Robert W. "Bob" Nelson (born July 18, 1956) is an American film director and screenwriter, best known for writing ''
Nebraska
Nebraska () is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States. It is bordered by South Dakota to the north; Iowa to the east and Missouri to the southeast, both across the Missouri River; Kansas to the south; Colorado to the sout ...
'' (2013) directed by
Alexander Payne and released in 2013, for which Nelson was nominated for an
Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay at the
86th Academy Awards. The screenplay was also nominated for a
Golden Globe.
Career
Nelson was a cast member and writer on the Seattle sketch comedy TV show ''
Almost Live!
''Almost Live!'' was a local sketch comedy television show in Seattle, Washington, USA, produced and broadcast by NBC affiliate KING-TV from 1984 to 1999. A re-packaged version of the show also aired on Comedy Central from 1992 to 1993, and epis ...
'' in the 1990s.
Nelson won the 2014 Independent Spirit Award for Best First Screenplay for ''Nebraska''.
In 2014, the Seattle-based alternative popular newspaper ''
The Stranger'' nominated him for a Stranger Genius Award.
[Frizzelle, Christopher (2014-05-15)]
The 2014 Stranger Genius Award Nominees Are...
The Stranger
He wrote and directed ''
The Confirmation'' starring
Clive Owen,
Maria Bello
Maria Elena Bello (born April 18, 1967) is an American actress and writer. Her film roles include '' Permanent Midnight'' (1998), '' Payback'' (1999), '' Coyote Ugly'' (2000), ''The Cooler'' (2003), '' A History of Violence'' (2005), '' The Mumm ...
, and
Patton Oswalt
Patton Peter Oswalt (born January 27, 1969) is an American stand-up comedian, actor and writer. He is known as Spence Olchin in the sitcom ''The King of Queens'' (1998–2007) and for narrating the sitcom '' The Goldbergs'' (2013–present) as ...
. It opened in March 2016.
Personal life
He was raised in
Kent
Kent is a county in South East England and one of the home counties. It borders Greater London to the north-west, Surrey to the west and East Sussex to the south-west, and Essex to the north across the estuary of the River Thames; it faces ...
, Washington, and currently lives with his wife on
Whidbey Island
Whidbey Island (historical spellings Whidby, Whitbey, or Whitby) is the largest of the islands composing Island County, Washington, in the United States, and the largest island in Washington State. (The other large island is Camano Island, ...
in Washington.
References
External links
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Indiewire interview with Bob NelsonCollider interview with Bob Nelson
1956 births
Living people
American male screenwriters
Independent Spirit Award winners
People from Yankton, South Dakota
Screenwriters from South Dakota
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