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).
Acting
Crew
American Pachuco: The Legend of Luis Valdez
Executive Producer
Becoming Thurgood: America's Social Architect
Executive Producer
True North
Executive Producer
Sun Ra: Do the Impossible
Executive Producer
The Inquisitor
Executive Producer
Free for All: The Public Library
Executive Producer
Critical Condition: Health in Black America
Director
We Want the Funk!
Director
San Juan Hill: Manhattan’s Lost Neighborhood
Director
Sister Úna Lived a Good Death
Executive Producer
Disco's Revenge
Executive Producer
Bulls and Saints
Executive Producer
Sound of the Police
Director
Sound of the Police
Producer
Birthing a Nation: The Resistance of Mary Gaffney
Executive Producer
Jonathan Thunder: Good Mythology
Executive Producer
Sydney G. James: How We See Us
Executive Producer
Becoming Frederick Douglass
Director
Becoming Frederick Douglass
Producer
Becoming Frederick Douglass
Executive Producer