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Jessie Nelson

Alias:
Jessica Eva Nelson

Birthplace:
Los Angeles, California, U.S

Biography from TheMovieDB

Jessie Nelson wrote, directed and produced Corrina Corrina and I Am Sam, starring Sean Penn. She co-created and executive produced Sara Bareilles' Little Voice for Bad Robot and Apple TV. Among her other directing credits are Curb Your Enthusiasm and Love, The Coopers. Her writing credits also include Step Mom and The Story of Us. Nelson wrote the Broadway musical Waitress with music and lyrics by Sara Bareilles, which went on to the West End in London. Nelson directed Alice By Heart, which she co-wrote with Steven Sater with music by Duncan Sheik at the National Theater Connections Program in London and at MCC in NYC. She began her career as an actress at the Public Theater, working with the experimental theater, Mabou Mines, and acting with the New York Shakespeare Festival. Nelson is executive producing Nikesh Shukula's Brown Baby and Glennon Doyle's Untamed for television. She wrote the children's book Labracadabra.

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Film Performances

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Film Production

Director:
1991  To the Moon, Alice
1994  Corrina, Corrina
2001  I Am Sam
2015  Love the Coopers

Musical:
1991  To the Moon, Alice
1994  Corrina, Corrina
2001  I Am Sam
2015  Love the Coopers
2023  Waitress: The Musical

Producer:
1991  To the Moon, Alice
1994  Corrina, Corrina
1999  The Story of Us
2001  I Am Sam
2007  Because I Said So
2007  Fred Claus
2015  Danny Collins
2015  Love the Coopers
2023  Waitress: The Musical

Screenplay:
1991  To the Moon, Alice
1994  Corrina, Corrina
1998  Stepmom
1999  The Story of Us
2001  I Am Sam
2007  Because I Said So
2007  Fred Claus
2015  Danny Collins
2015  Love the Coopers
2023  Waitress: The Musical

Story:
1991  To the Moon, Alice
1994  Corrina, Corrina
1998  Stepmom
1999  The Story of Us
2001  I Am Sam
2007  Because I Said So
2007  Fred Claus
2015  Danny Collins
2015  Love the Coopers
2023  Waitress: The Musical

Thanks:
1991  To the Moon, Alice
1994  Corrina, Corrina
1998  Stepmom
1999  The Story of Us
2001  I Am Sam
2007  Because I Said So
2007  Fred Claus
2015  Danny Collins
2015  Love the Coopers
2023  American Assassin Amnesiac
2023  Waitress: The Musical

Writer:
1987  Daniel and the Towers
1991  To the Moon, Alice
1994  Corrina, Corrina
1998  Stepmom
1999  The Story of Us
2001  I Am Sam
2007  Because I Said So
2007  Fred Claus
2015  Danny Collins
2015  Love the Coopers
2023  American Assassin Amnesiac
2023  Waitress: The Musical

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TV Performances

  • 1994  ER
    Bite Victim's Mother

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TV Production

Creator:
2020  Little Voice

Director:
2000  Curb Your Enthusiasm
2020  Little Voice

Executive Producer:
2000  Curb Your Enthusiasm
2020  Little Voice

Original Music Composer:
2000  Curb Your Enthusiasm
2020  Little Voice

Story:
2000  Curb Your Enthusiasm
2020  Little Voice

Teleplay:
2000  Curb Your Enthusiasm
2020  Little Voice

Writer:
2000  Curb Your Enthusiasm
2020  Little Voice

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