Stanley Nelson
- Born
- July 7, 1955 · New York City, New York, USA
- Producer
- Director
- Writer
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).
Filmography · 38 credits
- 2026The Color of Cola · Director
- 2024San Juan Hill: Manhattan's Lost Neighborhood · Director
- 2023Sound of the Police · Director
- 2023Sound of the Police · Producer
- 2022Harriet Tubman: Visions of Freedom · Director
- 2022Harriet Tubman: Visions of Freedom · Producer
- 2021Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy · Director
- 2021Attica · Director
- 2021Attica · Writer
- 2019Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool · Director
- 2019Boss: The Black Experience in Business · Director
- 2017Tell Them We Are Rising: The Story of Black Colleges and Universities · Director
- 2015The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution · Writer
- 2015The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution · Director
- 2015The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution · Producer
- 2014Freedom Summer · Writer
- 2014Freedom Summer · Producer
- 2014Freedom Summer · Director
- 2010Freedom Riders · Director
- 2010Freedom Riders · Producer
- 2010Freedom Riders · Writer
- 2009Wounded Knee · Director
- 2009Wounded Knee · Producer
- 2006Jonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples Temple · Producer
- 2006Jonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples Temple · Director
- 2004A Place of Our Own · Self (Narrator)
- 2004A Place of Our Own · Producer
- 2004A Place of Our Own · Writer
- 2004A Place of Our Own · Director
- 2004A Place of Our Own · Self (Self)
- 1999The Black Press: Soldiers Without Swords · Writer
- 1999The Black Press: Soldiers Without Swords · Producer
- 1999The Black Press: Soldiers Without Swords · Director
- 1997Shattering the Silences: The Case for Minority Faculty · Producer
- 1989Two Dollars and a Dream · Cinematographer
- 1989Two Dollars and a Dream · Editor
- 1989Two Dollars and a Dream · Director
- 1989Two Dollars and a Dream · Producer