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Stanley Nelson

Stanley Nelson

Actor, Producer, Director

Born July 7, 1955 in New York City, New York, USA

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18 wins and 26 nominations

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Filmography

Actor

18

Type

Year

2026 Trailblazer: Honoring Stanley Nelson & Marcia Smith Poster

2026 Trailblazer: Honoring Stanley Nelson & Marcia Smith TV Special2026Self - Special Guest

The Cross Connection with Tiffany Cross Poster

The Cross Connection with Tiffany Cross TV Series2020Self

The ReidOut Poster

The ReidOut TV Series2020Self - Guest

The Sunday Show with Jonathan Capehart Poster

The Sunday Show with Jonathan Capehart TV Series2020Self

The Global African TV Series2014Self - Director, 'Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution'

PoliticsNation with Al Sharpton Poster

PoliticsNation with Al Sharpton TV Series2011Self

Good Morning America Weekend Edition Poster

Good Morning America Weekend Edition TV Series2007Self - Guest

The 11th Annual Satellite Awards Poster

The 11th Annual Satellite Awards TV Special2006Self

A Place of Our Own Poster

A Place of Our Own Documentary2004Self

Tavis Smiley Poster

Tavis Smiley TV Series2004Self

Democracy Now! Poster

Democracy Now! TV Series2001Self

Duke Ellington's Washington Documentary2000Self

The Daily Show Poster

The Daily Show TV Series1996Self

WGN Morning News Poster

WGN Morning News TV Series1994Self

Charlie Rose Poster

Charlie Rose TV Series1991Self

CNN Newsroom Poster

CNN Newsroom TV Series1989Self

The Oprah Winfrey Show Poster

The Oprah Winfrey Show TV Series1986Self

PBS NewsHour Poster

PBS NewsHour TV Series1975Self

Producer

64

Type

Year

American Pachuco: The Legend of Luis Valdez Poster

American Pachuco: The Legend of Luis Valdez Feature Film2026

Free for All: The Public Library Poster

Free for All: The Public Library Documentary2025

Not a U.S. Citizen Poster

Not a U.S. Citizen Short Film2025

Sun Ra: Do the Impossible Poster

Sun Ra: Do the Impossible Feature Film2025

The Inquisitor Poster

The Inquisitor Feature Film2025

Disco's Revenge Poster

Disco's Revenge Feature Film2024

Sister Úna Lived a Good Death Poster

Sister Úna Lived a Good Death Feature Film2024

Slumlord Millionaire Poster

Slumlord Millionaire Feature Film2024

Birthing a Nation: The Resistance of Mary Gaffney Poster

Birthing a Nation: The Resistance of Mary Gaffney Short Film2023

Black + Iconic: Style God Poster

Black + Iconic: Style God TV Series2023

Black Strings Poster

Black Strings Short Film2023

Ethan Lim: Cambodian Futures Poster

Ethan Lim: Cambodian Futures Short Film2023

Houston United Poster

Houston United Short Film2023

J'Nai Bridges Unamplified Poster

J'Nai Bridges Unamplified Short Film2023

Sound of the Police Poster

Sound of the Police Feature Film2023

Sydney G. James: How We See Us Poster

Sydney G. James: How We See Us Short Film2023

The Five Demands Poster

The Five Demands Feature Film2023

After Jackie Poster

After Jackie Feature Film2022

Harriet Tubman: Visions of Freedom Poster

Harriet Tubman: Visions of Freedom Feature Film2022

Hazing Documentary2022

Attica Documentary2021

Lynching Postcards: 'Token of A Great Day' Poster

Lynching Postcards: 'Token of A Great Day' Short Film2021

NYC Overcoming TV Special2021

Tulsa Burning: The 1921 Race Massacre Poster

Tulsa Burning: The 1921 Race Massacre TV Movie2021

In the Making Poster

In the Making TV Series2020

American Carnage Poster

American Carnage Short Film2017

An Act of Worship Documentary2017

An Uncertain Future Poster

An Uncertain Future Short Film2017

Gavin Grimm vs. Poster

Gavin Grimm vs. Short Film2017

Here I'll Stay Poster

Here I'll Stay Short Film2017

Picket Line Poster

Picket Line Short Film2017

State of Oregon Short Film2017

Tell Them We Are Rising: The Story of Black Colleges and Universities Poster

Tell Them We Are Rising: The Story of Black Colleges and Universities Documentary2017

Through the Fire: The Legacy of Barack Obama Poster

Through the Fire: The Legacy of Barack Obama Documentary2017

Mary Lou Williams: The Lady Who Swings the Band Poster

Mary Lou Williams: The Lady Who Swings the Band Documentary2015

The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution Poster

The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution Documentary2015

Freedom Summer Poster

Freedom Summer Documentary2014

Homegoings Poster

Homegoings Documentary2013

When I Walk Poster

When I Walk Documentary2013

Where I Am Going Poster

Where I Am Going Documentary2013

The Waiting Room Poster

The Waiting Room Documentary2012

Freedom Riders Poster

Freedom Riders Documentary2010

30 for 30 Poster

30 for 30 TV Series2009

Freedom Riders Poster

Freedom Riders TV Series2009

Wounded Knee Poster

Wounded Knee Documentary2009

Faubourg Tremé: The Untold Story of Black New Orleans Poster

Faubourg Tremé: The Untold Story of Black New Orleans Documentary2008

Hip-Hop: Beyond Beats & Rhymes Poster

Hip-Hop: Beyond Beats & Rhymes Documentary2006

Jonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples Temple Poster

Jonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples Temple Documentary2006

