Stanley Nelson
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- July 7, 1955
- Place of birth
- New York City, New York, USA
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).
Movies with Stanley Nelson
- A Place of Our Own 2004 · ★ 9.0
Movies directed by Stanley Nelson
- Jonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples Temple 2006 · ★ 7.0
- Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 2019 · ★ 7.1
- Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 2021 · ★ 6.8
- The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution 2015 · ★ 7.0
- Attica 2021 · ★ 6.8
- We Want the Funk! 2025 · ★ 6.3
- Freedom Riders 2010 · ★ 7.5
- Tell Them We Are Rising: The Story of Black Colleges and Universities 2017 · ★ 8.1
- Freedom Summer 2014 · ★ 7.2
- The Murder of Emmett Till 2003 · ★ 7.0
- Tulsa Burning: The 1921 Race Massacre 2021 · ★ 6.6
- Vick 2020 · ★ 5.6
- Becoming Frederick Douglass 2022 · ★ 4.7
- Harriet Tubman: Visions of Freedom 2021 · ★ 6.0
- The Black Press: Soldiers Without Swords 1999 · ★ 6.7
- Sound of the Police 2023 · ★ 4.0
- BOSS: The Black Experience in Business 2019 · ★ 3.5
- Marcus Garvey: Look for Me in the Whirlwind 2001 · ★ 9.0
- A Place of Our Own 2004 · ★ 9.0
- San Juan Hill: Manhattan’s Lost Neighborhood 2024 · ★ 1.0
- Critical Condition: Health in Black America 2025 · ★ 1.0
- The Story of Access 2018
- Beyond Brown: Pursuing the Promise 2004
- Two Dollars and A Dream: The Story of Madame C.J. Walker 1987
- Focus Forward: Short Films, Big Ideas 2012
- The Color of Cola 2026