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
Select a genre to see those titles.
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
322020s
1 title
2000s
2 titles · average score 61
61
Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take 2½ (2005)
Writer, Director
Ralph Bunche: An American Odyssey (2001)
Writer, Editor
1980s
8 titles
Ida B. Wells: A Passion for Justice (1989)
Producer, Director
The Deep North (1988)
Director, Producer
The Best of Black Journal (1988)
Director
Black Power in America: Myth or Reality? (1986)
as Narrator/Interviewer
Frederick Douglass: An American Life (1985)
Director, Writer
Fighter for Freedom: The Frederick Douglass Story (1984)
Screenplay, Director
Space For Women (1981)
Director, Writer
1970s
11 titles · average score 69
Where Dreams Come True (1979)
Director
Just Doin’ It (A Tale of Two Barbershops) (1976)
Director of Photography, Writer
Ali the Man: Ali the Fighter (1975)
Producer, Director
The Marijuana Affair (1975)
Producer, Director
The Fighters (1974)
Director
From These Roots (1974)
Director
Whose Standard English? (1974)
Director
The Fight (1974)
Director
69
Nationtime: Gary (1972)
Editor, Producer
On Merit (1972)
Director
Voice of La Raza (1971)
Producer, Director
1960s
7 titles · average score 83
Black Journal: 9 (1969)
Director
In the Company of Men (1969)
Director
83
Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One (1968)
Writer, Director
Still A Brother: Inside the Negro Middle Class (1968)
Editor, Director
Wealth of a Nation (1966)
Editor, Director
Four Religions (1960)
Director, Editor
1950s
3 titles
Emergency Ward (1959)
Director, Editor
Smoke and Weather (1958)
Director, Producer
Putting It Straight (1957)
Director