Nelson George
Producer, Director, Writer
Producer, Director, Writer
- Nelson George was born on September 1, 1957 in Brooklyn, New York, USA. He is a producer and director, known for Brooklyn Boheme (2011), Top Five (2014) and Left Unsaid (2010).
- Birth date
- 1957-09-01
- Awards
- 2 wins & 6 nominations.
Activities
| Role | Title | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Producer | Outlaw: The Saga of Afeni and Tupac Shakur (TV Series documentary) (executive producer - 5 episodes) (post-production) - Episode #1.5 ... (executive producer) - Episode #1.4 ... (executive producer) - Episode #1.3 ... (executive producer) - Episode #1.2 ... (executive producer) - Part One ... (executive producer) | |
| Producer | With Drawn Arms (Documentary) (co-executive producer) | 2020 |
| Producer | Home (TV Series documentary) (consulting producer - 1 episode) - Chicago (2020) ... (consulting producer) | 2020 |
| Producer | Mike Judge Presents: Tales from the Tour Bus (TV Series documentary) (consulting producer - 1 episode) - George Clinton (2018) ... (consulting producer) | 2018 |
| Producer | Hip-Hop Evolution (TV Series documentary) (executive producer - 4 episodes) - The Birth of Gangsta Rap (2016) ... (executive producer) - The New Guard (2016) ... (executive producer) - The Underground to the Mainstream (2016) ... (executive producer) - The Foundation (2016) ... (executive producer) | 2016 |
| Producer | A Ballerina's Tale (Documentary) (executive producer) | 2015 |
| Producer | Top Five (associate producer) | 2014 |
| Producer | Finding the Funk (Documentary) (executive producer) / (producer) | 2013 |
| Producer | All Hail the Beat (Short) (producer) | 2012 |
| Producer | The Announcement (TV Movie documentary) (executive producer: ESPN Films) | 2012 |
| Producer | Hell: A Life (Short) (producer) | 2011 |
| Producer | Hell of a Life (Video short) (producer) | 2011 |
| Producer | VH1 Divas Celebrates Soul (TV Special) (consulting producer) | 2011 |
| Producer | Brooklyn Boheme (Documentary) (executive producer) | 2011 |
| Producer | Left Unsaid (executive producer) | 2010 |
| Producer | Good Hair (Documentary) (producer) | 2009 |
| Producer | American Gangster (TV Series documentary) (executive producer - 26 episodes) - Romper Room Gang (2009) ... (executive producer) - The Shower Posse (2008) ... (executive producer) - Willie Lloyd (2008) ... (executive producer) - Guy Fisher (2008) ... (executive producer) - Mutulu Shakur (2008) ... (executive producer) Show all 26 episodes | 2006-2009 |
| Producer | 5th Annual VH1 Hip Hop Honors (TV Special) (co-executive producer) | 2008 |
| Producer | 4th Annual VH1 Hip-Hop Honors (TV Special) (consulting producer) | 2007 |
| Producer | 3rd Annual VH1 Hip-Hop Honors (TV Special) (co-executive producer) | 2006 |
| Producer | Richard Pryor: The Funniest Man Dead or Alive (TV Special documentary) (consulting producer) / (executive producer) | 2005 |
| Producer | 2nd Annual VH1 Hip-Hop Honors (TV Special) (consulting producer) | 2005 |
| Producer | Hip-Hop Honors (TV Special) (consulting producer) | 2004 |
| Producer | The N Word (Documentary) (producer) | 2004 |
| Producer | Everyday People (executive producer) | 2004 |
| Producer | The Chris Rock Show (TV Series) (consulting producer - 13 episodes, 1997 - 1998) (supervising producer - 5 episodes, 1997) - Episode #3.2 (1998) ... (consulting producer) - Episode #2.12 (1997) ... (consulting producer) - Episode #2.11 (1997) ... (consulting producer) - Episode #2.10 (1997) ... (consulting producer) - Episode #2.9 (1997) ... (consulting producer) Show all 18 episodes | |
