William Greaves | |
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 Greaves making his 1968 film Symbiopsychotaxiplasm | |
| Born | October 8, 1926 Harlem, New York City, US |
| Died | August 25, 2014 (aged 87) Manhattan, US |
| Occupation(s) | Documentary filmmaker, actor |
| Years active | 1947-2001 |
| Children | 3 |
William Garfield Greaves[1] (October 8, 1926 – August 25, 2014) was an American documentary filmmaker and a pioneer of film-making. After trying his hand at acting, he became a filmmaker who produced more than two hundred documentary films, and wrote and directed more than half of these. Greaves garnered many accolades for his work, including four Emmy nominations.