Stanley Nelson
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).
Crew
Jonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples Temple
Director
Harriet Tubman: Visions of Freedom
Director
Becoming Frederick Douglass
Director, Executive Producer, Producer
Hazing
Executive Producer
After Jackie
Producer
Freedom Summer
Director, Writer
Attica
Director, Writer, Producer
Bulls and Saints
Executive Producer
Freedom Riders
Writer, Director, Producer
Birthing a Nation: The Resistance of Mary Gaffney
Executive Producer
Jesse Owens
Producer, Writer
Mary Lou Williams: The Lady Who Swings the Band
Executive Producer
The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution
Director, Writer, Producer
Tulsa Burning: The 1921 Race Massacre
Director
The Story of Access
Director
The Murder of Emmett Till
Director
The Black Press: Soldiers Without Swords
Producer, Director, Writer
Lynching Postcards: Token of a Great Day
Executive Producer
Beyond Brown: Pursuing the Promise
Director
Sister Úna Lived a Good Death
Executive Producer
Puerto Rico: Our Right to Decide
Writer
Tell Them We Are Rising: The Story of Black Colleges and Universities
Director, Producer, Screenplay
A Place of Our Own
Writer, Director, Producer
Free for All: The Public Library
Executive Producer
Black Memorabilia
Script Supervisor
Sound of the Police
Director, Producer
Sydney G. James: How We See Us
Executive Producer
Jonathan Thunder: Good Mythology
Executive Producer
Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool
Director, Producer
BOSS: The Black Experience in Business
Director, Producer
Gavin Grimm vs.
Executive Producer
American Carnage
Executive Producer
Vick
Director
Picket Line
Executive Producer
Marcus Garvey: Look for Me in the Whirlwind
Director
Frederick Douglass: An American Life
Sound Recordist
Two Dollars and A Dream: The Story of Madame C.J. Walker
Director, Editor, Researcher, Producer
Just Doin’ It (A Tale of Two Barbershops)
Sound, Assistant Editor
Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy
Director
San Juan Hill: Manhattan’s Lost Neighborhood
Director
Focus Forward: Short Films, Big Ideas
Director
We Want the Funk!
Director
Sun Ra: Do the Impossible
Executive Producer
Critical Condition: Health in Black America
Director
The Inquisitor
Executive Producer
Faubourg Tremé: The Untold Story of Black New Orleans
Executive Producer
True North
Executive Producer
American Pachuco: The Legend of Luis Valdez
Executive Producer
Becoming Thurgood: America's Social Architect
Executive Producer
Disco’s Revenge
Executive Producer