Director

Jessie Nelson

Production

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1.8

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Directed movies: 3Directed series: 2All crew credits: 13

TMDB ID: 16853

IMDb ID: nm0625458

Known for: Production

Place of birth: Los Angeles, California, USA

Gender: Female

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1987 - 2025

Years active: 39

Average TMDB rating: 6.78

Wikidata: Q3177700

Also known as

Jessica Eva Nelson

Frequent jobs

Director (5)Producer (4)Screenplay (2)Thanks (1)Writer (1)

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Biography

Jessie Nelson wrote, directed and produced Corrina Corrina and I Am Sam, starring Sean Penn. She co-created and executive produced Sara Bareilles' Little Voice for Bad Robot and Apple TV. Among her other directing credits are Curb Your Enthusiasm and Love, The Coopers. Her writing credits also include Step Mom and The Story of Us. Nelson wrote the Broadway musical Waitress with music and lyrics by Sara Bareilles, which went on to the West End in London. Nelson directed Alice By Heart, which she co-wrote with Steven Sater with music by Duncan Sheik at the National Theater Connections Program in London and at MCC in NYC. She began her career as an actress at the Public Theater, working with the experimental theater, Mabou Mines, and acting with the New York Shakespeare Festival. Nelson is executive producing Nikesh Shukula's Brown Baby and Glennon Doyle's Untamed for television. She wrote the children's book Labracadabra.

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