Stanley Nelson
Known for: Director
Born: 7 July 1955 (age 71), 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).
Directed / Created
The Color of Cola
Critical Condition: Health in Black America
We Want the Funk!
San Juan Hill: Manhattan’s Lost Neighborhood
Sound of the Police
Becoming Frederick Douglass
Harriet Tubman: Visions of Freedom
Attica
Tulsa Burning: The 1921 Race Massacre
Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy
Black Panthers
Vick
Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool
BOSS: The Black Experience in Business
The Story of Access
Tell Them We Are Rising: The Story of Black Colleges and Universities
The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution
Freedom Summer
Focus Forward: Short Films, Big Ideas
Freedom Riders
30 for 30
We Shall Remain
Jonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples Temple
A Place of Our Own
Beyond Brown: Pursuing the Promise
The Murder of Emmett Till
Marcus Garvey: Look for Me in the Whirlwind
The Black Press: Soldiers Without Swords
Two Dollars and A Dream: The Story of Madame C.J. Walker