Nelson George

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. His directorial debut, the critically-acclaimed HBO movie life Support, stars Queen Latifah and looks at the effects of HIV on a troubled black family in his native Brooklyn. He's published numerous non-fiction books on black music history as well as a series of novels using the music world as a backdrop, includingThe Lost Treasures of R&B. Since 2013, George has completed VH1’s rock docFinding the Funk, Showtime’sBrooklyn Boheme, ESPN’sThe Announcement, andAll Hail the Beat, a short film for the Focus Forward campaign.