Geschiedenisleraar Daniel Dunne werkt in een arme, zwarte buurt in Brooklyn. Op een dag betrapt Drey, een van zijn leerlingen, haar leraar terwijl hij in de wc crack zit te roken. Het blijkt dat Daniel al een hele tijd worstelt met een drugsverslaving die steeds meer van hem eist. Drey heeft medelijden met hem en de twee bouwen een bijzondere vriendschap op.
Nee, helaas is Half Nelson nog niet beschikbaar op Netflix in Nederland.
| Production | Eyde Belasco | Casting |
| Production | Alex Orlovsky | Producer |
| Camera | Andrij Parekh | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Anna Boden | Editor |
| Production | Lynette Howell Taylor | Producer |
| Directing | Ryan Fleck | Director |
| Production | Anna Boden | Producer |
| Production | Paul S. Mezey | Executive Producer |
| Production | Jamie Patricof | Producer |
| Production | Scott London | Executive Producer |
| Production | Charlie Corwin | Executive Producer |
| Production | Doug Dey | Executive Producer |
| Production | Rosanne Korenberg | Producer |
| Production | Clara Markowicz | Executive Producer |
| Writing | Anna Boden | Writer |
| Writing | Ryan Fleck | Writer |
| Art | Beth Mickle | Production Design |
| Art | Inbal Weinberg | Art Direction |
| Costume & Make-Up | Erin Benach | Costume Design |
| Production | Jeremy Kipp Walker | Co-Producer |
| Production | Hunter Gray | Associate Producer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Loretta Alston | Key Hair Stylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Sabrina Alston | Hairstylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Marilyn Cush | Hairstylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | David Kalahiki | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Xandra Mercedez | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Leo Won | Key Makeup Artist |
| Production | Ronny Merdinger | Production Supervisor |
| Directing | Nicholas R. Bell | Second Assistant Director |
| Directing | Amyjoy Clark | Second Second Assistant Director |
| Directing | Mariela Comitini | First Assistant Director |
| Directing | Anna Boden | Co-Director |
