Stanley Nelson
Directing · Director · Executive Producer · Producer
Born Jul 7, 1955 · New York City, New York, USA
Active 1976–present
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.
Filmography
Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool (2019) — Director · ProducerJonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples Temple (2006) — DirectorCrack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy (2021) — Director30 for 30 (2009) — DirectorThe Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution (2015) — Director · Writer · ProducerAttica (2021) — Director · Writer · ProducerAmerican Experience (1988) — Writer · ProducerFreedom Riders (2010) — Writer · Director · ProducerTell Them We Are Rising: The Story of Black Colleges and Universities (2017) — Director · Screenplay · ProducerMarcus Garvey: Look for Me in the Whirlwind (2001) — DirectorA Place of Our Own (2004) — Director · Writer · ProducerAfter Jackie (2022) — ProducerLynching Postcards: Token of a Great Day (2021) — Executive ProducerWe Want the Funk! (2025) — DirectorFreedom Summer (2014) — Director · WriterMary Lou Williams: The Lady Who Swings the Band (2015) — Executive ProducerThe Murder of Emmett Till (2003) — DirectorDisco's Revenge (2024) — Executive ProducerJesse Owens (2012) — Writer · ProducerTulsa Burning: The 1921 Race Massacre (2021) — DirectorThe Black Press: Soldiers Without Swords (1999) — Producer · Director · WriterBirthing a Nation: The Resistance of Mary Gaffney (2023) — Executive ProducerSun Ra: Do the Impossible (2025) — Executive ProducerTrue North: Canadian Myths and Black Power (2025) — Executive Producer