Stanley Nelson
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Stanley Nelson

Jul 7, 1955 - New York City, New York, USA

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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Movie2004A Place of Our OwnSelf - Narrator (voice)
TV Show1996The Daily ShowSelf1

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Movie2006Jonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples TempleDirectorDirecting
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Movie2014Freedom SummerDirectorDirecting
Movie2014Freedom SummerWriterWriting
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Movie2010Freedom RidersWriterWriting
Movie2023Birthing a Nation: The Resistance of Mary GaffneyExecutive ProducerProduction
Movie2021AtticaWriterWriting
Movie2021AtticaProducerProduction
Movie2012Jesse OwensProducerProduction
Movie2012Jesse OwensWriterWriting
Movie2015Mary Lou Williams: The Lady Who Swings the BandExecutive ProducerProduction
Movie2015The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the RevolutionDirectorDirecting
Movie2021Tulsa Burning: The 1921 Race MassacreDirectorDirecting
Movie2022Becoming Frederick DouglassExecutive ProducerProduction
Movie2022Becoming Frederick DouglassProducerProduction
Movie2018The Story of AccessDirectorDirecting
Movie2003The Murder of Emmett TillDirectorDirecting
Movie2010Freedom RidersDirectorDirecting
Movie2010Freedom RidersProducerProduction
Movie1999The Black Press: Soldiers Without SwordsProducerProduction
Movie2021Lynching Postcards: Token of a Great DayExecutive ProducerProduction
Movie2004Beyond Brown: Pursuing the PromiseDirectorDirecting
Movie2015The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the RevolutionWriterWriting
Movie2015The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the RevolutionProducerProduction
Movie2024Sister Úna Lived a Good DeathExecutive ProducerProduction
Movie1981Puerto Rico: Our Right to DecideWriterWriting
Movie2017Tell Them We Are Rising: The Story of Black Colleges and UniversitiesDirectorDirecting
Movie2017Tell Them We Are Rising: The Story of Black Colleges and UniversitiesProducerProduction
Movie2017Tell Them We Are Rising: The Story of Black Colleges and UniversitiesScreenplayWriting
Movie2004A Place of Our OwnWriterWriting
Movie2004A Place of Our OwnDirectorDirecting
Movie2025Free for All: The Public LibraryExecutive ProducerProduction
Movie1999The Black Press: Soldiers Without SwordsDirectorDirecting
Movie2018Black MemorabiliaScript SupervisorDirecting
Movie2023Sound of the PoliceDirectorDirecting
Movie2023Sound of the PoliceProducerProduction
Movie2023Sydney G. James: How We See UsExecutive ProducerProduction
Movie2023Jonathan Thunder: Good MythologyExecutive ProducerProduction
Movie2019Miles Davis: Birth of the CoolDirectorDirecting
Movie2019Miles Davis: Birth of the CoolProducerProduction
Movie2004A Place of Our OwnProducerProduction
Movie2019BOSS: The Black Experience in BusinessDirectorDirecting
Movie2019BOSS: The Black Experience in BusinessProducerProduction
Movie2017Gavin Grimm vs.Executive ProducerProduction
Movie2017American CarnageExecutive ProducerProduction
Movie2020VickDirectorDirecting
Movie2017Picket LineExecutive ProducerProduction
Movie1999The Black Press: Soldiers Without SwordsWriterWriting
Movie2001Marcus Garvey: Look for Me in the WhirlwindDirectorDirecting
Movie1985Frederick Douglass: An American LifeSound RecordistSound
Movie1987Two Dollars and A Dream: The Story of Madame C.J. WalkerDirectorDirecting
Movie1987Two Dollars and A Dream: The Story of Madame C.J. WalkerEditorEditing
Movie1987Two Dollars and A Dream: The Story of Madame C.J. WalkerResearcherProduction
Movie1987Two Dollars and A Dream: The Story of Madame C.J. WalkerProducerProduction
Movie1976Just Doin’ It (A Tale of Two Barbershops)SoundSound
Movie1976Just Doin’ It (A Tale of Two Barbershops)Assistant EditorEditing
Movie2021Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & ConspiracyDirectorDirecting
Movie2024San Juan Hill: Manhattan’s Lost NeighborhoodDirectorDirecting
Movie2012Focus Forward: Short Films, Big IdeasDirectorDirecting
Movie2025We Want the Funk!DirectorDirecting
Movie2025Sun Ra: Do the ImpossibleExecutive ProducerProduction
Movie2025Critical Condition: Health in Black AmericaDirectorDirecting
Movie2025The InquisitorExecutive ProducerProduction
Movie2008Faubourg Tremé: The Untold Story of Black New OrleansExecutive ProducerProduction
Movie2025True NorthExecutive ProducerProduction
TV Show2009We Shall RemainDirectorDirecting
TV Show2020Black PanthersDirectorDirecting
TV Show1988American ExperienceWriterWriting
TV Show1988American ExperienceProducerProduction
TV Show200930 for 30DirectorDirecting