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Known For
Directing
Birthday
1955-07-07
Place of Birth
New York City, New York, USA
Stanley Nelson
Biography
Stanley Earl Nelson Jr. (born June 7, 1951) is an American documentary filmmaker and a MacArthur Fellow known as a director, writer and producer of documentaries examining African-American history and experiences. He is a recipient of the 2013 National Humanities Medal from President Obama. He has won three Primetime Emmy Awards. Among his notable films are Freedom Riders (2010), Wounded Knee (2009), Jonestown: The Life & Death of People's Temple (2006), Sweet Honey in the Rock: Raise Your Voice (2005), A Place of Our Own (2004), The Murder of Emmett Till (2003), and The Black Press: Soldiers without Swords (1998).
Known For
as Director
as Director
as Script Supervisor
as Director
as Director
as Executive Producer
as Executive Producer
Jonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples Temple
as Director
as Director
as Executive Producer
as Executive Producer
as Director
as Executive Producer
as Director
Becoming Thurgood: America's Social Architect
as Executive Producer
as Director
as Director
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