Robert Nelson (filmmaker)

Robert Nelson (March 1, 1930; San Francisco – January 9, 2012; Laytonville, California) was an American experimental film director.[1][2]

Robert Nelson
Born(1930-03-01)March 1, 1930
San Francisco
DiedJanuary 9, 2012(2012-01-09) (aged 81)
OccupationDirector, producer, cinematographer, writer
Spouse(s)Gunvor Nelson

Archive

The moving image collection of Robert Nelson is housed at the Academy Film Archive.[3] The Academy Film Archive has preserved a number of Robert Nelson's films, including Grateful Dead, Hot Leatherette, and Limitations.[4]

Selected filmography
  • Special Warning (1998)
  • Hauling Toto Big (1997)
  • 199 L.la (1989)
  • Curious Native Customs (1989)
  • Limitations (1988)
  • Hamlet Act (1982)
  • Suite California Stops & Passes Part 2: San Francisco to the Sierra Nevadas & Back Again (1978)
  • Suite California Stops & Passes Part 1: Tijuana to Hollywood Via Death Valley (1976)
  • Deep Westurn (1974)
  • Worldly Woman (1973, with Mike Henderson)
  • No-More (1971, with various students at Cornell University)
  • R.I.P. (1970/74/2003)
  • King David (1970/73/2003, with Mike Henderson)
  • Bleu Shut (1970)
  • What Do You Talk About? (1969, with William T. Wiley)
  • War is Hell (1968, with William Allan)
  • The Awful Backlash (1967, with William Allan)
  • Grateful Dead (1967)
  • The Great Blondino (1967, with William T. Wiley)
  • Hot Leatherette (1967)
  • The Off Handed Jape (1967, with William T. Wiley)
  • Portrait of Gourley (1967)
  • The Beard (1967)
  • Superspread (1967)
  • Penny Bright and Jimmy Witherspoon (1967)
  • Half-Open and Lumpy (1967)
  • Sixty Lazy Dogs (1965)
  • Thick Pucker (1965)
  • Oily Peloso the Pumph Man (1965)
  • Confessions of a Black Mother-Succuba (1965)
  • Oh Dem Watermelons (1965)
  • Plastic Haircut (1963, with William T. Wiley, R.G. Davis, Robert H. Hudson, Steve Reich)
  • King Ubu (1963)
  • The Mystery of Amelia Air-Heart Solved (1962)
  • Last Week at Oona's Bath (1962, with Gunvor Nelson)
  • Building Muir Beach House (1961, with Gunvor Nelson)

See also

References
  1. Weber, Bruce (January 21, 2012). "Robert Nelson, Experimental Filmmaker, Dies at 81". The New York Times. Retrieved January 26, 2012.
  3. "Robert Nelson Collection". Academy Film Archive.
  4. "Preserved Projects". Academy Film Archive.
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