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Nelson George

Nelson George

Actor, Producer, Director

Born September 1, 1957 in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA

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Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy | Official Trailer | Netflix

With Drawn Arms | Official Trailer | STARZ

Filmography

Actor

123

Type

Year

My Generation Poster

My Generation Mini-Series2024Self

Bill Russell: Legend Poster

Bill Russell: Legend TV Series2023Self - Author & Filmmaker

Fight the Power How Hip Hop Changed the World Poster

Fight the Power How Hip Hop Changed the World TV Series2023Self

See It Loud: The History of Black Television Poster

See It Loud: The History of Black Television Mini-Series2023Self - Author, filmmaker

The 2010s Poster

The 2010s Mini-Series2023Self - Writer and Filmmaker

Thriller 40 Poster

Thriller 40 Feature Film2023Self

Phat Tuesdays Poster

Phat Tuesdays Mini-Series2022Self

Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution Poster

Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution Mini-Series2022Self

Sidney Feature Film2022Self

A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks Poster

A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks Feature Film2021Self

Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy Poster

Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy Feature Film2021Self - Journalist

NYC Epicenters 9/11-2021½ Poster

NYC Epicenters 9/11-2021½ Mini-Series2021Self

Straight Outta Locash Video2021Self

Superstar Poster

Superstar Mini-Series2021Self

Soul America Poster

Soul America TV Series2020Self

With Drawn Arms Poster

With Drawn Arms Documentary2020Self

Surviving R. Kelly Poster

Surviving R. Kelly Mini-Series2019Self

The Black Godfather Poster

The Black Godfather Documentary2019Self - Music and Culture Historian

The Greatest Moments in BET Awards History Poster

The Greatest Moments in BET Awards History TV Special2019Self - Author

The Movies Poster

The Movies Mini-Series2019Self - Author and Filmmaker

The One and Only 'Do the Right Thing' Video2019Self

1968: The Year That Changed America Poster

1968: The Year That Changed America TV Series2018Self - Author

Shut Up and Dribble Poster

Shut Up and Dribble TV Series2018Self

The 2000s Poster

The 2000s Mini-Series2018Self - Author and Filmmaker

They've Gotta Have Us Poster

They've Gotta Have Us Mini-Series2018Self - Author, Journalist, Critic, Director, and Producer

Gregory Porter's Popular Voices Poster

Gregory Porter's Popular Voices Mini-Series2017Self - Author

Soundtracks: Songs That Defined History Poster

Soundtracks: Songs That Defined History TV Series2017Self

The Nineties Poster

The Nineties Mini-Series2017Self - Author and Filmmaker

Hip-Hop Evolution Poster

Hip-Hop Evolution TV Series2016Self

Soundbreaking: Stories from the Cutting Edge of Recorded Music Poster

Soundbreaking: Stories from the Cutting Edge of Recorded Music Mini-Series2016Self

The Eighties Poster

The Eighties Mini-Series2016Self - Author and Filmmaker

Crack Capitalism Documentary2015Self

Hustlers Convention Poster

Hustlers Convention Documentary2015Self

The Seventies Poster

The Seventies Mini-Series2015Self - Author, 'The Death of Rhythm and Blues'

The Sixties Poster

The Sixties Mini-Series2014Self - Author, 'The Death of Rhythm & Blues'

