Directing
Stanley Nelson
- Titles
- 50movies5TV shows
- Career
Active from 1981 to 2025, with a break from 1989 to 1998, busiest in 2021 with 4 main titles.
- Directed
- 29titles as director
- Average score
72/100
- Highest rated
30 for 3081/100
What stands out
Compared with the average well-known movie, over 8 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.
- Biographical6.5average 0.9
- Historical8.0average 2.6
- Politics6.1average 2.6
- Nostalgia7.0average 3.6
- Social Commentary7.9average 4.9
- Class & Capitalism5.9average 3.3
- Pathos7.3average 5.2
- Pop Culture3.8average 2.2
Rarely in their work
- Contemporary Realism2.4, average 5.2
- Situational Comedy0.8, average 2.7
- Physical Comedy0.6, average 2.5
- Romance2.0, average 3.8
Main genres
Select a genre to see those titles.
Recurring tags
- Historical Documentary 6
- American History 6
- Civil Rights 4
- Social Commentary 4
- Civil Rights Movement 4
- Social Justice 4
- Archival Footage 4
- Biographical Documentary 3
- Social Injustice 3
- Educational 2
- Jazz Legend 2
- Musical Genius 2
Works often with
People in at least two of their main titles.
- MMarcia SmithWriterThe Black Press: Soldiers Without Swords, The Murder of Emmett Till, A Place of Our Own, BOSS: The Black Experience in Business, Tell Them We Are Rising: The Story of Black Colleges and Universities, +1 more
- LLewis ErskineEditorMiles Davis: Birth of the Cool, The Black Press: Soldiers Without Swords, Freedom Riders, Marcus Garvey: Look for Me in the Whirlwind
- AAljernon TunsilEditorAttica, The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution, Freedom Summer, Freedom Riders
Julian BondActorThe Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution, Freedom Summer
Andre BraugherActorJesse Owens, The Murder of Emmett Till
Nelson GeorgeActorCrack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy, Focus Forward: Short Films, Big Ideas- CCharnelle “Cha” QuallisEditorCrack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy, BOSS: The Black Experience in Business
- CCarol BashCinematographerA Place of Our Own, Beyond Brown: Pursuing the Promise
- MMark FasonEditorWe Want the Funk!, Becoming Frederick Douglass
- NNicole LondonDirectorBecoming Frederick Douglass, Harriet Tubman: Visions of Freedom
Antonio RossiCinematographerMiles Davis: Birth of the Cool, Tell Them We Are Rising: The Story of Black Colleges and Universities- TTom PhillipsComposerAttica, Freedom Summer
Movies and TV shows
502020s
24 titles · average score 69
We Want the Funk! (2025)
Director
Free for All: The Public Library (2025)
Executive Producer
The Inquisitor (2025)
Executive Producer
56
Sound of the Police (2023)
Director, Producer
Birthing a Nation: The Resistance of Mary Gaffney (2023)
Executive Producer
Becoming Frederick Douglass (2022)
Director, Producer
72
Attica (2021)
Writer, Producer
78
Lynching Postcards: Token of a Great Day (2021)
Executive Producer
Vick (2020)
Director
2010s
15 titles · average score 74
73
Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool (2019)
Producer, Director
BOSS: The Black Experience in Business (2019)
Producer, Director
Black Memorabilia (2018)
Script Supervisor
American Carnage (2017)
Executive Producer
Gavin Grimm vs. (2017)
Executive Producer
72
The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution (2015)
Director, Writer
Mary Lou Williams: The Lady Who Swings the Band (2015)
Executive Producer
Freedom Summer (2014)
Director, Writer
Jesse Owens (2012)
Writer, Producer
Freedom Riders (2010)
Director, Producer
2000s
6 titles · average score 73
Faubourg Tremé: The Untold Story of Black New Orleans (2008)
Executive Producer
A Place of Our Own (2004)
Writer, Director
1990s
1 title
The Black Press: Soldiers Without Swords (1999)
Producer, Writer
1980s
3 titles
Two Dollars and A Dream: The Story of Madame C.J. Walker (1987)
Researcher, Producer
Frederick Douglass: An American Life (1985)
Sound Recordist
1970s
1 title
Just Doin’ It (A Tale of Two Barbershops) (1976)
Sound, Assistant Editor