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.
Oh Dem Watermelons
(Director)
Bleu Shut
(Director)
The Great Blondino
(Director)
The Off-Handed Jape... & How to Pull It Off
(Director)
The Awful Backlash
(Director)
Hauling Toto Big
(Director)
Oh Dem Watermelons
(Cinematography)
Oh Dem Watermelons
(Writer)
Oh Dem Watermelons
(Producer)
Oh Dem Watermelons
(Editor)
Confessions of a Black Mother Succuba
(Director)
Hot Leatherette
(Director)
Suite California Stops & Passes Part 1: Tijuana to Hollywood via Death Valley
(Director)
Grateful Dead
(Director)
Penny Bright & Jimmy Witherspoon
(Director)
T.P.II
(Director)
1/2 Bright, 1/2 Open, 1/2 Withered, 1/2 Lumpy
(Director)
Gourley in 67
(Director)
Soup or Spread
(Director)
Plastic Haircut
(Director)
Sixty Lazy Dogs
(Director)
Oily Peloso the Pumph Man
(Director)
T.P.I.
(Director)
King David
(Director)
Deep Westurn
(Director)