Unsung Hollywood Poster

Unsung Hollywood TV Series2014Self

Crime: The Animated Series Poster

Crime: The Animated Series Mini-Series2013Self - Host

David Bowie: Five Years Poster

David Bowie: Five Years Documentary2013Self - culture critic

Finding the Funk Poster

Finding the Funk Documentary2013Self

Soul Power! TV Series2013Self - Author

Bad 25 Documentary2012Self

The Joy of Disco Poster

The Joy of Disco Documentary2012Self

Totally Biased with W. Kamau Bell Poster

Totally Biased with W. Kamau Bell TV Series2012Self

Big Morning Buzz Live Poster

Big Morning Buzz Live TV Series2011Self

Metal Evolution Poster

Metal Evolution TV Series2011Self

Planet Rock: The Story of Hip-Hop and the Crack Generation Poster

Planet Rock: The Story of Hip-Hop and the Crack Generation Documentary2011Self

Women Who Rock TV Movie2011Self

Blacking Up: Hip-Hop's Remix of Race and Identity Poster

Blacking Up: Hip-Hop's Remix of Race and Identity Documentary2010Self

Jean-Michel Basquiat: The Radiant Child Poster

Jean-Michel Basquiat: The Radiant Child Documentary2010Self

Ray Charles America Poster

Ray Charles America Documentary2010Self

Treme TV Series2010Self

30 for 30 Poster

30 for 30 TV Series2009Self

Doctor Prince & Mister Jackson Poster

Doctor Prince & Mister Jackson Documentary2009Self

Downtown Calling Poster

Downtown Calling Documentary2009Self

Lens on Talent Poster

Lens on Talent TV Series2009Self

Life After Poster

Life After TV Series2009Self

Moving Pictures Live! TV Series2009Self

Open Book TV Series2009Self

Hip Hop vs. America II: Where Did the Love Go? TV Movie2008Self

Unsung TV Series2008Self

4th Annual VH1 Hip-Hop Honors Poster

4th Annual VH1 Hip-Hop Honors TV Special2007Self

Queens of Disco Poster

Queens of Disco Documentary2007Self

The Wire Odyssey Poster

The Wire Odyssey Documentary2007Self

The Wire: The Last Word Poster

The Wire: The Last Word Documentary2007Self

American Gangster Poster

American Gangster TV Series2006Self

Bring That Year Back 2006: Laugh Now, Cry Later TV Special2006Self

VH1 Rock Docs Poster

VH1 Rock Docs TV Series2006Self

500 Years Later Poster

500 Years Later Documentary2005Self - playwright

Birth of a Nation: The Making of 'School Daze' Documentary2005Self

Black in the 80s Poster

Black in the 80s Mini-Series2005Self

College Daze Documentary2005Self

Letter to the President Poster

Letter to the President Documentary2005Self - Author

Making a Mark Documentary2005Self

Perfect Upset: The 1985 Villanova vs. Georgetown NCAA Championship Poster

Perfect Upset: The 1985 Villanova vs. Georgetown NCAA Championship Documentary2005Self - Author, Post-Soul Nation

Soul Deep: The Story of Black Popular Music Poster

Soul Deep: The Story of Black Popular Music TV Series2005Self - Music Writer

The 50 Greatest Documentaries Documentary2005Self

The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson Poster

The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson TV Series2005Self

Unstoppable: Conversation with Melvin Van Peebles, Gordon Parks, and Ossie Davis Poster

Unstoppable: Conversation with Melvin Van Peebles, Gordon Parks, and Ossie Davis Documentary2005Self

And You Don't Stop: 30 Years of Hip-Hop Poster

And You Don't Stop: 30 Years of Hip-Hop Mini-Series2004Self

Focused Digizine #1 Poster

Focused Digizine #1 Video2004Self

Hip-Hop Honors Poster

Hip-Hop Honors TV Special2004Self

The N Word Poster

The N Word Documentary2004Self

They Made America Poster

They Made America TV Series2004Self

Get Up, Stand Up TV Series2003Self - Interviewee

Nina Simone: A Tribute Poster

Nina Simone: A Tribute Documentary2003Self

From the Belly of the Drum Poster

From the Belly of the Drum Video2002Author

Heroes of Black Comedy Mini-Series2002Self

It's Black Entertainment Poster

It's Black Entertainment Documentary2002Self

Last Call with Carson Daly Poster

Last Call with Carson Daly TV Series2002Self

BET's Top 25 Countdown Poster

BET's Top 25 Countdown TV Series2001FILMAKER

Kobra TV Series2001Writer

Raisin' Kane: A Rapumentary Poster

Raisin' Kane: A Rapumentary Documentary2001Self

Say It Loud: A Celebration of Black Music in America Poster

Say It Loud: A Celebration of Black Music in America TV Series20011 episode, 2001

