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Stanley Nelson
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Academy Awards, USA (1)
CINE Competition (1)
Cleveland International Film Festival (2)
Krakow Film Festival (1)
Directors Guild of America, USA (1)
Primetime Emmy Awards (5)
Gotham Awards (1)
Grammy Awards (1)
Hollywood Black Film Festival (1)
Humanitas Prize (1)
International Documentary Association (8)
Miami Film Festival (1)
New Orleans Film Festival (2)
News & Documentary Emmy Awards (6)
Peabody Awards (1)
RiverRun International Film Festival (2)
San Francisco International Film Festival (2)
Stockholm Film Festival (1)
Sundance Film Festival (6)
Writers Guild of America, USA (2)
Tribeca Film Festival (2)
Black Reel Awards (3)
Sheffield International Documentary Festival (1)
Cinema for Peace Awards (1)
African Movie Academy Awards (1)
FOCAL International Awards (2)
IndieLisboa International Independent Film Festival (1)
Critics' Choice Documentary Awards (1)
Latino Entertainment Journalists Association Film Awards (1)
24 wins & 35 nominations
Academy Awards, USA
2022 Nominee
Oscar
Best Documentary Feature
Attica
Shared with:
Traci Curry
CINE Competition
2004 Winner
CINE Leadership Award
Cleveland International Film Festival
2019 Winner
Music Movies Competition
Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool
2015 Nominee
Greg Gund Memorial Standing Up Award
The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution
Krakow Film Festival
2019 Nominee
Golden Heynal
Best Music Documentary
Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool
Directors Guild of America, USA
2022 Winner
DGA Award
Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Documentary
Attica
Primetime Emmy Awards
2016 Nominee
Primetime Emmy
Exceptional Merit in Documentary Filmmaking
The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution
Shared with:
Laurens Grant
·
Sally Jo Fifer
·
Lois Vossen
2011 Winner
Primetime Emmy
Outstanding Writing for Nonfiction Programming
Freedom Riders
2011 Winner
Primetime Emmy
Exceptional Merit in Nonfiction Filmmaking
Freedom Riders
Shared with:
Laurens Grant
·
Mark Samels
·
Sharon Grimberg
2007 Nominee
Primetime Emmy
Exceptional Merit in Nonfiction Filmmaking
American Experience
For episode "Jonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples Temple".
Shared with:
Sharon Grimberg
·
Mark Samels
2003 Winner
Primetime Emmy
Outstanding Directing for Non-Fiction Programming
American Experience
For episode "The Murder Of Emmett Till".
Gotham Awards
2006 Nominee
Gotham Independent Film Award
Best Documentary
Jonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples Temple
Grammy Awards
2020 Nominee
Grammy
Best Music Film
For "Birth of the Cool" artist: Miles Davis
Shared with:
Nicole London
Hollywood Black Film Festival
1999 Winner
Jury Award
Best Documentary Film
The Black Press: Soldiers Without Swords
Humanitas Prize
2010 Nominee
Humanitas Prize
Documentaries - Special Awards Category
Freedom Riders
International Documentary Association
2016 Winner
Career Achievement Award
2015 Nominee
IDA Award
Best Feature
The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution
Shared with:
Laurens Grant
2010 Nominee
Video Source Award
Freedom Riders
2009 Nominee
IDA Award
Limited Series
American Experience
"We Shall Remain"
Shared with:
Mark Samels
·
Sharon Grimberg
·
Ric Burns
·
Dustinn Craig
·
Sarah Colt
·
Chris Eyre
·
Mark Zwonitzer
·
Rob Rapley
·
Anne Makepeace
·
Marcia Smith
2009 Winner
Video Source Award
Wounded Knee
Shared with:
Sharon Grimberg
·
Mark Samels
·
Marcia Smith
3 more
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Miami Film Festival
2019 Nominee
Knight Documentary Achievement Award
Best Documentary
Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool
New Orleans Film Festival
2003 Winner
Grand Jury Award
American Experience
For episode "The Murder of Emmett Till (#15.6)".
2003 Winner
Documentary Award
American Experience
For episode "The Murder of Emmett Till (#15.6)".
