Person
Nelson George
Writing · Born 1957-09-01 · Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
Known for
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
Adaptation
Basketball: A Love Story
Self
Soundbreaking
Self
Dear Mama
Executive Producer
The Nineties
Self
Strictly Business
Writer
The Get Down
Writer
Shut Up and Dribble
Self - Writer & Filmmaker
Bill Russell: Legend
Self - Author & Filmmaker
Michael Jordan: His Airness
Self
Filmography
- 2026The Last Critic
- 2026Soul Power: The Legend of the American Basketball AssociationSelf
- 2025True North: Canadian Myths and Black PowerExecutive Producer
- 2025Hip Hop Was Born HereSelf
- 2023Thriller 40Self
- 2023Dear MamaExecutive Producer
- 2023Bill Russell: LegendSelf - Author & Filmmaker
- 2023Fight the Power: How Hip Hop Changed the WorldSelf
- 2023Just a Boy From Tupelo: Bringing Elvis to the Big ScreenSelf
- 2022Say Hey, Willie Mays!Director
- 2022SidneySelf
- 2022Right to Offend: The Black Comedy RevolutionSelf
- 2022Biography: Bobby BrownSelf - Author, Filmmaker
- 2021A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon ParksSelf
- 2021Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & ConspiracySelf
- 2020With Drawn ArmsSelf
- 2019The Black GodfatherProducer
- 2019The Minnesota SoundSelf - Billboard
- 2018Shut Up and DribbleSelf - Writer & Filmmaker
- 2018Black Hollywood: 'They've Gotta Have Us'Self
- 2018Basketball: A Love StorySelf
- 2017Mike Judge Presents: Tales from the Tour BusConsulting Producer
- 2017The NinetiesSelf
- 2016SoundbreakingSelf
- 2016The Get DownWriter
- 2016The Real MVP: The Wanda Durant StoryDirector
- 2015A Ballerina's TaleSelf
- 2015Hustlers ConventionSelf
- 2014Top FiveAssociate Producer
- 2014Finding the FunkDirector
- 2013Disdain the MundaneDirector
- 2012Focus Forward: Short Films, Big IdeasDirector
- 2012Yo! The Story of ‘Yo! MTV Raps’Self
- 2012All Hail the BeatDirector
- 2012The AnnouncementDirector
- 2012Brooklyn BohemeDirector
- 2010Left UnsaidWriter
- 2009Downtown CallingSelf
- 2009Good HairExecutive Producer
- 2007The Wire: The Last WordSelf
- 2007The Wire OdysseySelf
- 2007Life SupportDirector
- 2005Perfect Upset: The 1985 Villanova vs. Georgetown NCAA ChampionshipSelf
- 2004And You Don't Stop: 30 Years of Hip-HopSelf
- 2004And You Don't Stop: 30 Years of Hip-HopSelf
- 2004Everyday PeopleExecutive Producer
- 2002It's Black EntertainmentSelf
- 2001One Special MomentDirector
- 2001Raisin' Kane: A RapumentarySelf
- 1999Michael Jordan: His AirnessSelf
- 1995Rap: Looking for the Perfect Beat
- 1995Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every ChildAdaptation
- 1993Just Another Girl on the I.R.T.Associate Producer
- 1993CB4Story
- 1991Strictly BusinessWriter
- 1991SuspectWriter
- 1990Def by TemptationExecutive Producer
- —Revisiting The Learning Tree
- —Misty GreenExecutive Producer
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