| Producer | CB4 (producer) | 1993 |
| Producer | Just Another Girl on the I.R.T. (associate producer) | 1992 |
| Producer | Strictly Business (associate producer) | 1991 |
| Producer | Overcoming Self-Destruction (Video) (executive producer) | 1990 |
| Producer | Def by Temptation (executive producer) | 1990 |
| Producer | Stop the Violence Movement: Self Destruction (Video short) (executive producer) | 1988 |
| Role | Title | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Director | The Real MVP: The Wanda Durant Story (TV Movie) (directed by) | 2016 |
| Director | Independent Lens (TV Series documentary) (1 episode) - A Ballerina's Tale (2016) | 2016 |
| Director | A Ballerina's Tale (Documentary) | 2015 |
| Director | Finding the Funk (Documentary) | 2013 |
| Director | 30 for 30 Shorts (TV Series documentary short) (1 episode) - Disdain the Mundane (2013) | 2013 |
| Director | All Hail the Beat (Short) | 2012 |
| Director | The Announcement (TV Movie documentary) | 2012 |
| Director | Brooklyn Boheme (Documentary) | 2011 |
| Director | Left Unsaid | 2010 |
| Director | 4th Annual VH1 Hip-Hop Honors (TV Special) (segment "Hip Hop I.Q.") | 2007 |
| Director | Life Support (TV Movie) | 2007 |
| Director | One Special Moment (TV Movie) | 2001 |
| Role | Title | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Writer | The Get Down (TV Series) (written by - 1 episode) - One by One, Into the Dark (2017) ... (written by) | 2017 |
| Writer | Finding the Funk (Documentary) (written by) | 2013 |
| Writer | All Hail the Beat (Short) | 2012 |
| Writer | Brooklyn Boheme (Documentary) | 2011 |
| Writer | Left Unsaid (written by) | 2010 |
| Writer | Life Support (TV Movie) (written by) | 2007 |
| Writer | One Special Moment (TV Movie) | 2001 |
| Writer | Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child (TV Series) (writer - 1 episode) - The Bremen Town Musicians (1999) ... (writer) | 1999 |
| Writer | CB4 (screenplay) / (story) | 1993 |
| Writer | Strictly Business (written by) | 1991 |
| Writer | American Masters (TV Series documentary) (written by - 1 episode) - Aretha Franklin: The Queen of Soul (1988) ... (written by) | 1988 |
| Role | Title | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Camera and Electrical Department | A Ballerina's Tale (Documentary) (camera) | 2015 |
| Camera and Electrical Department | Finding the Funk (Documentary) (additional photographer) | 2013 |
| Role | Title | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Cinematographer | 30 for 30 Shorts (TV Series documentary short) (1 episode) - Disdain the Mundane (2013) | 2013 |
| Role | Title | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Editor | All Hail the Beat (Short) | 2012 |
| Role | Title | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Sound department | A Ballerina's Tale (Documentary) (sound) | 2015 |
| Role | Title | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Soundtrack | CB4 (writer: "Wackee Dee is in the House") | 1993 |
| Role | Title | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Thanks | Chris Rock: Tamborine (TV Special) (thanks) | 2018 |
| Thanks | Brooklyn Girls Fight Club (Documentary) (special thanks) | 2013 |
| Thanks | Smoke Signals (thanks) | 1998 |
| Thanks | Chris Rock: Bring the Pain (TV Special) (special thanks) | 1996 |
| Thanks | She's Gotta Have It (special thanks) | 1986 |
| Role | Title | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Self | Unsung (TV Series documentary) Self - Skyy (2020) ... Self - Mtume (2018) ... Self - KC and the Sunshine Band (2015) ... Self - Nile Rodgers & Chic (2014) ... Self - The Delfonics (2013) ... Self Show all 15 episodes | 2009-2020 |
