Directing
William Greaves
- Titles
- 51movies2TV shows
- Career
Active from 1948 to 2026, with a break from 2006 to 2025, busiest in 1974 with 4 main titles.
- Directed
- 32titles as director
- Average score
71/100
- Highest rated
Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One83/100
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 0.9
- Social Commentary8.9average 4.9
- Historical6.5average 2.6
- Nostalgia5.9average 3.6
- Class & Capitalism5.5average 3.3
- Contemporary Realism6.5average 5.2
- Wit & Wordplay4.2average 3.7
Rarely in their work
- Adrenaline2.2, average 5.1
- Mystery1.4, average 4.1
- Tension3.4, average 6.1
- Violence2.4, average 4.3
Main genres
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Recurring tags
- Social Commentary 3
- Archival Footage 3
- Political History 2
Works often with
People in at least two of their main titles.
Muhammad AliActorThe Fight, Ali the Man: Ali the Fighter, The Fighters
Joe FrazierActorThe Fight, Ali the Man: Ali the Fighter, The Fighters- LLou PotterWriterFrederick Douglass: An American Life, Just Doin’ It (A Tale of Two Barbershops), Fighter for Freedom: The Frederick Douglass Story
Burt LancasterActorAli the Man: Ali the Fighter, The Fighters- AAudrey HeninghamActorSymbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One, Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take 2½
Jonathan GordonActorSymbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One, Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take 2½
Terence Macartney-FilgateActorSymbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One, Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take 2½
Stevan LarnerActorSymbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One, Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take 2½
Ricardo MontalbanActorWhere Dreams Come True, Space For Women- DDavid GreavesCinematographerOnce Upon a Time in Harlem, Just Doin’ It (A Tale of Two Barbershops)
- RRick BaxterDirectorAli the Man: Ali the Fighter, The Fighters
Movies and TV shows
31980s
2 titles
Black Power in America: Myth or Reality? (1986)
as Narrator/Interviewer
Booker T. Washington: The Life and the Legacy (1982)
Editor, Writer
1970s
1 title
Just Doin’ It (A Tale of Two Barbershops) (1976)
Director of Photography, Writer