Stanley Nelson
Age: N/A | From: New York City, New York, USA
Person Details
Birthday:
Aliases: Stanley Nelson Jr.
Gender: Male
Place of birth: New York City, New York, USA
Homepage:
Movie Involvements: 63
TV Involvements: 5
Most Famous Work
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).
Most Famous Work
30 for 30
(2009) Director
American Experience
(1988) Producer
Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy
(2021) Director
Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool
(2019) Producer
Jonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples Temple
(2006) Director
The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution
(2015) Writer
Sound of the Police
(2023) Producer
Attica
(2021) WriterActing
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| 2004 | Self - Narrator (voice) | |
| 1996 | Self | |
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Production
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| 2023 | Executive Producer | |
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| 2022 | Producer | |
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| 2019 | Producer | |
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| 2017 | Executive Producer | |
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| 2015 | Executive Producer | |
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| 2012 | Producer | |
| 2010 | Producer | |
| 2004 | Producer | |
| 1999 | Producer | |
| 1988 | Producer | |
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Directing
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| 1988 | Director | |
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Writing
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
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| 2021 | Writer | |
| 2017 | Screenplay | |
| 2015 | Writer | |
| 2014 | Writer | |
| 2012 | Writer | |
| 2010 | Writer | |
| 2004 | Writer | |
| 1999 | Writer | |
| 1988 | Writer | |
| 1981 | Writer | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Editing
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
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| 1988 | Editor | |
| 1976 | Assistant Editor | |
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Sound
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| 1985 | Sound Recordist | |
| 1976 | Sound | |
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