Biographie
Nelson George is an author, filmmaker, television producer, and critic with a long career in analyzing and presenting the diverse elements of African-American culture. Queen Latifah won the Golden Globe for playing the lead in his directorial debut, the HBO movie Life Support, the critically acclaimed drama looked at the effects of HIV on a troubled black family in his native Brooklyn, New York. He co-edited, with Alan Leeds, The James Brown Reader (Plume), a collection of previously published articles about the Godfather of Soul that date as far back the late '50s. Plume published the book in May '08. Nelson has been on a roll since 2013 with completed documentary projects: VH1's Rock Docs, Finding The Funk, Showtime's Brooklyn Boheme (which was supported by Kickstarter), ESPN's The Announcement, the short All Hail the Beat, for the Focus Forward campaign. He hopes to continue that success with A BALLERINA'S TALE.
Acteur
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2010 |
Treme |
At the Foot of Canal Street (S01E04) |
Scénariste
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1993 |
CB4 |
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2017 |
The Get Down |
Un à un, dans l'obscurité (E09) |
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2013 |
30 for 30 Shorts (série) |
Disdain the Mundane (E06) |
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Finding the Funk |
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2011 |
Brooklyn Boheme |
Producteur
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1993 |
CB4 |
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2019 |
A Great Day in Hip Hop Revisited |
Réalisateur
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2016 |
The Real MVP: The Wanda Durant Story |
2007 |
Life Support |
2001 |
One Special Moment (téléfilm) |
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2023 |
Thriller 40 |
2022 |
Say Hey, Willie Mays! |
2019 |
A Great Day in Hip Hop Revisited |
2015 |
A Ballerina's Tale |
2013 |
30 for 30 Shorts (série) |
Disdain the Mundane (E06) |
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Finding the Funk |
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2012 |
ESPN Films (série) |
Magic Johnson: The Announcement (E11) |
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2011 |
Brooklyn Boheme |
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2007 |
4th Annual VH1 Hip-Hop Honors |
Directeur de la photographie
Documentaires | |
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2019 |
A Great Day in Hip Hop Revisited |
2013 |
30 for 30 Shorts (série) |
Disdain the Mundane (E06) |
Invité
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2009 |
Moving Pictures Live! |
2007 |
4th Annual VH1 Hip-Hop Honors |
2001 |
VH1 Presents the 80's - i.a. |