About
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.
Filmography
Hauling Toto Big1998 · Director
Special Warning1998 · Director
Limitations1988 · Director
Hamlet Act1982 · Director
Suite California Stops & Passes Part 2: San Francisco to the Sierra Nevadas & Back Again1978 · Director
Suite California Stops & Passes Part 1: Tijuana to Hollywood via Death Valley1976 · Director
Deep Westurn1974 · Director
Bleu Shut1970 · Director
King David1970 · Director
War is Hell1968 · Director
Grateful Dead1967 · Director
The Awful Backlash1967 · Director
Soup or Spread1967 · Director
1/2 Bright, 1/2 Open, 1/2 Withered, 1/2 Lumpy1967 · Director
Gourley in 671967 · Director
The Great Blondino1967 · Director
The Off-Handed Jape... & How to Pull It Off1967 · Director
Hot Leatherette1967 · Director
Penny Bright & Jimmy Witherspoon1967 · Director
Oh Dem Watermelons1965 · Director, Producer, Cinematography, Writer, Editor