| Self | The Movies (TV Series documentary) Self - Author and Filmmaker - The Sixties (2019) ... Self - Author and Filmmaker - The Seventies (2019) ... Self - Author and Filmmaker - The 2000s to Today (2019) ... Self - Author and Filmmaker - The Nineties (2019) ... Self - Author and Filmmaker - The Eighties (2019) ... Self - Author and Filmmaker | 2019 |
| Self | The Greatest Moments in BET Awards History (TV Special documentary) Self - Author / Filmmaker | 2019 |
| Self | The Black Godfather (Documentary) Self - Music and Culture Historian | 2019 |
| Self | Surviving R. Kelly (TV Mini-Series documentary) Self - Black Girls Matter. (2019) ... Self - All the Missing Girls (2019) ... Self - The People vs. R. Kelly (2019) ... Self - Hiding in Plain Sight (2019) ... Self - The Pied Piper of R&B (2019) ... Self | 2019 |
| Self | Shut Up and Dribble (TV Series documentary) Self - 101 (2018) ... Self | 2018 |
| Self | They've Gotta Have Us (TV Mini-Series documentary) Self - Author, Journalist, Critic, Director, and Producer - Black is the New Hollywood (2018) ... Self - Author, Journalist, Critic, Director, and Producer - Black Film Is Not a Genre (2018) ... Self - Author, Journalist, Critic, Director, and Producer - Legends and Pioneers (2018) ... Self - Author, Journalist, Critic, Director, and Producer | 2018 |
| Self | The 2000s (TV Series documentary) Self - Author and Filmmaker - I Want My MP3 (2018) ... Self - Author and Filmmaker - The Platinum Age Of Television (2018) ... Self - Author and Filmmaker | 2018 |
| Self | 1968 - Das Jahr, das Amerika veränderte (TV Series documentary) Self - Author - Part Four: Fall (2018) ... Self - Author - Part Three: Summer (2018) ... Self - Author - Part One: Winter (2018) ... Self - Author | 2018 |
| Self | The Nineties (TV Series documentary) Self - Author and Filmmaker / Author, 'Hip Hop America' / Self - Author, 'Hip Hop America' - Isn't It Ironic (2017) ... Self - Author and Filmmaker / Author, 'Hip Hop America' - Can We All Get Along? (2017) ... Self - Author and Filmmaker - The One About TV (2017) ... Self - Author, 'Hip Hop America' | 2017 |
| Self | 30 for 30 (TV Series documentary) Self - Celtics/Lakers: Best of Enemies, Part 1 (2017) ... Self | 2017 |
| Self | Soundbreaking: Stories from the Cutting Edge of Recorded Music (TV Mini-Series documentary) Self - Sound and Vision (2016) ... Self | 2016 |
| Self | Hip-Hop Evolution (TV Series documentary) Self - The New Guard (2016) ... Self - The Underground to the Mainstream (2016) ... Self - The Foundation (2016) ... Self | 2016 |
| Self | The Eighties (TV Mini-Series documentary) Self - Author and Filmmaker - Video Killed the Radio Star (2016) ... Self - Author and Filmmaker | 2016 |
| Self | Good Morning America (TV Series) Self - Episode dated 12 October 2015 (2015) ... Self | 2015 |
| Self | The Seventies (TV Mini-Series documentary) Self - Author, 'The Death of Rhythm and Blues' - What's Goin' On (2015) ... Self - Author, 'The Death of Rhythm and Blues' | 2015 |
| Self | The Sixties (TV Mini-Series documentary) Self - Author, 'The Death of Rhythm & Blues' - The British Invasion (2014) ... Self - Author, 'The Death of Rhythm & Blues' | 2014 |
| Self | Unsung Hollywood (TV Series documentary) Self - Flip Wilson (2014) ... Self - Dick Gregory (2014) ... Self | 2014 |
| Self | Crime: The Animated Series (TV Mini-Series) Self - Host - Nelson George: 2008 (2013) ... Self - Host | 2013 |
