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Robert Nelson (March 1, 1930; San Francisco – January 9, 2012;
*''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
"Goodbye, Bob" post by Mark Toscano, from Preservation InsanityCanyoncinema.comL.A. Weekly article, Jan 17, 2008
{{DEFAULTSORT:Nelson, Robert 1930 births 2012 deaths American experimental filmmakers Film producers from California American male screenwriters American cinematographers People from Laytonville, California Film directors from California Screenwriters from California
Laytonville, California
Laytonville is a census-designated place (CDP) in Mendocino County, California, United States. It is located north-northwest of Willits, at an elevation of . The population was 1,152 at the 2020 census, down from 1,227 at the 2010 census.
Geogr ...
) was an American experimental film
Experimental film or avant-garde cinema is a mode of filmmaking that rigorously re-evaluates cinematic conventions and explores non-narrative forms or alternatives to traditional narratives or methods of working. Many experimental films, parti ...
director.
Archive
The moving image collection of Robert Nelson is housed at the Academy Film Archive. The Academy Film Archive has preserved a number of Robert Nelson's films, including ''Grateful Dead'', '' The Great Blondino'', and ''Hot Leatherette''.Selected filmography
*''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
William Thomas Wiley (October 21, 1937April 25, 2021) was an American artist. His work spanned a broad range of media including drawing, painting, sculpture, film, performance, and pinball. At least some of Wiley's work has been referred to as ...
, R.G. Davis, Robert H. Hudson, Steve Reich
Stephen Michael Reich ( ; born October 3, 1936) is an American composer known for his contribution to the development of minimal music in the mid to late 1960s. Reich's work is marked by its use of repetitive figures, slow harmonic rhythm, ...
)
*''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
William Thomas Wiley (October 21, 1937April 25, 2021) was an American artist. His work spanned a broad range of media including drawing, painting, sculpture, film, performance, and pinball. At least some of Wiley's work has been referred to as ...
)
*''Hot Leatherette'' (1967)
*'' The Great Blondino'' (1967, with William T. Wiley
William Thomas Wiley (October 21, 1937April 25, 2021) was an American artist. His work spanned a broad range of media including drawing, painting, sculpture, film, performance, and pinball. At least some of Wiley's work has been referred to as ...
)
*''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
William Thomas Wiley (October 21, 1937April 25, 2021) was an American artist. His work spanned a broad range of media including drawing, painting, sculpture, film, performance, and pinball. At least some of Wiley's work has been referred to as ...
)
*''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
* Canyon CinemaReferences
External links
"Goodbye, Bob" post by Mark Toscano, from Preservation Insanity
{{DEFAULTSORT:Nelson, Robert 1930 births 2012 deaths American experimental filmmakers Film producers from California American male screenwriters American cinematographers People from Laytonville, California Film directors from California Screenwriters from California