William A. Graham
1926 - 2013Description above from the Wikipedia article William A. Graham (director), licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Minstrel Man
William A. Graham
Glynn Turman, Ted Ross
Two black brothers in a traveling minstrel show in the early part of the twentieth century have two different goals. One brother is determined to succeed in a field that is dominated by white performers in blackface, and the other is a composer fighting to break away from the stereotypes associated with black minstrel performers.
Minstrel Man
Then Came Bronson
William A. Graham
Michael Parks, Bonnie Bedelia
Jim Bronson is a young newspaperman who quits his job following the suicide of his best friend, and sets out on a cross-country trip on his motorcycle in his quest for the meaning of life in which he befriends a runway bride, another searching soul, in this pilot for the TV series of the same name, and theatrically released in some parts of the world including Spain.
Then Came Bronson
Larry
William A. Graham
Frederic Forrest, Tyne Daly
A man who has been confined from early childhood to a dubiously run home for the mentally challenged is transferred to a state mental hospital when the home is shut down. Staff discover that, despite outward appearances, the man was wrongly confined and is of average intelligence.
Larry
Where the Lilies Bloom
William A. Graham
Julie Gholson, Jan Smithers
A family of children decide not to tell anyone their father has died, and to live on their own in the backwoods of rural North Carolina. If the state finds out they are on their own, they will be split up and sent to live in foster homes.
Where the Lilies Bloom
Cindy
William A. Graham
Charlayne Woodard, Scoey Mitchell
A revisionist twist on Cinderella with an all-black cast and set in Harlem during WWII. Cindy is a country bumpkin who moves from South Carolina to live with her father and his new family. When her stepmother and two stepsisters refuse to take her to the Sugar Hill Ball, her draft-dodging, chauffeur neighbor whips up a little "magic" and at the ball she catches the eye of the richest man in Harlem.
Cindy
One in a Million: The Ron LeFlore Story
William A. Graham
LeVar Burton, Madge Sinclair
The true story of baseball star Ron LeFlore, from his days as a street-corner punk with no future to his days behind bars on a petty robbery conviction to his ultimate once-in-a-lifetime chance with the Detroit Tigers, where he became an outstanding baseball player.
One in a Million: The Ron LeFlore Story
The Amazing Howard Hughes
William A. Graham
Tommy Lee Jones, Ed Flanders
The Amazing Howard Hughes is a 1977 television movie about American aviation pioneer and filmmaker Howard Hughes, based on the book by Hughes' business partner Noah Dietrich. The film starred Tommy Lee Jones, Ed Flanders, and Tovah Feldshuh.
The Amazing Howard Hughes
Birds of Prey
William A. Graham
David Janssen, Ralph Meeker
Harry Walker, a former military pilot, works as a helicopter pilot and traffic reporter for a Salt Lake City radio station. One day while working he observes a bank robbery in progress and the kidnapping of a young woman who worked at the bank. Harry goes into pursuit which leads to an exciting conclusion.
Birds of Prey