News & Documentary Emmy Awards
2019 Nominee
Emmy
Outstanding Historical Documentary
Independent Lens
Tell Them We Are Rising: The Story of Black Colleges and Universities
For "Tell Them We Are Rising"
Shared with:
Marco Williams
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Sally Jo Fifer
·
Lois Vossen
·
Amy Shatsky-Gambrill
·
Stacey L. Holman
·
Cyndee Readdean
2016 Winner
Lifetime Achievement Award
2015 Winner
Emmy
Outstanding Informational Programming - Long Form
P.O.V.
When I Walk
For episode "When I Walk"
Shared with:
Jason DaSilva
·
Alice Cook
·
Leigh DaSilva
·
Lydia Dean Pilcher
·
Sally Jo Fifer
·
Simon Kilmurry
·
Yael Melamede
·
Peter Starr
·
Cynthia Lopez
·
Christopher White
2013 Nominee
Emmy
Outstanding Historical Programming - Long Form
American Experience
For episode "Jesse Owens"
Shared with:
Mark Samels
·
Sharon Grimberg
·
Laurens Grant
2013 Winner
Emmy
Outstanding Research
American Experience
For episode "Jesse Owens"
Shared with:
Laurens Grant
·
Elena Brodie-Kusa
·
Andrew Horn
·
Polly Pettit
·
Gerard Nijssen
·
Ralf Piorr
1 more
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Peabody Awards
2016 Winner
Individual Award
RiverRun International Film Festival
2015 Winner
Master of Cinema
2015 Winner
Audience Choice Award
Best of Fest
The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution
San Francisco International Film Festival
2014 Nominee
Audience Award
Best Documentary Feature
Freedom Summer
1999 Winner
Golden Spire
Film & Video - History
The Black Press: Soldiers Without Swords
Stockholm Film Festival
2015 Nominee
Best Documentary
The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution
Sundance Film Festival
2010 Nominee
Grand Jury Prize
Documentary
Freedom Riders
2004 Nominee
Grand Jury Prize
Documentary
A Place of Our Own
2003 Winner
Special Jury Prize
Documentary
The Murder of Emmett Till
2001 Nominee
Grand Jury Prize
Documentary
Marcus Garvey: Look for Me in the Whirlwind
1999 Winner
Freedom of Expression Award
The Black Press: Soldiers Without Swords
1 more
All
Writers Guild of America, USA
2012 Nominee
WGA Award (TV)
Documentary - Other Than Current Events
American Experience
For episode "Freedom Riders"
2011 Nominee
WGA Award (Screen)
Best Documentary Screenplay
Freedom Riders
Tribeca Film Festival
2006 Winner
Special Jury Prize
Jonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples Temple
Outstanding achievement in documentary.
2006 Nominee
Jury Award
Best Documentary Feature
Jonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples Temple
Black Reel Awards
2020 Nominee
Black Reel
Outstanding Documentary
Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool
2018 Winner
Black Reel
Outstanding Independent Documentary
Tell Them We Are Rising: The Story of Black Colleges and Universities
2016 Nominee
Black Reel
Outstanding Documentary
The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution
Sheffield International Documentary Festival
2015 Nominee
Grand Jury Award
The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution
Cinema for Peace Awards
2022 Nominee
Cinema for Peace Award
Cinema for Peace Dove for Justice
Attica
African Movie Academy Awards
2023 Winner
AMAA
Best Diaspora Documentary
Sound of the Police
FOCAL International Awards
2022 Nominee
FOCAL Award
Best Use of Footage in a Cinematic Feature
Attica
Shared with:
Traci Curry
·
Rosemary Rotondi
·
Marcia Smith
2022 Nominee
FOCAL Award
Best Use of Footage in a History Feature
Attica
Shared with:
Traci Curry
·
Marcia Smith
·
Rosemary Rotondi
IndieLisboa International Independent Film Festival
2019 Nominee
Indiemusic Schweppes Award
Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool
Critics' Choice Documentary Awards
2021 Nominee
Critics' Choice Documentary Award
Best Director
Attica
Shared with:
Traci Curry
Latino Entertainment Journalists Association Film Awards
2022 Nominee
LEJA Award
Best Documentary Feature
Attica
Shared with:
Traci Curry
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