Robert Nelson
Personal Info
Known for
Directing
Gender
Male
Birthday
1930-03-01
Day of Death
2012-01-09 (81 years old)
Place of Birth
San Francisco, California, USA
Robert Nelson
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.
Known For
Acting
(1974)
(1973)
Picasso
as Pablo Picasso
(1971)
Five Artists: BillBobBillBillBob
as Himself
(1970)
(1969)
(1967)
The Off-Handed Jape... & How to Pull It Off
as Butch Babad
Crew
(1998)
Hauling Toto Big
Director
(1976)
(1974)
Deep Westurn
Director
(1970)
Bleu Shut
Director
(1970)
King David
Director
(1967)
The Great Blondino
Director
(1967)
(1967)
The Awful Backlash
Director
(1967)
Hot Leatherette
Director
(1967)
Grateful Dead
Director
(1967)
Penny Bright & Jimmy Witherspoon
Director
(1967)
Gourley in 67
Director
(1967)
Soup or Spread
Director
(1967)
(1965)
Oh Dem Watermelons
Director, Producer, Cinematography, Writer, Editor
(1965)
(1965)
T.P.I.
Director
(1965)
Sixty Lazy Dogs
Director
(1965)
Oily Peloso the Pumph Man
Director
(1965)
T.P.II
Director
(1963)
Plastic Haircut
Director