Stanley Nelson
Directing · Born 1955-07-07 · 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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As director
Critical Condition: Health in Black America 2025
Director
We Want the Funk! 2025
Director
San Juan Hill: Manhattan’s Lost Neighborhood 2024
Director
Sound of the Police 2023
Director
Becoming Frederick Douglass 2022
Director
Harriet Tubman: Visions of Freedom 2021
Director
Attica 2021
Director
Tulsa Burning: The 1921 Race Massacre 2021
Director
Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 2021
Director
Vick 2020
Director
Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 2019
Director
BOSS: The Black Experience in Business 2019
Director
The Story of Access 2018
Director
Tell Them We Are Rising: The Story of Black Colleges and Universities 2017
Director
The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution 2015
Director
Freedom Summer 2014
Director
Focus Forward: Short Films, Big Ideas 2012
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Freedom Riders 2010
Director
Jonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples Temple 2006
Director
A Place of Our Own 2004
Director
Beyond Brown: Pursuing the Promise 2004
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The Murder of Emmett Till 2003
Director
Marcus Garvey: Look for Me in the Whirlwind 2001
Director
The Black Press: Soldiers Without Swords 1999
Director
Two Dollars and A Dream: The Story of Madame C.J. Walker 1987
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