Stanley Nelson Jr.
American film director and film producer
0.23body-of-work score · ranked #2062 of 2631 directors · 1 film in our library
A director's score is the sum of their films' composite canon scores — methodology.
- Born
- June 7, 1951 · New York City
- Nationality
- United States
- Work
- film director, film producer, screenwriter, documentary filmmaker
Films in our library, ranked
Ranked by composite canon score across 20+ authoritative lists, awards and polls — our ordering, with every placement citing its evidence on the film's page.
- 10.231 citation
Complete filmography
All 11 directorial credits recorded on Wikidata, in chronological order; films in our library link to their canon-score page.
- 2001Marcus Garvey: Look For Me in the Whirlwind
- 2003The Murder of Emmett Till
- 2005Sweet Honey in the Rock: Raise Your Voice
- 2006Jonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples Temple
- 2010Freedom Riders
- 2014Freedom Summer
- 2015The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution
- 2019Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool
- 2021Attica
- 2021Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy
- 2022Harriet Tubman: Visions of Freedom