Bob Nelson (screenwriter) explained

Bob Nelson
Birth Date:	18 July 1956
Birth Place:	Yankton, South Dakota, United States
Occupation:	Film director, screenwriter

Robert W. "Bob" Nelson^[1] (born July 18, 1956) is an American film director and screenwriter, best known for writing Nebraska (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.^{[2] [3]} 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! in the 1990s.^[4]

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.^[5]

He wrote and directed The Confirmation starring Clive Owen, Maria Bello, and Patton Oswalt. It opened in March 2016.

Personal life

He was raised in Kent, Washington, and currently lives with his wife on Whidbey Island in Washington.^[6]

External links

• • Indiewire interview with Bob Nelson
• Collider interview with Bob Nelson

Notes and References

1. Web site: Paramountguilds.com . 2016-02-29 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160224021100/http://www.paramountguilds.com/pdf/nebraska_screenplay.pdf . 2016-02-24 . dead .
2. Web site: The Hollywood Reporter. 'Nebraska's' Will Forte, Screenwriter Bob Nelson Talk First-Time Jitters. 2013-11-07. Hilary. Lewis.
3. Web site: The New York Times. You May Already Be a Winner. Or Not.. A. O. Scott. Scott, A. O.. 2013-11-15.
4. Web site: The Wall Street Journal. Bob Nelson's First Movie Script Was 'Nebraska'. 2014-02-06. Don. Steinberg.
5. Frizzelle, Christopher (2014-05-15). The 2014 Stranger Genius Award Nominees Are.... The Stranger
6. Web site: Nebraska' writer Bob Nelson trading quiet Washington state island life for Oscar whirlwind. Oregon Live. 30 January 2014 . Oregon Live LLC. 28 July 2015.