As Director
Becoming Frederick Douglass
2022
6.5
Stanley Nelson
Directing
Birth Date
July 7, 1955
Place of Birth
New York City, New York, USA
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).
Complete Filmography
As Director, As Writer
Attica
2021
7.1
As Director
Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool
2019
7.2
As Director, As Writer
The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution
2015
7.0
As Writer
Jesse Owens
2012
8.0
As Director, As Writer
Freedom Riders
2010
7.6
As Director
Jonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples Temple
2006
7.1
As Director
The Murder of Emmett Till
2003
6.8
As Director, As Writer
The Black Press: Soldiers Without Swords
1999
5.0