Stanley Nelsonborn 1955

usually

Director

Popularity

0.4

Famous

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).

Credits

Sun Ra: Do the Impossible
Sun Ra: Do the Impossible

2025

Documentary • Music

Executive Producer

0.4
The Inquisitor
The Inquisitor

2025

Documentary

Executive Producer

0.6
Free for All: The Public Library
Free for All: The Public Library

2025

Documentary

Executive Producer

0.4
We Want the Funk!
We Want the Funk!

2025

Documentary • Music

Director

9.3
1
Sister Úna Lived a Good Death
Sister Úna Lived a Good Death

2024

Documentary

Executive Producer

0.5
Bulls and Saints
Bulls and Saints

2023

Documentary

Executive Producer

0.3
Sound of the Police
Sound of the Police

2023

Documentary

Director, Producer

5.5
0.3
Birthing a Nation: The Resistance of Mary Gaffney
Birthing a Nation: The Resistance of Mary Gaffney

2023

Documentary

Executive Producer

6.5
0.4
Sydney G. James: How We See Us
Sydney G. James: How We See Us

2023

Executive Producer

0.2
Jonathan Thunder: Good Mythology
Jonathan Thunder: Good Mythology

2023

Executive Producer

0.2
Becoming Frederick Douglass
Becoming Frederick Douglass

2022

Documentary

Director, Executive Producer, Producer

6.5
0.6
After Jackie
After Jackie

2022

Documentary • History

Producer

8.5
0.3
Hazing
Hazing

2022

Documentary

Executive Producer

0.4
Harriet Tubman: Visions of Freedom
Harriet Tubman: Visions of Freedom

2021

Documentary

Director

8.5
0.1
Lynching Postcards: Token of a Great Day
Lynching Postcards: Token of a Great Day

2021

Documentary

Executive Producer

8
0.3
Attica
Attica

2021

Documentary

Director, Writer, Producer

7.1
0.9
Tulsa Burning: The 1921 Race Massacre
7.3
0.3
Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy
6.8
2.1
Vick
Vick

2020

Documentary

Director

6.8
0.4
Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool
Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool

2019

Documentary • History • Music

Director, Producer

7.2
2.3
BOSS: The Black Experience in Business
BOSS: The Black Experience in Business

2019

Documentary

Director, Producer

6
0.3
The Story of Access
The Story of Access

2018

Documentary

Director

0.1
Black Memorabilia
Black Memorabilia

2018

Documentary

Script Supervisor

0.2
American Carnage
American Carnage

2017

Documentary

Executive Producer

0.5
Gavin Grimm vs.
Gavin Grimm vs.

2017

Documentary

Executive Producer

5
0.6
Picket Line
Picket Line

2017

Documentary

Executive Producer

0.3
Tell Them We Are Rising: The Story of Black Colleges and Universities
8.1
0.4
Mary Lou Williams: The Lady Who Swings the Band
Mary Lou Williams: The Lady Who Swings the Band

2015

Documentary

Executive Producer

8
1.3
The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution
The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution

2015

Documentary

Director, Writer, Producer

7
1.1
Freedom Summer
Freedom Summer

2014

Documentary

Director, Writer

7.2
0.6
Focus Forward: Short Films, Big Ideas
0.5
Jesse Owens
Jesse Owens

2012

Documentary • History

Producer, Writer

8
0.4
Freedom Riders
Freedom Riders

2010

Documentary • History

Writer, Director, Producer

7.6
0.6
Faubourg Tremé: The Untold Story of Black New Orleans
Faubourg Tremé: The Untold Story of Black New Orleans

2008

Documentary • History

Executive Producer

0.2
Jonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples Temple
Jonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples Temple

2006

Documentary • History • TV Movie

Director

7.1
1
A Place of Our Own
A Place of Our Own

2004

Documentary

Writer, Director, Producer

0.6
Beyond Brown: Pursuing the Promise
Beyond Brown: Pursuing the Promise

2004

Documentary

Director

0.2
The Murder of Emmett Till
The Murder of Emmett Till

2003

Documentary

Director

6.8
0.4
The Black Press: Soldiers Without Swords
The Black Press: Soldiers Without Swords

1999

Documentary • History

Producer, Director, Writer

5
0.5
Two Dollars and A Dream: The Story of Madame C.J. Walker
Two Dollars and A Dream: The Story of Madame C.J. Walker

1987

Documentary

Director, Editor, Researcher, Producer

0.2
Frederick Douglass: An American Life
Frederick Douglass: An American Life

1985

Drama • History

Sound Recordist

0.5
Just Doin’ It (A Tale of Two Barbershops)
Just Doin’ It (A Tale of Two Barbershops)

1976

Documentary

Sound, Assistant Editor

0.1

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