Stanley Nelson
Directing
Born July 7, 1955 · New York City, New York, USA
Also known as Stanley Nelson Jr.
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).
Awards & recognition
- National Humanities Medal · 2013
- Emmy Award
- MacArthur Fellows Program
- Academy Award — Best Documentary Feature Film · 2022 · nominated
Filmography24 titles
Hollywood Black
After Jackie
Harriet Tubman: Visions of Freedom
Tell Them We Are Rising: The Story of Black Colleges and Universities
Tulsa Burning: The 1921 Race Massacre
Lynching Postcards: Token of a Great Day
Freedom Riders
30 for 30
Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool
The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution
The Murder of Emmett Till
Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy
Attica
American Experience
Birthing a Nation: The Resistance of Mary Gaffney
Becoming Frederick Douglass
The Daily Show
We Want the Funk!
BOSS: The Black Experience in Business
Sound of the Police
The Inquisitor
Becoming Thurgood: America's Social Architect
Sister Úna Lived a Good Death
Hazing