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Robert Nelson

Robert Nelson

Born: 1930-03-01 • San Francisco, California, USA

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.

Filmography
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Mecca of the Frigid
1988
Deep Westurn poster
Deep Westurn
1974
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Picasso
1973 • Pablo Picasso
Five Artists: BillBobBillBillBob poster
Five Artists: BillBobBillBillBob
1971 • Himself
Riverbody poster
Riverbody
1970
Travelogue: Portraits – Images from a journey poster
Travelogue: Portraits – Images from a journey
1969
The Off-Handed Jape... & How to Pull It Off poster
The Off-Handed Jape... & How to Pull It Off
1967 • Butch Babad