Directing
Stanley Nelson
- Titles
- 53movies6TV shows
- Career
Active from 1981 to 2026, with a break from 1989 to 1998, busiest in 2021 with 4 main titles.
- Directed
- 29titles as director
- Average score
69/100
- Highest rated
Attica83/100
What stands out
Compared with the average well-known movie, over 9 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.
- Historical9.0average 2.6
- Biographical6.7average 1.0
- Politics6.8average 2.6
- Nostalgia7.2average 3.7
- Social Commentary8.4average 4.9
- Class & Capitalism6.4average 3.3
- Pathos7.4average 5.2
- Pop Culture4.1average 2.2
Rarely in their work
- Contemporary Realism3.3, average 5.4
- Romance1.8, average 3.8
- Situational Comedy0.8, average 2.7
- Physical Comedy0.6, average 2.4
Main genres
Select a genre to see those titles.
Recurring tags
- American History 5
- Historical Documentary 5
- Social Justice 4
- Civil Rights Movement 4
- Civil Rights 4
- Social Commentary 4
- Biographical Documentary 3
- Social Injustice 3
- Political Activism 2
- Archival Footage 2
- Educational 2
Works often with
People in at least two of their main titles.
- MMarcia SmithWriterThe Murder of Emmett Till, BOSS: The Black Experience in Business, Tell Them We Are Rising: The Story of Black Colleges and Universities, The Black Press: Soldiers Without Swords, A Place of Our Own, +1 more
- AAljernon TunsilEditorAttica, The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution, Freedom Riders, Freedom Summer
- LLewis ErskineEditorMiles Davis: Birth of the Cool, The Black Press: Soldiers Without Swords, Freedom Riders, Marcus Garvey: Look for Me in the Whirlwind
- NNicole LondonDirectorWe Want the Funk!, Becoming Frederick Douglass, Harriet Tubman: Visions of Freedom
Nelson GeorgeActorCrack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy, Focus Forward: Short Films, Big Ideas
Andre BraugherActorThe Murder of Emmett Till, Jesse Owens
Julian BondActorThe Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution, Freedom Summer- YYusuf KapadiaEditorMiles Davis: Birth of the Cool, The Color of Cola
- MMark FasonEditorWe Want the Funk!, Becoming Frederick Douglass
Antonio RossiCinematographerMiles Davis: Birth of the Cool, Tell Them We Are Rising: The Story of Black Colleges and Universities- TTom PhillipsComposerAttica, Freedom Summer
- CCharnelle “Cha” QuallisEditorCrack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy, BOSS: The Black Experience in Business
Movies and TV shows
53Type
2020s
28 titles · average score 65
Director
Executive Producer
Executive Producer
Producer, Director
Executive Producer
Director, Producer
Writer, Producer
Executive Producer
Director
2010s
14 titles · average score 79
Producer, Director
Producer, Director
Script Supervisor
Director
Director, Screenplay
Executive Producer
Executive Producer
Producer, Director
Executive Producer
Director, Writer
Writer, Producer
Writer, Director
2000s
6 titles · average score 78
Executive Producer
Director, Producer
1990s
1 title
Producer, Writer
1980s
3 titles
Director, Producer
Sound Recordist
1970s
1 title
Assistant Editor, Sound