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
- 30titles as director
- Average score
71/100
- 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.
- Biographical6.8average 0.9
- Historical8.1average 2.6
- Politics6.7average 2.6
- Nostalgia7.0average 3.6
- Social Commentary8.1average 4.9
- Class & Capitalism6.1average 3.3
- Pathos7.1average 5.2
- Melancholy6.1average 4.7
Rarely in their work
- Contemporary Realism2.6, average 5.2
- Romance1.8, average 3.8
- Situational Comedy0.8, average 2.7
- Physical Comedy0.7, average 2.5
Main genres
Select a genre to see those titles.
Recurring tags
- Historical Documentary 5
- American History 5
- Civil Rights Movement 4
- Social Justice 4
- Civil Rights 4
- Social Commentary 4
- Archival Footage 3
- Biographical Documentary 3
- Social Injustice 3
- Educational 2
- Political Context 2
- Jazz Legend 2
Works often with
People in at least two of their main titles.
- MMarcia SmithWriterA Place of Our Own, The Murder of Emmett Till, The Black Press: Soldiers Without Swords, Tell Them We Are Rising: The Story of Black Colleges and Universities, BOSS: The Black Experience in Business, +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 TunsilEditorThe Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution, Freedom Summer, Attica, Freedom Riders
- NNicole LondonDirectorWe Want the Funk!, Becoming Frederick Douglass, Harriet Tubman: Visions of Freedom
Julian BondActorThe Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution, Freedom Summer
Andre BraugherActorThe Murder of Emmett Till, Jesse Owens
Nelson GeorgeActorCrack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy, Focus Forward: Short Films, Big Ideas- MMark FasonEditorWe Want the Funk!, Becoming Frederick Douglass
- YYusuf KapadiaEditorMiles Davis: Birth of the Cool, The Color of Cola
- CCarol BashCinematographerA Place of Our Own, Beyond Brown: Pursuing the Promise
- CCharnelle “Cha” QuallisEditorCrack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy, BOSS: The Black Experience in Business
- TTom PhillipsComposerFreedom Summer, Attica
Movies and TV shows
282020s
11 titles · average score 64
The Color of Cola (2026)
Director, Executive Producer
70
We Want the Funk! (2025)
Director
33
Sound of the Police (2023)
Director, Producer
Becoming Frederick Douglass (2022)
Director, Producer
83
Attica (2021)
Writer, Producer
71
Vick (2020)
Director
2010s
10 titles · average score 78
80
Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool (2019)
Producer, Director
BOSS: The Black Experience in Business (2019)
Producer, Director
Black Memorabilia (2018)
Script Supervisor
The Story of Access (2018)
Director
76
The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution (2015)
Director, Writer
81
Freedom Summer (2014)
Director, Writer
78
Freedom Riders (2010)
Director, Producer
2000s
5 titles · average score 77
1990s
1 title
The Black Press: Soldiers Without Swords (1999)
Writer, Producer
1980s
1 title
Two Dollars and A Dream: The Story of Madame C.J. Walker (1987)
Researcher, Producer