 8, 1926 · New York
- Died
- August 25, 2014 · Manhattan
- Nationality
- United States
- Work
- film director, screenwriter, director, documentary filmmaker
Films in our library, ranked
Ranked by composite canon score across 20+ authoritative lists, awards and polls — our ordering, with every placement citing its evidence on the film's page.
- 1
1968 · United States · documentary
Sight & Sound 2022 critics' poll #169 · National Film Registry (inducted 2015)
0.632 citations
Complete filmography
All 9 directorial credits recorded on Wikidata, in chronological order; films in our library link to their canon-score page.
- 1957Putting It Straight: A Story Of Crooked Teeth
- 1968Still a Brother
- 1968Symbiopsychotaxiplasm
- 1972The Voice of La Raza
- 1974From These Roots
- 1974The Fighters
- 1989That's Black Entertainment
- 2001Ralph Bunche: An American Odyssey
- 2026Once Upon a Time in Harlem