Stanley Nelson

Stanley Nelson was born on Jul 07, 1955 in USA. Stanley Nelson's big-screen debut came with Jonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples Temple directed by Stanley Nelson in 2006. Stanley Nelson is known for The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution directed by Stanley Nelson, Blair Anderson stars as Self - Black Panther Party and Omar Barbour as Self - Black Panther Party. Stanley Nelson has got 23 awards and 33 nominations so far. The most recent award Stanley Nelson achieved is Directors Guild of America, USA. The upcoming new movie Stanley Nelson plays is Through the Fire: The Legacy of Barack Obama which will be released on Jan 19, 2017.

Stanley Nelson is among the premier documentary filmmakers working today. His feature-length films combine compelling narratives with rich and deeply researched historical detail, shining new light on both familiar and under-explored aspects of the American past.In addition to honors for his individual films, Nelson and his body of work have garnered every major award in the industry. He is a MacArthur "Genius" Fellow, and was awarded an individual Peabody Award, the 2016 Lifetime Achievement Award from the National Academy of Television Arts Sciences, and received the National Medal in the Humanities from President Barack Obama.Nelson's latest film, Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool, the definitive look at the life and career of the iconic Miles Davis, premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in 2019. The screening marked Nelson's tenth premiere at the prestigious festival in twenty years, the most premieres of any documentary filmmaker.In 2018, Nelson directed a short film which examined the history and impact of racial profiling in public spaces. The Story of Access was screened at a mandatory training for 175,000 Starbucks employees across 8,000 stores, and received over a million views on.