| Self | David Bowie: Five Years (Documentary) Self - culture critic | 2013 |
| Self | Finding the Funk (Documentary) Self | 2013 |
| Self | Totally Biased with W. Kamau Bell (TV Series) Self - Episode #1.8 (2012) ... Self | 2012 |
| Self | The Joy of Disco (TV Movie documentary) Self | 2012 |
| Self | Big Morning Buzz Live (TV Series) Self - Gloria Estefan/Emmy Rossum/June Ambrose (2012) ... Self | 2012 |
| Self | Last Call with Carson Daly (TV Series) Self - Episode dated 30 January 2012 (2012) ... Self | 2012 |
| Self | Life After (TV Series) Self - Christopher Williams (2011) ... Self - Christopher 'Play' Martin (2011) ... Self - Bell Biv DeVoe (2009) ... Self - Daryl 'Chill' Mitchell (2009) ... Self - Christopher 'Kid' Reid (2009) ... Self | 2009-2011 |
| Self | Planet Rock: The Story of Hip-Hop and the Crack Generation (TV Movie documentary) | 2011 |
| Self | Ray Charles America (Documentary) Self | 2010 |
| Self | Treme (TV Series) Self - At the Foot of Canal Street (2010) ... Self | 2010 |
| Self | VH1 Rock Docs (TV Series) Self - Soul Train: The Hippest Trip in America (2010) ... Self | 2010 |
| Self | Blacking Up: Hip-Hop's Remix of Race and Identity (TV Movie documentary) Self | 2010 |
| Self | Jean-Michel Basquiat: The Radiant Child (Documentary) Self | 2010 |
| Self | Downtown Calling (Documentary) Self | 2009 |
| Self | Doctor Prince und Mister Jackson (TV Movie documentary) Self | 2009 |
| Self | The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson (TV Series) Self - Episode #5.157 (2009) ... Self | 2009 |
| Self | Open Book (TV Series documentary) Self | 2009 |
| Self | Moving Pictures Live! (TV Series) Self (uncredited) | 2009 |
| Self | American Gangster (TV Series documentary) Self - Guy Fisher (2008) ... Self - Larry Davis (2008) ... Self - Kenneth McGriff (2007) ... Self - Felix Mitchell (2007) ... Self | 2007-2008 |
| Self | Hip Hop vs. America II: Where Did the Love Go? (TV Movie documentary) Self | 2008 |
| Self | The Wire: The Last Word (TV Short documentary) Self | 2007 |
| Self | The Wire Odyssey (TV Short documentary) Self | 2007 |
| Self | 4th Annual VH1 Hip-Hop Honors (TV Special) Self (voice, uncredited) | 2007 |
| Self | The Top 5 Reasons You Can't Blame... (TV Series) Self - Tommie Smith & John Carlos for Their Black Power Salute (2007) ... Self - George Foreman for Losing to Muhammad Ali (2006) ... Self - Mike Tyson for Losing to Buster Douglas (2005) ... Self | 2005-2007 |
| Self | Bring That Year Back 2006: Laugh Now, Cry Later (TV Special) Self | 2006 |
| Self | SexTV (TV Series documentary) Self - Shafted: The Story of Blaxploitation Cinema (2006) ... Self | 2006 |
| Self | The South Bank Show (TV Series documentary) Self - Dusty Springfield (2006) ... Self - Othello (2004) ... Self | 2004-2006 |
| Self | BET's Top 25 Countdown (TV Series) Self - Author / Filmaker - Moments in Black History (2006) ... Self - Author / Filmaker | 2006 |
| Self | The 50 Greatest Documentaries (TV Movie documentary) Self | 2005 |
| Self | Soul Deep: The Story of Black Popular Music (TV Series documentary) Self - Music Writer - From Ghetto to Fabulous (2005) ... Self - Music Writer | 2005 |
| Self | Letter to the President (Video documentary) Self - Author / Journalist | 2005 |
| Self | Perfect Upset: The 1985 Villanova vs. Georgetown NCAA Championship (TV Movie documentary) Self - Author, Post-Soul Nation | 2005 |
| Self | 500 Years Later (Documentary) Self - Playwright | 2005 |
| Self | Unstoppable: Conversation with Melvin Van Peebles, Gordon Parks, and Ossie Davis (TV Movie documentary) Self | 2005 |
