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.
Filmography
Cast Credits
Deep Westurn
Character:
MOVIE • 1974
Picasso
Character: Pablo Picasso
MOVIE • 1973
Five Artists: BillBobBillBillBob
Character: Himself
MOVIE • 1971
Riverbody
Character:
MOVIE • 1970
Travelogue: Portraits – Images from a journey
Character:
MOVIE • 1969
The Off-Handed Jape... & How to Pull It Off
Character: Butch Babad
MOVIE • 1967
Crew
Crew Credits
Hauling Toto Big
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1998
Suite California Stops & Passes Part 1: Tijuana to Hollywood via Death Valley
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1976
Deep Westurn
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1974
Bleu Shut
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1970
King David
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1970
Grateful Dead
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1967
The Awful Backlash
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1967
Soup or Spread
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1967
1/2 Bright, 1/2 Open, 1/2 Withered, 1/2 Lumpy
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1967
Gourley in 67
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1967
The Great Blondino
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1967
The Off-Handed Jape... & How to Pull It Off
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1967
Hot Leatherette
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1967
Penny Bright & Jimmy Witherspoon
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1967
Oh Dem Watermelons
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1965
Oh Dem Watermelons
Role: Producer
MOVIE • 1965
Oh Dem Watermelons
Role: Cinematography
MOVIE • 1965
Oh Dem Watermelons
Role: Writer
MOVIE • 1965
Oh Dem Watermelons
Role: Editor
MOVIE • 1965
Confessions of a Black Mother Succuba
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1965