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Robert Nelson (1930-2012)

Birthplace:
San Francisco, California, USA

Born:
March 1, 1930

Died:
January 9, 2012

Biography from TheMovieDB

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.

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Film Performances

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Film Production

Cinematography:
1965  Oh Dem Watermelons

Director:
1963  Plastic Haircut
1965  Confessions of a Black Mother Succuba
1965  Oh Dem Watermelons
1965  Oily Peloso the Pumph Man
1965  Sixty Lazy Dogs
1965  T.P.I.
1965  T.P.II
1967  1/2 Bright, 1/2 Open, 1/2 Withered, 1/2 Lumpy
1967  Gourley in 67
1967  Grateful Dead
1967  Hot Leatherette
1967  Penny Bright & Jimmy Witherspoon
1967  Soup or Spread
1967  The Awful Backlash
1967  The Great Blondino
1967  The Off-Handed Jape... & How to Pull It Off
1970  King David
1971  Bleu Shut
1974  Deep Westurn
1976  Suite California Stops & Passes Part 1: Tijuana to Hollywood via Death Valley
1998  Hauling Toto Big

Editor:
1963  Plastic Haircut
1965  Confessions of a Black Mother Succuba
1965  Oh Dem Watermelons
1965  Oily Peloso the Pumph Man
1965  Sixty Lazy Dogs
1965  T.P.I.
1965  T.P.II
1967  1/2 Bright, 1/2 Open, 1/2 Withered, 1/2 Lumpy
1967  Gourley in 67
1967  Grateful Dead
1967  Hot Leatherette
1967  Penny Bright & Jimmy Witherspoon
1967  Soup or Spread
1967  The Awful Backlash
1967  The Great Blondino
1967  The Off-Handed Jape... & How to Pull It Off
1970  King David
1971  Bleu Shut
1974  Deep Westurn
1976  Suite California Stops & Passes Part 1: Tijuana to Hollywood via Death Valley
1998  Hauling Toto Big

Producer:
1963  Plastic Haircut
1965  Confessions of a Black Mother Succuba
1965  Oh Dem Watermelons
1965  Oily Peloso the Pumph Man
1965  Sixty Lazy Dogs
1965  T.P.I.
1965  T.P.II
1967  1/2 Bright, 1/2 Open, 1/2 Withered, 1/2 Lumpy
1967  Gourley in 67
1967  Grateful Dead
1967  Hot Leatherette
1967  Penny Bright & Jimmy Witherspoon
1967  Soup or Spread
1967  The Awful Backlash
1967  The Great Blondino
1967  The Off-Handed Jape... & How to Pull It Off
1970  King David
1971  Bleu Shut
1974  Deep Westurn
1976  Suite California Stops & Passes Part 1: Tijuana to Hollywood via Death Valley
1998  Hauling Toto Big

Writer:
1963  Plastic Haircut
1965  Confessions of a Black Mother Succuba
1965  Oh Dem Watermelons
1965  Oily Peloso the Pumph Man
1965  Sixty Lazy Dogs
1965  T.P.I.
1965  T.P.II
1967  1/2 Bright, 1/2 Open, 1/2 Withered, 1/2 Lumpy
1967  Gourley in 67
1967  Grateful Dead
1967  Hot Leatherette
1967  Penny Bright & Jimmy Witherspoon
1967  Soup or Spread
1967  The Awful Backlash
1967  The Great Blondino
1967  The Off-Handed Jape... & How to Pull It Off
1970  King David
1971  Bleu Shut
1974  Deep Westurn
1976  Suite California Stops & Passes Part 1: Tijuana to Hollywood via Death Valley
1998  Hauling Toto Big

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