2026Nominee
Best Performance
Once Upon a Time in Harlem
William Greaves
Actor · Director · Producer · Writer
New York City, New York, USA
October 8, 1926
Biography
William Greaves (October 8, 1926 – August 25, 2014) was a documentary filmmaker and a pioneer of African-American filmmaking. He 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, one of which he won for his work as executive producer on the African-American news program Black Journal. Description above from the Wikipedia article William Greaves, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Representative Works
Awards and Honors
Critical Favorites
1972Winner
Best Writing
Nationtime: Gary
1981Nominee
Best Picture
Bustin' Loose
Career Highlights
1986Highlight
Best Performance
Black Power in America: Myth or Reality?
1947Highlight
Best Performance
Sepia Cinderella
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Once Upon a Time in Harlem
Nationtime: Gary
Bustin' Loose