Faces of Change Poster

Faces of Change Documentary2005

A Place of Our Own Poster

A Place of Our Own Documentary2004

Beyond Brown: Pursuing the Promise Poster

Beyond Brown: Pursuing the Promise Documentary2004

Marcus Garvey: Look for Me in the Whirlwind Poster

Marcus Garvey: Look for Me in the Whirlwind Documentary2001

Duke Ellington's Washington Documentary2000

Independent Lens Poster

Independent Lens TV Series1999

The Black Press: Soldiers Without Swords Poster

The Black Press: Soldiers Without Swords Documentary1999

Shattering the Silences: The Case for Minority Faculty Feature Film1997

CNN Presents Poster

CNN Presents TV Series1994

What Can We Do About Violence? Documentary1994

Listening to America TV Series1992

Two Dollars and A Dream: The Story of Madame C.J. Walker Poster

Two Dollars and A Dream: The Story of Madame C.J. Walker Documentary1989

American Experience Poster

American Experience Mini-Series1988

P.O.V. TV Series1988

American Masters Poster

American Masters TV Series1985

Frontline Poster

Frontline TV Series1983

Director

31

Type

Year

San Juan Hill: Manhattan's Lost Neighborhood Poster

San Juan Hill: Manhattan's Lost Neighborhood Feature Film2024

Sound of the Police Poster

Sound of the Police Feature Film2023

Becoming Frederick Douglass Poster

Becoming Frederick Douglass TV Special2022

Harriet Tubman: Visions of Freedom Poster

Harriet Tubman: Visions of Freedom Feature Film2022

Attica Documentary2021

Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy Poster

Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy Feature Film2021

NYC Overcoming TV Special2021

Tulsa Burning: The 1921 Race Massacre Poster

Tulsa Burning: The 1921 Race Massacre TV Movie2021

Boss: The Black Experience in Business Poster

Boss: The Black Experience in Business Documentary2019

Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool Poster

Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool Feature Film2019

Rise Up: The Movement that Changed America Poster

Rise Up: The Movement that Changed America Documentary2018

Tell Them We Are Rising: The Story of Black Colleges and Universities Poster

Tell Them We Are Rising: The Story of Black Colleges and Universities Documentary2017

The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution Poster

The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution Documentary2015

Freedom Summer Poster

Freedom Summer Documentary2014

Focus Forward: Short Films, Big Ideas Poster

Focus Forward: Short Films, Big Ideas Documentary2012

The Autotune Effect Poster

The Autotune Effect Short Film2012

Freedom Riders Poster

Freedom Riders Documentary2010

30 for 30 Poster

30 for 30 TV Series2009

Freedom Riders Poster

Freedom Riders TV Series2009

Wounded Knee Poster

Wounded Knee Documentary2009

Jonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples Temple Poster

Jonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples Temple Documentary2006

A Place of Our Own Poster

A Place of Our Own Documentary2004

Beyond Brown: Pursuing the Promise Poster

Beyond Brown: Pursuing the Promise Documentary2004

Art in the Twenty-First Century Poster

Art in the Twenty-First Century TV Series2001

Marcus Garvey: Look for Me in the Whirlwind Poster

Marcus Garvey: Look for Me in the Whirlwind Documentary2001

Independent Lens Poster

Independent Lens TV Series1999

The Black Press: Soldiers Without Swords Poster

The Black Press: Soldiers Without Swords Documentary1999

Two Dollars and A Dream: The Story of Madame C.J. Walker Poster

Two Dollars and A Dream: The Story of Madame C.J. Walker Documentary1989

American Experience Poster

American Experience Mini-Series1988

American Masters Poster

American Masters TV Series1985

The Color of Cola Feature Film

Writer

9

Type

Year

Attica Documentary2021

The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution Poster

The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution Documentary2015

Freedom Summer Poster

Freedom Summer Documentary2014

Freedom Riders Poster

Freedom Riders Documentary2010

A Place of Our Own Poster

A Place of Our Own Documentary2004

Duke Ellington's Washington Documentary2000

Independent Lens Poster

Independent Lens TV Series1999

The Black Press: Soldiers Without Swords Poster

The Black Press: Soldiers Without Swords Documentary1999

American Experience Poster

American Experience Mini-Series1988

Cinematographer

2

Type

Year

Independent Lens Poster

Independent Lens TV Series1999

Two Dollars and A Dream: The Story of Madame C.J. Walker Poster

Two Dollars and A Dream: The Story of Madame C.J. Walker Documentary1989

Other Crew

3

Type

Year

The First Rainbow Coalition Poster

The First Rainbow Coalition Documentary2019

Little White Lie Poster

Little White Lie Documentary2014

Healthy. Happy. Holy. Short Film2008

Thanks

2

The Loving Story Poster

The Loving Story Documentary2011

Making Grace Poster

Making Grace Documentary2004

Editor

1

Two Dollars and A Dream: The Story of Madame C.J. Walker Poster

Two Dollars and A Dream: The Story of Madame C.J. Walker Documentary1989

Sound Department

1

Frederick Douglass: An American Life Poster

Frederick Douglass: An American Life Short Film1985

Script and Continuity Department

1

Black Memorabilia Poster

Black Memorabilia Documentary2018

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