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
532020s
27 titles · average score 66
American Pachuco: The Legend of Luis Valdez (2026)
Executive Producer
70
We Want the Funk! (2025)
Director
The Inquisitor (2025)
Executive Producer
Free for All: The Public Library (2025)
Executive Producer
33
Sound of the Police (2023)
Director, Producer
Becoming Frederick Douglass (2022)
Director, Producer
83
Attica (2021)
Writer, Producer
77
Lynching Postcards: Token of a Great Day (2021)
Executive Producer
71
Vick (2020)
Director
2010s
15 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
American Carnage (2017)
Executive Producer
Gavin Grimm vs. (2017)
Executive Producer
76
The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution (2015)
Director, Writer
Mary Lou Williams: The Lady Who Swings the Band (2015)
Executive Producer
81
Freedom Summer (2014)
Director, Writer
Jesse Owens (2012)
Writer, Producer
78
Freedom Riders (2010)
Director, Producer
2000s
6 titles · average score 77
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)
Writer, Producer
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