Stanley Nelson
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- July 7, 1955 (age 71)
- Birthplace
- New York City, New York, USA
Biography
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).
Known For
Jonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples Temple
Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool
Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy
The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution
30 for 30
American Experience
Attica
We Want the Funk!
Freedom Riders
Tell Them We Are Rising: The Story of Black Colleges and Universities
Disco's Revenge
Freedom Summer
Filmography
The Color of Cola
Movie · Director
We Want the Funk!
Movie · Director
Critical Condition: Health in Black America
Movie · Director
San Juan Hill: Manhattan’s Lost Neighborhood
Movie · Director
Sound of the Police
Movie · Director
Becoming Frederick Douglass
Movie · Director
Harriet Tubman: Visions of Freedom
Movie · Director
Attica
Movie · Director
Tulsa Burning: The 1921 Race Massacre
Movie · Director
Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy
Movie · Director
Vick
Movie · Director
Black Panthers
TV · Director · 2 eps
Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool
Movie · Director
BOSS: The Black Experience in Business
Movie · Director
The Story of Access
Movie · Director
Black Memorabilia
Movie · Script Supervisor
Tell Them We Are Rising: The Story of Black Colleges and Universities
Movie · Director
The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution
Movie · Director
Freedom Summer
Movie · Director
Focus Forward: Short Films, Big Ideas
Movie · Director
Freedom Riders
Movie · Director
We Shall Remain
TV · Director · 1 ep
30 for 30
TV · Director · 2 eps
Jonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples Temple
Movie · Director
Beyond Brown: Pursuing the Promise
Movie · Director
A Place of Our Own
Movie · Director
The Murder of Emmett Till
Movie · Director
Marcus Garvey: Look for Me in the Whirlwind
Movie · Director
The Black Press: Soldiers Without Swords
Movie · Director
Two Dollars and A Dream: The Story of Madame C.J. Walker
Movie · Director