Brian Nelson is an American

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Early life

Nelson holds degrees from Yale University and from UCLA. He worked as a drama instructor at Langley High School in McLean, Virginia in the early 1980s, where he taught Gilmore Girls actress

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Writing career

Nelson's numerous writing credits include episodes of the television series '' Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman'',

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's '' Earth: Final Conflict'', '' JAG'' and the Disney television series' '' So Weird'' and '' In a Heartbeat'' as well as the feature film '' Hard Candy''. He also wrote the play "Overlooked" and co-wrote the script for the vampire film ''

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'', which was released in late 2007 and helmed by ''Hard Candy'' director David Slade. Nelson wrote the script for the

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-produced thriller '' Devil''. Nelson wrote episodes 3 and 8 of the Netflix original series '' Altered Carbon'', as well as executive-producing the show.

Filmography

* '' Hard Candy'' (2005) (Also co-producer) * ''

'' (2007) * '' Devil'' (2010) * '' Rupture'' (2016)

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External links

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Don't Judge Devil by its Producer
Year of birth missing (living people) Living people American male screenwriters American television producers Yale University alumni University of California, Los Angeles alumni {{US-screenwriter-stub