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)
Sydney G. James: How We See Us
Executive Producer
(2023)
Jonathan Thunder: Good Mythology
Executive Producer
(2022)
Becoming Frederick Douglass
Director, Executive Producer, 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
Director, Producer
(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, Producer, Screenplay
(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
Producer, Writer
(2012)
(2010)
Freedom Riders
Writer, Director, Producer
(2006)
(2004)
(2004)
A Place of Our Own
Writer, Director, 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, Editor, Researcher, Producer
(1985)
Frederick Douglass: An American Life
Sound Recordist
(1981)
(1976)
Just Doin’ It (A Tale of Two Barbershops)
Sound, Assistant Editor