Stanley Nelson
Director
49
Movies
6
TV Shows
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).
Behind the Camera
American Experience
Escritor, Productor
30 for 30
Director
Crack: Cocaína, corrupción y conspiración
Director
The Birth of Cool: La historia de Miles Davis y su música
Director, Productor
We Shall Remain
Director
Attica
Director, Escritor, Productor
We Want the Funk!
Director
Becoming Frederick Douglass
Director, Productor, Productor Ejecutivo
Jonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples Temple
Director
Freedom Riders
Escritor, Director, Productor
After Jackie
Productor
Faubourg Tremé: The Untold Story of Black New Orleans
Productor Ejecutivo
Mary Lou Williams: The Lady Who Swings the Band
Productor Ejecutivo
The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution
Director, Escritor, Productor
Frederick Douglass: An American Life
Sound Recordist
Freedom Summer
Director, Escritor
San Juan Hill: Manhattan’s Lost Neighborhood
Director
Disco's Revenge
Productor Ejecutivo
Black Panthers
Director
Tulsa Burning: The 1921 Race Massacre
Director
Sister Úna Lived a Good Death
Productor Ejecutivo
Free for All: The Public Library
Productor Ejecutivo
Sound of the Police
Director, Productor
BOSS: The Black Experience in Business
Productor, Director
The Murder of Emmett Till
Director
Tell Them We Are Rising: The Story of Black Colleges and Universities
Director, Guionista, Productor
Focus Forward: Short Films, Big Ideas
Director
Jesse Owens
Escritor, Productor
Gavin Grimm vs.
Productor Ejecutivo
Vick
Director