VH1 Presents the 80's Poster

VH1 Presents the 80's Mini-Series2001Self - Author 'The Death of Rhythm & Blues'

Bill Russell: My Life, My Way Poster

Bill Russell: My Life, My Way Documentary2000Self - Writer

Half Past Autumn: The Life and Works of Gordon Parks Poster

Half Past Autumn: The Life and Works of Gordon Parks Documentary2000Self - Author

Journeys in Black Poster

Journeys in Black TV Series2000Self

9 Days That Rocked the 90s Poster

9 Days That Rocked the 90s TV Special1999Self - Author, hip Hop America

ESPN SportsCentury Poster

ESPN SportsCentury TV Series1999Self

Michael Jordan: His Airness Poster

Michael Jordan: His Airness Documentary1999Self

NBA 100 Greatest Plays Poster

NBA 100 Greatest Plays Video1999Self - Author

The Top 5 Reasons You Can't Blame... Poster

The Top 5 Reasons You Can't Blame... TV Series1999Self

SexTV TV Series1998Self

Top Ten TV Series1998Self - Interviewee

Behind the Music Poster

Behind the Music TV Series1997Self

The Chris Rock Show Poster

The Chris Rock Show TV Series1997Ricco Bell's Associate

Chris Rock: Bring the Pain Poster

Chris Rock: Bring the Pain TV Special1996Self

NBA at 50 Poster

NBA at 50 Documentary1996Self

VH1 Presents the 70's Mini-Series1996Self

Rap: Looking for the Perfect Beat Poster

Rap: Looking for the Perfect Beat Documentary1995Self

Rave TV Series1992Self - Music Critic

Straight Up Go-Go Poster

Straight Up Go-Go Documentary1992Self

Overcoming Self-Destruction Poster

Overcoming Self-Destruction Video1989Self

The Arsenio Hall Show Poster

The Arsenio Hall Show TV Series1989Self

48 Hours Poster

48 Hours TV Series1988Self

The Media Show Poster

The Media Show TV Series1987Self

The Oprah Winfrey Show Poster

The Oprah Winfrey Show TV Series1986Self

The Rock 'n' Roll Evening News TV Series1986Correspondent

American Masters Poster

American Masters TV Series1985Self

The South Bank Show Poster

The South Bank Show TV Series1978Self

Good Morning America Poster

Good Morning America TV Series1975Self

Great Performances Poster

Great Performances TV Series1971Self

Omnibus TV Series1967Self - Music Critic

Producer

34

Type

Year

Black Life: Untold Stories Poster

Black Life: Untold Stories TV Series2023

Flower Short Film2023

Outlaw: The Saga of Afeni and Tupac Shakur Poster

Outlaw: The Saga of Afeni and Tupac Shakur TV Series2022

Home TV Series2020

With Drawn Arms Poster

With Drawn Arms Documentary2020

The Black Godfather Poster

The Black Godfather Documentary2019

Mike Judge Presents: Tales from the Tour Bus Poster

Mike Judge Presents: Tales from the Tour Bus TV Series2017

Hip-Hop Evolution Poster

Hip-Hop Evolution TV Series2016

A Ballerina's Tale Poster

A Ballerina's Tale Documentary2015

Top Five Poster

Top Five Feature Film2014

Finding the Funk Poster

Finding the Funk Documentary2013

All Hail the Beat Poster

All Hail the Beat Short Film2012

The Announcement Poster

The Announcement Documentary2012

Brooklyn Boheme Poster

Brooklyn Boheme Documentary2011

Hell of a Life Video2011

Hell: A Life Short Film2011

VH1 Divas Celebrates Soul Poster

VH1 Divas Celebrates Soul TV Special2011

Left Unsaid Feature Film2010

Good Hair Poster

Good Hair Documentary2009

5th Annual VH1 Hip Hop Honors Poster

5th Annual VH1 Hip Hop Honors TV Special2008

4th Annual VH1 Hip-Hop Honors Poster

4th Annual VH1 Hip-Hop Honors TV Special2007

3rd Annual VH1 Hip-Hop Honors Poster

3rd Annual VH1 Hip-Hop Honors TV Special2006

