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On August 23, 1959, Greaves married Louise Archambault, who became a frequent collaborator on his projects, going so far as to even produce his documentary on Ralph Bunche. They had three children. Between 1969 and 1982, Greaves taught film and television acting at the Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute in New York.
Growing up in a working-class West Indian immigrant family in Harlem as the cultural Renaissance of the 1920’s turned into the long Depression of the 1930’s, Greaves was able to defy social, racial and economic barriers to become one of the most prolific documentary filmmakers of his era.
Aug 27, 2014 · What a legacy William Greaves left for his family, his friends, and his admirers to treasure for years to come. He was a gifted pioneer of many talents who opened opportunities for Black ...
Apr 17, 2003 · Filmmaker William Greaves was born in New York City to parents from Jamaica and Barbados. Growing up in Harlem, Greaves attended Stuyvesant High School, and after graduating in 1944, attended the City College of New York. Greaves spent 1948 studying under German-born avant-garde filmmaker Hans Richter.
Over the course of fifty-two years, William Greaves created an immense body of work that documented, reflected on, and celebrated the African American experience. From 1953-2005, Greaves was the producer, writer, director, cinematographer and/or editor of seventy-nine films.
Aug 28, 2014 · The award-winning US broadcaster and film-maker, William Greaves, has died in New York aged 87. Greaves's grand-daughter, Liani, said he had suffered a long illness before he died at home in...
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William Greaves was born on 8 October 1926 in New York City, New York, USA. He was an editor and director, known for Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One (1968), Ralph Bunche: An American Odyssey (2001) and Nationtime (1972). He was married to Louise Archambault.
