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
- Biographical6.5average 0.9
- Politics7.1average 2.6
- Social Commentary8.5average 4.9
- Nostalgia7.0average 3.6
- Class & Capitalism6.5average 3.3
- Pathos7.1average 5.2
- Pop Culture3.8average 2.2
Rarely in their work
- Contemporary Realism3.0, average 5.2
- Romance1.9, average 3.8
- Physical Comedy0.7, average 2.5
- Situational Comedy1.0, average 2.7
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
- Social Injustice 3
- Biographical Documentary 3
- Educational 2
- Political Context 2
- Political Activism 2
- Archival Footage 2
Works often with
People in at least two of their main titles.
- MMarcia SmithWriterA Place of Our Own, The Black Press: Soldiers Without Swords, The Murder of Emmett Till, BOSS: The Black Experience in Business, Marcus Garvey: Look for Me in the Whirlwind, +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, Attica, Freedom Summer, Freedom Riders
- NNicole LondonDirectorWe Want the Funk!, Harriet Tubman: Visions of Freedom, Becoming Frederick Douglass
Andre BraugherActorJesse Owens, The Murder of Emmett Till
Nelson GeorgeActorCrack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy, Focus Forward: Short Films, Big Ideas
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
- CCharnelle “Cha” QuallisEditorCrack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy, BOSS: The Black Experience in Business
- CCarol BashCinematographerA Place of Our Own, Beyond Brown: Pursuing the Promise
- TTom PhillipsComposerAttica, Freedom Summer
Movies and TV shows
92020s
1 title · average score 83
83
Attica (2021)
Writer, Producer
2010s
5 titles · average score 78
Tell Them We Are Rising: The Story of Black Colleges and Universities (2017)
Screenplay, Director
76
The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution (2015)
Producer, Director
81
Freedom Summer (2014)
Writer, Director
Jesse Owens (2012)
Producer, Writer
77
Freedom Riders (2010)
Writer, Director
2000s
1 title
A Place of Our Own (2004)
Director, Producer
1990s
1 title
The Black Press: Soldiers Without Swords (1999)
Writer, Producer