American Gangster Poster

American Gangster TV Series2006

2nd Annual VH1 Hip-Hop Honors Poster

2nd Annual VH1 Hip-Hop Honors TV Special2005

Richard Pryor: The Funniest Man Dead or Alive Documentary2005

Everyday People Poster

Everyday People Feature Film2004

Hip-Hop Honors Poster

Hip-Hop Honors TV Special2004

The N Word Poster

The N Word Documentary2004

The Chris Rock Show Poster

The Chris Rock Show TV Series1997

CB4 Feature Film1993

Just Another Girl on the I.R.T. Poster

Just Another Girl on the I.R.T. Feature Film1992

Strictly Business Poster

Strictly Business Feature Film1991

Def by Temptation Poster

Def by Temptation Feature Film1990

Overcoming Self-Destruction Poster

Overcoming Self-Destruction Video1989

Director

15

Type

Year

Thriller 40 Poster

Thriller 40 Feature Film2023

Say Hey, Willie Mays! Poster

Say Hey, Willie Mays! Feature Film2022

The Real MVP: The Wanda Durant Story Poster

The Real MVP: The Wanda Durant Story TV Movie2016

A Ballerina's Tale Poster

A Ballerina's Tale Documentary2015

Finding the Funk Poster

Finding the Funk Documentary2013

30 for 30 Shorts Poster

30 for 30 Shorts TV Series2012

All Hail the Beat Poster

All Hail the Beat Short Film2012

The Announcement Poster

The Announcement Documentary2012

Brooklyn Boheme Poster

Brooklyn Boheme Documentary2011

ESPN Films Poster

ESPN Films TV Series2011

Left Unsaid Feature Film2010

4th Annual VH1 Hip-Hop Honors Poster

4th Annual VH1 Hip-Hop Honors TV Special2007

Life Support Poster

Life Support TV Movie2007

One Special Moment Poster

One Special Moment TV Movie2001

Independent Lens Poster

Independent Lens TV Series1999

Writer

13

Type

Year

A Grammy Salute to The Sounds of Change TV Special2021

The Get Down Poster

The Get Down TV Series2016

Finding the Funk Poster

Finding the Funk Documentary2013

30 for 30 Shorts Poster

30 for 30 Shorts TV Series2012

All Hail the Beat Poster

All Hail the Beat Short Film2012

Brooklyn Boheme Poster

Brooklyn Boheme Documentary2011

Left Unsaid Feature Film2010

Life Support Poster

Life Support TV Movie2007

One Special Moment Poster

One Special Moment TV Movie2001

Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child Poster

Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child TV Series1995

CB4 Feature Film1993

Strictly Business Poster

Strictly Business Feature Film1991

American Masters Poster

American Masters TV Series1985

Thanks

7

Type

Year

The One and Only 'Do the Right Thing' Video2019

Tamborine Poster

Tamborine TV Special2018

Brooklyn Girls Fight Club Poster

Brooklyn Girls Fight Club Documentary2013

Soul Power Poster

Soul Power Documentary2008

Smoke Signals Poster

Smoke Signals Feature Film1998

Chris Rock: Bring the Pain Poster

Chris Rock: Bring the Pain TV Special1996

She's Gotta Have It Poster

She's Gotta Have It Feature Film1986

Other Crew

3

Type

Year

Elvis Feature Film2022

Get on Up Poster

Get on Up Feature Film2014

Great Performances Poster

Great Performances TV Series1971

Camera and Electrical Department

2

A Ballerina's Tale Poster

A Ballerina's Tale Documentary2015

Finding the Funk Poster

Finding the Funk Documentary2013

Cinematographer

1

30 for 30 Shorts Poster

30 for 30 Shorts TV Series2012

Editor

1

All Hail the Beat Poster

All Hail the Beat Short Film2012

Sound Department

1

A Ballerina's Tale Poster

A Ballerina's Tale Documentary2015

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