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Stanley Nelson
Producer, Director, Writer, Additional CreditsBorn July 7, 1955 (70 years)
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).
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).
Known For
Stanley Nelson Filmography
| 2020 | The Sunday Show with Jonathan Capehart (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2020 | The ReidOut (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2011 | PoliticsNation with Al Sharpton (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2004 | A Place of Our Own · as Self - Narrator (voice) |
| 2004 | Tavis Smiley (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2001 | Democracy Now! (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1996 | The Daily Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1994 | WGN Morning News (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1991 | Charlie Rose (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1986 | The Oprah Winfrey Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1975 | PBS News (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2026 | American Pachuco: The Legend of Luis Valdez · as Executive Producer |
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| 2025 | Free for All: The Public Library · as Executive Producer |
| 2024 | Slumlord Millionaire · as Executive Producer |
| 2024 | Sister Úna Lived a Good Death · as Executive Producer |
| 2024 | Disco's Revenge · as Executive Producer |
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| 2023 | Birthing a Nation: The Resistance of Mary Gaffney · as Executive Producer |
| 2023 | Black + Iconic: Style God (TV Series) |
| 2023 | The Five Demands · as Executive Producer |
| 2022 | Becoming Frederick Douglass · as Executive Producer |
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| 2022 | Hazing · as Executive Producer |
| 2021 | Lynching Postcards: 'Token of A Great Day' · as Executive Producer |
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| 2021 | Tulsa Burning: The 1921 Race Massacre · as Executive Producer |
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| 2015 | |
| 2015 | Mary Lou Williams: The Lady Who Swings the Band · as Executive Producer |
| 2014 | |
| 2013 | When I Walk · as Executive Producer |
| 2013 | Homegoings · as Consulting Producer |
| 2012 | The Waiting Room · as Consulting Producer |
| 2010 | |
| 2009 | 30 for 30 (TV Series) |
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| 2008 | Faubourg Tremé: The Untold Story of Black New Orleans · as Executive Producer |
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| 2006 | Hip-Hop: Beyond Beats & Rhymes · as Executive Producer |
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| 1999 | Independent Lens (TV Series) |
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| 1988 | American Experience (TV Series) |
| 1988 | P.O.V. (TV Series) · as Executive Producer |
| 1985 | American Masters (TV Series) |
| 1983 | Frontline (TV Series) · as Executive Producer |
| 1974 | NOVA (TV Series) |
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| 2009 | 30 for 30 (TV Series) |
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| 2001 | art21 (TV Series) |
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| 1999 | Independent Lens (TV Series) |
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| 1988 | American Experience (TV Series) |
| 1985 | American Masters (TV Series) |
| 1974 | NOVA (TV Series) |
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| 1999 | Independent Lens (TV Series) |
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| 1988 | American Experience (TV Series) |
| 1974 | NOVA (TV Series) |
| 1999 | Independent Lens (TV Series) · as Cinematographer |