Robert Nelson

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Personal Info

Known for

Directing

From

San Francisco, California, USA

Born

3/1/1930

Age

95

Credit(s)

6

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 ...Show More