Stanley Nelson
Directing
Born 1955-07-07
New York City, New York, USA
57 credits
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Stanley Earl Nelson Jr. (born June 7, 1951) is an American documentary filmmaker and a MacArthur Fellow known as a director, writer and producer of documentaries examining African-American history and experiences. He is a recipient of the 2013 National Humanities Medal from President Obama. He has won three Primetime Emmy Awards.
Among his notable films are Freedom Riders (2010), Wounded Knee (2009), Jonestown: The Life & Death of People's Temple (2006), Sweet Honey in the Rock: Raise Your Voice (2005), A Place of Our Own (2004), The Murder of Emmett Till (2003), and The Black Press: Soldiers without Swords (1998).
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Filmography
Directing
28 credits
30 for 30
Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy
We Shall Remain
Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool
Black Panthers
We Want the Funk!
Vick
Jonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples Temple
The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution
Attica
Tulsa Burning: The 1921 Race Massacre
Becoming Frederick Douglass
Freedom Riders
BOSS: The Black Experience in Business
Focus Forward: Short Films, Big Ideas
Harriet Tubman: Visions of Freedom
Freedom Summer
The Murder of Emmett Till
Sound of the Police
The Black Press: Soldiers Without Swords
The Story of Access
Tell Them We Are Rising: The Story of Black Colleges and Universities
Marcus Garvey: Look for Me in the Whirlwind
San Juan Hill: Manhattan’s Lost Neighborhood
Two Dollars and A Dream: The Story of Madame C.J. Walker
Critical Condition: Health in Black America
A Place of Our Own
Beyond Brown: Pursuing the Promise
Producing
34 credits
American Experience
The Inquisitor
Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool
Hazing
Faubourg Tremé: The Untold Story of Black New Orleans
Disco's Revenge
True North: Canadian Myths and Black Power
The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution
Attica
Picket Line
American Pachuco: The Legend of Luis Valdez
Becoming Frederick Douglass
Freedom Riders
BOSS: The Black Experience in Business
Bulls and Saints
Becoming Thurgood: America's Social Architect
Jesse Owens
Sydney G. James: How We See Us
Lynching Postcards: Token of a Great Day
Sun Ra: Do the Impossible
American Carnage
Sound of the Police
Free for All: The Public Library
Lani B. Supreme: Legacy
After Jackie
Mary Lou Williams: The Lady Who Swings the Band
The Black Press: Soldiers Without Swords
Jonathan Thunder: Good Mythology
Gavin Grimm vs.
Tell Them We Are Rising: The Story of Black Colleges and Universities
Two Dollars and A Dream: The Story of Madame C.J. Walker
A Place of Our Own
Sister Úna Lived a Good Death
Birthing a Nation: The Resistance of Mary Gaffney
Writing
10 credits
American Experience
The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution
Attica
Freedom Riders
Freedom Summer
Jesse Owens
The Black Press: Soldiers Without Swords
Tell Them We Are Rising: The Story of Black Colleges and Universities
A Place of Our Own
Puerto Rico: Our Right to Decide
Acting
7 credits
The Daily Show
Hollywood Black
Frederick Douglass: An American Life
Black Memorabilia
Just Doin’ It (A Tale of Two Barbershops)
Two Dollars and A Dream: The Story of Madame C.J. Walker
A Place of Our Own
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