Robert Nelson

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.

Known For

Riverbody

Deep Westurn

Five Artists: BillBobBillBillBob

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

Travelogue: Portraits – Images from a journey

All Movies (7)

• Mecca of the Frigid1988
• Deep Westurn1974
• Picasso1973 · as Pablo Picasso
• Five Artists: BillBobBillBillBob1971 · as Himself
• Riverbody1970
• Travelogue: Portraits – Images from a journey1969
• The Off-Handed Jape... & How to Pull It Off1967 · as Butch Babad