| Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story | |
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| Written by | John Pielmeier |
| Directed by | Thomas Carter |
| Starring | Cuba Gooding Jr. Kimberly Elise Aunjanue Ellis |
| Theme music composer | Martin Davich |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| Production | |
| Producers | Dan Angel Thomas Carter |
| Cinematography | John B. Aronson |
| Editor | Peter E. Berger |
| Running time | 90 minutes |
| Production companies | The Hatchery Sony Pictures Television |
| Original release | |
| Network | TNT |
| Release | February 7, 2009 |
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Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story is a 2009 biographical television drama film directed and co-produced by Thomas Carter, written by John Pielmeier, and starring Cuba Gooding Jr., Kimberly Elise and Aunjanue Ellis. The film is based on the autobiography of neurosurgeon (and later politician) Ben Carson, which was co-written by Cecil Murphey and published under the same title in 1990. A Johnson & Johnson Spotlight Presentation, the movie premiered on TNT on Saturday, February 7, 2009.
Gooding Jr. was nominated for the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie. Carter was nominated for the Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing – Television Film. The film additionally received a Critics' Choice Television Award nomination for Best Movie/Miniseries and four Creative Arts Emmy Award nominations.