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American film director
Robert Nelson
Born (1930-03-01 ) March 1, 1930San Francisco
Died January 9, 2012(2012-01-09) (aged 81) Occupation(s) Director, producer,
cinematographer , writer Spouse
Gunvor Nelson
Robert Nelson (March 1, 1930; San Francisco – January 9, 2012;
Laytonville, California ) was an American
experimental film director.
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Archive
The moving image collection of Robert Nelson is housed at the Academy Film Archive.
[3] The Academy Film Archive has preserved a number of Robert Nelson's films, including Grateful Dead ,
The Great Blondino , and Hot Leatherette .
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Selected filmography
The Great Blondino (1967)
Building Muir Beach House (1961, with
Gunvor Nelson )
Last Week at Oona's Bath (1962, with
Gunvor Nelson )
The Mystery of Amelia Air-Heart Solved (1962)
King Ubu (1963)
Plastic Haircut (1963, with
William T. Wiley , R.G. Davis,
Robert H. Hudson ,
Steve Reich )
Oh Dem Watermelons (1965)
Confessions of a Black Mother-Succuba (1965)
Oily Peloso the Pumph Man (1965)
Thick Pucker (1965)
Sixty Lazy Dogs (1965)
Half-Open and Lumpy (1967)
Penny Bright and Jimmy Witherspoon (1967)
Superspread (1967)
The Beard (1967)
Portrait of Gourley (1967)
The Off Handed Jape (1967, with
William T. Wiley )
Hot Leatherette (1967)
The Great Blondino (1967, with
William T. Wiley )
Grateful Dead (1967)
The Awful Backlash (1967, with William Allan)
War is Hell (1968, with William Allan)
What Do You Talk About? (1969, with
William T. Wiley )
Bleu Shut (1970)
King David (1970/73/2003, with Mike Henderson)
R.I.P. (1970/74/2003)
No-More (1971, with various students at Cornell University)
Worldly Woman (1973, with Mike Henderson)
Deep Westurn (1974)
Suite California Stops & Passes Part 1: Tijuana to Hollywood Via Death Valley (1976)
Suite California Stops & Passes Part 2: San Francisco to the Sierra Nevadas & Back Again (1978)
Hamlet Act (1982)
Limitations (1988)
Curious Native Customs (1989)
199 L.la (1989)
Hauling Toto Big (1997)
Special Warning (1998)
See also
References
External links
International National Artists