Robert Nelson
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
- Directing
- Born
- 1930-03-01 · San Francisco, California, USA
- Died
- 2012-01-09
Known for
- Oh Dem Watermelons (1965) — Director
- Bleu Shut (1970) — Director
- The Great Blondino (1967) — Director
- The Off-Handed Jape... & How to Pull It Off (1967) — Butch Babad
- Riverbody (1970)
- Mecca of the Frigid (1988)
- Hauling Toto Big (1998) — Director
- Grateful Dead (1967) — Director
- Hamlet Act (1982) — Director
- Five Artists: BillBobBillBillBob (1971) — Himself
- Travelogue: Portraits – Images from a journey (1969)
- Picasso (1973) — Pablo Picasso
- Deep Westurn (1974)
- The Awful Backlash (1967) — Director
- Confessions of a Black Mother Succuba (1965) — Director
- Hot Leatherette (1967) — Director