Stanley Nelson

Directing·Jul 7, 1955·New York City, New York, USA

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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).

Film	Credit
Critical Condition: Health in Black America2025 · Director	Director
We Want the Funk!2025 · Director	Director
San Juan Hill: Manhattan’s Lost Neighborhood2024 · Director	Director
Sound of the Police2023 · Producer, Director	Producer, Director
Becoming Frederick Douglass2022 · Director, Producer	Director, Producer
After Jackie2022 · Producer	Producer
Harriet Tubman: Visions of Freedom2021 · Director	Director
Attica2021 · Director, Writer, Producer	Director, Writer, Producer
Tulsa Burning: The 1921 Race Massacre2021 · Director	Director
Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy2021 · Director	Director
Vick2020 · Director	Director
Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool2019 · Director, Producer	Director, Producer
BOSS: The Black Experience in Business2019 · Producer, Director	Producer, Director
The Story of Access2018 · Director	Director
Tell Them We Are Rising: The Story of Black Colleges and Universities2017 · Director, Screenplay, Producer	Director, Screenplay, Producer
The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution2015 · Director, Producer, Writer	Director, Producer, Writer
Freedom Summer2014 · Writer, Director	Writer, Director
Focus Forward: Short Films, Big Ideas2012 · Director	Director
Jesse Owens2012 · Writer, Producer	Writer, Producer
Freedom Riders2010 · Writer, Director, Producer	Writer, Director, Producer
Jonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples Temple2006 · Director	Director
A Place of Our Own2004 · Self - Narrator (voice), Writer, Director, Producer	Self - Narrator (voice), Writer, Director, Producer
Beyond Brown: Pursuing the Promise2004 · Director	Director
The Murder of Emmett Till2003 · Director	Director
Marcus Garvey: Look for Me in the Whirlwind2001 · Director	Director
The Black Press: Soldiers Without Swords1999 · Producer, Director, Writer	Producer, Director, Writer
Two Dollars and A Dream: The Story of Madame C.J. Walker1987 · Director, Producer	Director, Producer
PPuerto Rico: Our Right to Decide1981 · Writer	Writer