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
Becoming Frederick Douglass
Director, Producer, Executive Producer
Harriet Tubman: Visions of Freedom
Director
Hazing
Executive Producer
After Jackie
Producer
Freedom Summer
Writer, Director
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
Writer, Producer
Mary Lou Williams: The Lady Who Swings the Band
Executive Producer
The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution
Director, Producer, Writer
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, Screenplay, Producer
A Place of Our Own
Writer, Director, Producer
Free for All: The Public Library
Executive Producer
Black Memorabilia
Script Supervisor
Sound of the Police
Producer, Director
Jonathan Thunder: Good Mythology
Executive Producer
Sydney G. James: How We See Us
Executive Producer
Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool
Director, Producer
BOSS: The Black Experience in Business
Producer, Director
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, Producer, Researcher
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