Stanley Nelson
Personal Info
Known for
Directing
Gender
Male
Birthday
1955-07-07 (69 years old)
Place of Birth
New York City, New York, USA
Stanley Nelson
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
Acting
(2004)
A Place of Our Own
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Crew
(2025)
Free for All: The Public Library
Executive Producer
(2025)
We Want the Funk!
Director
(2025)
Sun Ra: Do the Impossible
Executive Producer
(2025)
(2025)
The Inquisitor
Executive Producer
(2024)
Sister Úna Lived a Good Death
Executive Producer
(2024)
(2023)
Bulls and Saints
Executive Producer
(2023)
Birthing a Nation: The Resistance of Mary Gaffney
Executive Producer
(2023)
Sound of the Police
Director, Producer
(2023)
Jonathan Thunder: Good Mythology
Executive Producer
(2023)
Sydney G. James: How We See Us
Executive Producer
(2022)
Becoming Frederick Douglass
Director, Producer, Executive Producer
(2022)
Hazing
Executive Producer
(2022)
After Jackie
Producer
(2021)
(2021)
Attica
Director, Writer, Producer
(2021)
(2021)
Lynching Postcards: Token of a Great Day
Executive Producer
(2021)
(2020)
Vick
Director
(2019)
Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool
Director, Producer
(2019)
BOSS: The Black Experience in Business
Producer, Director
(2018)
The Story of Access
Director
(2018)
Black Memorabilia
Script Supervisor
(2017)
Tell Them We Are Rising: The Story of Black Colleges and Universities
Director, Screenplay, Producer
(2017)
Gavin Grimm vs.
Executive Producer
(2017)
American Carnage
Executive Producer
(2017)
Picket Line
Executive Producer
(2015)
Mary Lou Williams: The Lady Who Swings the Band
Executive Producer
(2015)
The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution
Director, Writer, Producer
(2014)
Freedom Summer
Director, Writer
(2012)
Jesse Owens
Writer, Producer
(2012)
(2010)
Freedom Riders
Writer, Director, Producer
(2008)
Faubourg Tremé: The Untold Story of Black New Orleans
Executive Producer
(2006)
(2004)
(2004)
A Place of Our Own
Director, Writer, Producer
(2003)
The Murder of Emmett Till
Director
(2001)
(1999)
The Black Press: Soldiers Without Swords
Producer, Director, Writer
(1987)
Two Dollars and A Dream: The Story of Madame C.J. Walker
Director, Producer, Editor, Researcher
(1985)
Frederick Douglass: An American Life
Sound Recordist
(1981)
(1976)
Just Doin’ It (A Tale of Two Barbershops)
Assistant Editor, Sound