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Firelight Films

New York, New York(approximate location)

Founded by award-winning filmmaker Stanley Nelson, Firelight Films produces documentary films and develops strategies, partnerships, and materials to reach and engage diverse audiences.

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Who works there

  • Stanley NelsonFOUNDER Marcia Smith CO-FOUNDER Keith Brown
  • Marcia SmithCO-FOUNDER Keith Brown EXECUTIVE VICE PRESID
  • Keith BrownEXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT OF CONTENT Our team
  • Rafiah VitalisSENIOR DIRECTOR OF FINANCE & OPERATIONS Just
  • Justin SherwoodSENIOR DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS Aaliyah Fo
  • Aaliyah FowlerPRODUCTION COORDINATOR STAY CONNECTED Join O

Listed on the company’s own site. People move on; this is not a current roster.

Contact & details

TypeProduction Company · Film · Documentary
FoundedMay 2, 2005NY Dept. of State
RegisteredDomestic Business Corporation
CountyNew York
LocationNew York, New York
Websitefirelightmedia.tv
Emailemail@gmail.com
Social
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Phone(212) 222-1068
Statusactive2025 credit i
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How their work is rated

Average rating
7.1IMDb
4.0directory 6.28.0

7 rated titles, weighted by votes

Awards
Oscars0of1nominations0%
Emmys0of1nominations0%

7 wins from 32 nominations across all awards

Box office
$1m

Combined US gross, 2 of 13 titles

Freedom Summer poster
Highest rated
Freedom Summer
2014
7.8219 votes
Sound of the Police poster
Lowest rated
Sound of the Police
2023
5.8211 votes
Mostly
documentary, history, crime
Active
2001–2025
Rotten Tomatoes
78%
Best known for
My First Mister

Ratings and awards from OMDb, matched by title and year across 9 of 13 titles. Unmatched titles are left out rather than guessed. Oscars, Emmys and BAFTAs are itemised; other awards sit in the totals. IMDb counts wins separately from losing nominations, so nominations here is wins plus losses.

Credits13

12 films · 1 TV title

Titles per year12 titles · busiest 2021 with 3

12 titles across 25 years, averaging 0.5 a year. The last five years hold at 0.8 a year. 17 of those 25 years carry no credit on file.

Quality over time7 rated titles · bigger dots carry more votes
579their average 7.1200020102020

The 6 titles since 2014 average 7.1, holding at their 7.1 overall. 4 of 7 rated titles sit above their 7.1 average.

Who they work with

Directors
  • Stanley Nelson6
  • Christine Turner2
Writers
  • Stanley Nelson3
Notable cast
  • Julian Bond2
Genres
  • Documentary8 of 9
  • History5 of 9
  • Crime2 of 9

Names appearing on two or more of Firelight Films’s produced titles, across the 9 matched to OMDb. Cast is the top-billed few OMDb lists per title, so it is notable cast rather than a full cast list. A title can carry more than one genre, so the genre counts overlap.

Works with7 companies

Companies that appear alongside Firelight Films on the same productions. The number is how many titles they share.

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