| Other author/creator | Nelson, Stanley, 1951- interviewee. |
| Other author/creator | Henry, Loretta (Interviewer), interviewer. |
| Other author/creator | Stearns, Scott, director of photography. |
| Other author/creator | HistoryMakers (Video oral history collection), production company. |
| Variant title |
History Makers video oral history with Stanley Nelson |
| Portion of title |
Stanley Nelson |
| Abstract |
Film producer Stanley Earl Nelson, Jr. was born on June 8, 1951 in New York City. He attended New Lincoln School, a private school in Manhattan. In 1976, he received his B.F.A. degree from Leonard Davis Film School at City University of New York. Upon graduating, Nelson worked as assistant editor/apprentice with documentary filmmaker William Greaves. By 1989, Nelson wrote, produced and directed his first documentary feature, Two Dollars and a Dream: The Story of Madame C.J. Walker. Nelson also produced and directed the 1999 Emmy nominated documentary entitled The Black Press: Soldiers Without Swords, and the 2000 Black International Cinema Festival award-winning documentary Marcus Garvey: Look for Me in the Whirlwind. Nelson received acclaim for his 2003 documentary, The Murder of Emmett Till and Jonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples Temple. Nelson taught film production and broadcast journalism at facilities in Rwanda and at Howard University. |
| Credits | Videographer, Scott Stearns. |
| Performer |
Loretta Henry, interviewer. |
| Date/time/place of a event note | Recorded Berkeley, California 2006 April 3. |
| Source of description | Vendor-supplied metadata. |
| Genre/form | Internet videos. |
| Genre/form | Interviews. |
| Genre/form | Nonfiction films. |
| Genre/form | Oral histories. |
| Genre/form | Oral histories. |
| Genre/form | Internet videos. |
| Genre/form | Nonfiction films. |
| Stock number | A2006.059 HistoryMakers |
