Stanley Nelson
DirectingStanley 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).
Known For
Filmography — Acting
Filmography — Crew
Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy
Director
Attica
Director
Jonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples Temple
Director
Freedom Summer
Director
The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution
Director
Vick
Director
Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool
Director
Tulsa Burning: The 1921 Race Massacre
Director
Becoming Frederick Douglass
Director
The Murder of Emmett Till
Director
We Want the Funk!
Director
San Juan Hill: Manhattan’s Lost Neighborhood
Director
Focus Forward: Short Films, Big Ideas
Director
After Jackie
Producer
Jesse Owens
Producer
Freedom Riders
Writer
BOSS: The Black Experience in Business
Director
The Black Press: Soldiers Without Swords
Producer
Sound of the Police
Director
Tell Them We Are Rising: The Story of Black Colleges and Universities
Director
A Place of Our Own
Writer
The Story of Access
Director
Harriet Tubman: Visions of Freedom
Director
Marcus Garvey: Look for Me in the Whirlwind
Director
Puerto Rico: Our Right to Decide
Writer
Critical Condition: Health in Black America
Director
Two Dollars and A Dream: The Story of Madame C.J. Walker
Director
Beyond Brown: Pursuing the Promise
Director