# William Greaves

> 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.

*American documentary filmmaker (1926-2014)*

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## Identity
- **Profile type:** Movie Director ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999))
- **Category:** Directors
- **Country:** United States
- **Born:** 1926-10-08
- **Died:** 2014-08-25
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Fame
- **Fame score:** 51.5
- **Momentum:** 4.2

## Platforms
- **IMDB**: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0337348/ (@nm0337348)

## Timeline
- **2014** - Died
- **2012** - Paul Robeson Award
- **1980** - Black Filmmakers Hall of Fame
- **1947** - Sepia Cinderella
- **1926** - Born

## Sources
- [William Greaves](https://www.themoviedb.org/person/131468)
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- [ويليام جريفز](https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%85_%D8%AC%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%81%D8%B2)
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- [MusicBrainz](https://musicbrainz.org/artist/23c99998-a241-4061-b943-509a5ef291cd)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8010139)

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