Directing
William Greaves
- Titles
- 52movies2TV shows
- Career
Active from 1948 to 2026, with a break from 2006 to 2025, busiest in 1974 with 5 main titles.
- Directed
- 34titles as director
- Average score
63/100
- Highest rated
Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One66/100
What stands out
Compared with the average well-known movie, over 3 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.
- Politics7.6average 2.6
- Biographical5.3average 1.0
- Historical6.5average 2.6
- Social Commentary8.9average 4.9
- Class & Capitalism5.5average 3.3
- Nostalgia5.9average 3.7
- Contemporary Realism6.5average 5.4
- Wit & Wordplay4.2average 3.7
Rarely in their work
- Adrenaline2.2, average 4.9
- Mystery1.4, average 4.1
- Tension3.4, average 6.0
- Uncanny0.5, average 2.5
Main genres
Select a genre to see those titles.
Recurring tags
- Social Commentary 3
- Archival Footage 3
- Political History 2
- African Diaspora 2
- Social Justice Advocacy 2
- Historical Context 2
- Educational 2
Works often with
People in at least two of their main titles.
- LLou PotterWriterFrederick Douglass: An American Life, Just Doin’ It (A Tale of Two Barbershops), Fighter for Freedom: The Frederick Douglass Story
- AAudrey HeninghamActorSymbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One, Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take 2½
Jonathan GordonActorSymbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One, Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take 2½
Muhammad AliActorThe Fighters, The Fight
Langston HughesActorNationtime: Gary, The First World Festival of Negro Arts
Terence Macartney-FilgateActorSymbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One, Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take 2½
Joe FrazierActorThe Fighters, The Fight
Stevan LarnerActorSymbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One, Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take 2½
Ricardo MontalbanActorWhere Dreams Come True, Space For Women- DDavid GreavesEditorOnce Upon a Time in Harlem, Just Doin’ It (A Tale of Two Barbershops)
Movies and TV shows
492020s
1 title
2000s
2 titles · average score 61
Writer, Director
Writer, Editor
1980s
10 titles · average score 59
Producer, Director
Director, Producer
Director
as Narrator/Interviewer
Director, Editor
Director, Screenplay
Editor, Writer
Executive Producer
Director, Writer
1970s
14 titles · average score 63
Director
Director of Photography, Editor
Producer, Director
Producer, Director
Director
Cinematography
Director
Director
Editor, Producer
Director
Producer, Director
1960s
8 titles · average score 66
Director
Director
Director
Writer, Director
Editor, Director
Editor, Director
Director, Editor
1950s
10 titles
Director, Editor
Editor, Writer
Director, Producer
Sound, Editor
Editor
Director
Sound
Sound
1940s
4 titles · average score 59
as Isaiah 'Alabama' Lee
as Arthur 'Art' Cooper
as Bert Hallam
as Patron