Directing
Robert Nelson
Born March 1, 1930 San Francisco, California, USA
Biography
Born in 1930 to a family of Swedish immigrants, Robert Nelson studied painting until changing his focus to concentrate on filmmaking in the early 1960s. Strong influences included the Bay Area bohemian Beat scene and the improvisatory theatre of the San Francisco Mime Troupe, with which he would ultimately collaborate on several films. His marriage to experimental filmmaker Gunvor Nelson also helped jumpstart his early filmmaking impulse and instigated many films.
Directed Films
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Suite California Stops & Passes Part 1: Tijuana to Hollywood via Death Valley
1976
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Deep Westurn
1974
5.8
Bleu Shut
1970
9.0
Grateful Dead
1967
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The Awful Backlash
1967
4.6
The Great Blondino
1967·Drama
4.0
The Off-Handed Jape... & How to Pull It Off
1967
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Penny Bright & Jimmy Witherspoon
1967
6.1
Oh Dem Watermelons
1965·Music
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Plastic Haircut
1963