| Self | Black in the 80s (TV Mini-Series documentary) Self - Color TV (2005) ... Self - Def Jams (2005) ... Self - Color in Film (2005) ... Self | 2005 |
| Self | Birth of a Nation: The Making of 'School Daze' (Video documentary short) Self | 2005 |
| Self | College Daze (Video documentary short) Self | 2005 |
| Self | Making a Mark (Video documentary short) Self | 2005 |
| Self | 48 Hours (TV Series documentary) Self - Michael Jackson: Critical Stage (2005) ... Self | 2005 |
| Self | Kobra (TV Series documentary) Writer - Pengar (2004) ... Writer | 2004 |
| Self | Hip-Hop Honors (TV Special) Self | 2004 |
| Self | And You Don't Stop: 30 Years of Hip-Hop (TV Mini-Series documentary) Self - Back in the Day (2004) ... Self | 2004 |
| Self | They Made America (TV Series) Self - Rebels (2004) ... Self | 2004 |
| Self | The N Word (Documentary) Self | 2004 |
| Self | Focused Digizine #1 (Video) Self | 2004 |
| Self | Get Up, Stand Up (TV Series documentary) Self - Interviewee - Say It Loud (2003) ... Self - Interviewee - Next Stop Vietnam (2003) ... Self - Interviewee - We Shall Overcome (2003) ... Self - Interviewee | 2003 |
| Self | ESPN SportsCentury (TV Series documentary) Self - Latrell Sprewell (2003) ... Self - Mike Tyson (2002) ... Self - Joe Louis (1999) ... Self - Jackie Robinson (1999) ... Self - Sugar Ray Robinson (1999) ... Self | 1999-2003 |
| Self | American Masters (TV Series documentary) Self - James Brown: Soul Survivor (2003) ... Self | 2003 |
| Self | Nina Simone: A Tribute (TV Movie documentary) Self | 2003 |
| Self | From the Belly of the Drum (Video documentary short) Author | 2002 |
| Self | It's Black Entertainment (TV Special documentary) Self | 2002 |
| Self | Heroes of Black Comedy (TV Mini-Series documentary) Self | 2002 |
| Self | VH1 Presents the 80's (TV Mini-Series) Self - Author 'The Death of Rhythm & Blues' - Hip Hop/R&B (2001) ... Self - Author 'The Death of Rhythm & Blues' | 2001 |
| Self | Raisin' Kane: A Rapumentary (Documentary) Self | 2001 |
| Self | Half Past Autumn: The Life and Works of Gordon Parks (TV Movie documentary) Self - Author | 2000 |
| Self | Journeys in Black (TV Series documentary) Self - Russell Simmons (2000) ... Self | 2000 |
| Self | Bill Russell: My Life, My Way (TV Movie documentary) Self - Writer | 2000 |
| Self | Michael Jordan: His Airness (Video documentary) Self | 1999 |
| Self | NBA 100 Greatest Plays (Video) Self - Author | 1999 |
| Self | Top Ten (TV Series documentary) Self - Interviewee - Disco (1998) ... Self - Interviewee | 1998 |
| Self | The Chris Rock Show (TV Series) Ricco Bell's Associate - Episode #1.4 (1997) ... Ricco Bell's Associate (uncredited) | 1997 |
| Self | NBA at 50 (TV Movie documentary) Self | 1996 |
| Self | Chris Rock: Bring the Pain (TV Special) Self (uncredited) | 1996 |
| Self | Rap: Looking for the Perfect Beat (TV Movie documentary) Self | 1995 |
| Self | The Arsenio Hall Show (TV Series) Self - Episode dated 11 March 1993 (1993) ... Self | 1993 |
| Self | Rave (TV Series) Self - Music Critic - The Prince of Paisley Park (1992) ... Self - Music Critic | 1992 |
| Self | Straight Up Go-Go (Video documentary) Self | 1992 |
| Self | Omnibus (TV Series documentary) Self - Music Critic - The Prince of Paisley Park (1991) ... Self - Music Critic | 1991 |
| Self | Overcoming Self-Destruction (Video) Self | 1990 |
| Self | The Media Show (TV Series documentary) Self - Black Primetime (1990) ... Self | 1990 |
| Self | The Oprah Winfrey Show (TV Series) Self - Episode dated 7 March 1990 (1990) ... Self | 1990 |
| Self | The Rock 'n' Roll Evening News (TV Series) Self / Correspondent | 1986 |