Robert Nelson

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.

  • Title: Robert Nelson
  • Popularity: 0.92
  • Known For: Directing
  • Birthday: 1930-03-01
  • Place of Birth: San Francisco, California, USA
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Robert Nelson Movies

  • 1971
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    Five Artists: BillBobBillBillBob

    Five Artists: BillBobBillBillBob

    1 1971 HD

    A feature-length documentary directed by Dorothy Wiley and Gunvor Nelson about five working San Francisco artists: William T. Wiley, Robert Hudson,...

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  • 1969
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    Travelogue: Portraits – Images from a journey

    Travelogue: Portraits – Images from a journey

    1 1969 HD

    A black-and-white travel journal, in which the themes of memories and their relationship to the past suddenly catch up and rush away from us. The...

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  • 1973
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    Picasso

    Picasso

    1 1973 HD

    “When Picasso died I wanted to make the first post-mortem documentary, as I knew would happen anyway, and cheaply. The film took four hours to...

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  • 1967
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    The Off-Handed Jape... & How to Pull It Off

    The Off-Handed Jape... & How to Pull It Off

    4 1967 HD

    The Off-Handed Jape is an afternoon’s lark made by Nelson and his artist friend William Wiley. The two men perform whimsical actions and poses...

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  • 1970
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    Riverbody

    Riverbody

    1 1970 HD

    A continuous dissolve of 87 male and female nudes. "The film's fascination lies with the suspense of that magic moment, halfway between two persons,...

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  • 1974
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    Deep Westurn

    Deep Westurn

    1 1974 HD

    A ‘film wake’. Though celebratory in mood, it has a mournful subtext… death and dying. We dedicated it to Dr. Sam West, departed...

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  • 1965
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    Oh Dem Watermelons

    Oh Dem Watermelons

    5.9 1965 HD

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  • 1971
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    Bleu Shut

    Bleu Shut

    5.5 1971 HD

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  • 1967
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    The Great Blondino

    The Great Blondino

    4.1 1967 HD

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  • 1967
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    The Off-Handed Jape... & How to Pull It Off

    The Off-Handed Jape... & How to Pull It Off

    4 1967 HD

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  • 1967
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    The Awful Backlash

    The Awful Backlash

    1 1967 HD

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  • 1998
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    Hauling Toto Big

    Hauling Toto Big

    1 1998 HD

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  • 1965
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    Oh Dem Watermelons

    Oh Dem Watermelons

    5.9 1965 HD

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  • 1965
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    Oh Dem Watermelons

    Oh Dem Watermelons

    5.9 1965 HD

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  • 1965
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    Oh Dem Watermelons

    Oh Dem Watermelons

    5.9 1965 HD

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  • 1965
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    Oh Dem Watermelons

    Oh Dem Watermelons

    5.9 1965 HD

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  • 1965
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    Confessions of a Black Mother Succuba

    Confessions of a Black Mother Succuba

    1 1965 HD

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  • 1967
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    Hot Leatherette

    Hot Leatherette

    1 1967 HD

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  • 1976
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    Suite California Stops & Passes Part 1: Tijuana to Hollywood via Death Valley

    Suite California Stops & Passes Part 1: Tijuana to Hollywood via Death Valley

    1 1976 HD

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  • 1967
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    Grateful Dead

    Grateful Dead

    1 1967 HD

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  • 1967
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    Penny Bright & Jimmy Witherspoon

    Penny Bright & Jimmy Witherspoon

    1 1967 HD

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  • 1963
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    Plastic Haircut

    Plastic Haircut

    1 1963 HD

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  • 1965
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    T.P.I.

    T.P.I.

    1 1965 HD

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  • 1965
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    Sixty Lazy Dogs

    Sixty Lazy Dogs

    1 1965 HD

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  • 1965
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    Oily Peloso the Pumph Man

    Oily Peloso the Pumph Man

    1 1965 HD

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  • 1965
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    T.P.II

    T.P.II

    1 1965 HD

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  • 1967
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    Soup or Spread

    Soup or Spread

    1 1967 HD

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  • 1967
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    1/2 Bright, 1/2 Open, 1/2 Withered, 1/2 Lumpy

    1/2 Bright, 1/2 Open, 1/2 Withered, 1/2 Lumpy

    1 1967 HD

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  • 1967
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    Gourley in 67

    Gourley in 67

    1 1967 HD

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  • 1970
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    King David

    King David

    1 1970 HD

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  • 1974
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    Deep Westurn

    Deep Westurn

    1 1974 HD

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