Stanley Nelson
Born in New York City, New York, USA — Jul 07 1955
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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 Ti…
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Stanley Nelson's Credits
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American Experience
Production
30 for 30
Directing
Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy
Directing
Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool
Directing
Attica
Directing
We Shall Remain
Directing
After Jackie
Production
Disco’s Revenge
Production
Frederick Douglass: An American Life
Sound
Mary Lou Williams: The Lady Who Swings the Band
Production
Jonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples Temple
Directing
Becoming Frederick Douglass
Directing
The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution
Directing
Vick
Directing
We Want the Funk!
Directing
Black Panthers
Directing
Free for All: The Public Library
Production
The Inquisitor
Production
Hazing
Production
Focus Forward: Short Films, Big Ideas
Directing
Freedom Riders
Writing
San Juan Hill: Manhattan’s Lost Neighborhood
Directing
Tulsa Burning: The 1921 Race Massacre
Directing
Freedom Summer
Directing
Gavin Grimm vs.
Production
Jesse Owens
Production
True North
Production
American Pachuco: The Legend of Luis Valdez
Production
The Murder of Emmett Till
Directing
Picket Line
Production
Sun Ra: Do the Impossible
Production
Lynching Postcards: Token of a Great Day
Production
American Carnage
Production
A Place of Our Own
Self - Narrator (voice)
Black Memorabilia
Directing
Sound of the Police
Directing
Sydney G. James: How We See Us
Production
Two Dollars and A Dream: The Story of Madame C.J. Walker
Directing
Becoming Thurgood: America's Social Architect
Production
BOSS: The Black Experience in Business
Directing
Faubourg Tremé: The Untold Story of Black New Orleans
Production
Harriet Tubman: Visions of Freedom
Directing
The Black Press: Soldiers Without Swords
Production
Birthing a Nation: The Resistance of Mary Gaffney
Production
Tell Them We Are Rising: The Story of Black Colleges and Universities
Directing
The Story of Access
Directing
Critical Condition: Health in Black America
Directing
Jonathan Thunder: Good Mythology
Production
Sister Úna Lived a Good Death
Production
Just Doin’ It (A Tale of Two Barbershops)
Sound
Puerto Rico: Our Right to Decide
Writing
Bulls and Saints
Production
Beyond Brown: Pursuing the Promise
Directing
Marcus Garvey: Look for Me in the Whirlwind
Directing