Q&A: Stanley Nelson, director of Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool on American Masters

January 30, 2020

Miles Davis: Horn player, bandleader, innovator. Elegant, intellectual, vain. Callous, conflicted, controversial. Magnificent, mercurial. Genius. The very embodiment of cool….

Director Stanley Nelson on Central Time and Director’s Cut

February 16, 2016

Director Stanley Nelson visited Madison last week after the release of his newest documentary, The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the…

Director Stanley Nelson Visits Madison

February 8, 2016

Director Stanley Nelson’s work – which includes impactful American Experience documentaries Freedom Summer and Freedom Riders, and the unprecedented upcoming documentary The Black Panthers: Vanguard…