Tim Nelson is an American director, writer and actor. Timothy Blake Nelson was born in 1964 in Tulsa, Oklahoma, in the family of a public figure and philanthropist. His ancestors emigrated to the United States in 1941. In my father’s family, everyone was Jewish. Tim studied at the Summer Arts Institute in Oklahoma. In 1982, he graduated from Holland Hall School and then Brown University, where he took speaking classes. He also received an award for his excellent study of classical subjects. In 1992,
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Tim Nelson is an American director, writer and actor.
Timothy Blake Nelson was born in 1964 in Tulsa, Oklahoma, in the family of a public figure and philanthropist. His ancestors emigrated to the United States in 1941. In my father’s family, everyone was Jewish.
Tim studied at the Summer Arts Institute in Oklahoma. In 1982, he graduated from Holland Hall School and then Brown University, where he took speaking classes. He also received an award for his excellent study of classical subjects.
In 1992, Nelson's debut play Eye of God was staged at the Seattle Repertory Theatre. In 1996, he moved to work at the MCC Theater in New York, where his two works, The Grey Zone and Anadarko, were staged.
His acting debut also took place in 1992. In 2000, he starred in the film “Oh, where are you, brother?”. It turned out that among the actors who came to the casting, he was the only one who read Homer’s work. He also performed the soundtrack for the film, for which he received a Grammy Award.
In 2008, Nelson starred as Samuel Stern in the film.
The Incredible Hulk . At the Altar of Speed: The Fast Life and Tragic Death of Dale Earnhardt, Sr., 2001 He also appeared on the stage of Broadway musicals, played in theaters such as the Manhattan Theater Club, Playwrights Horizons, New Your Theater Workshop and so on.
Tim Nelson also acted as a director. He directed such works as The Eyes of God.
"Gray Zone" . For two films, Nelson wrote the scripts. They were the Kansas movies and
Grass It was released in 2009. He became the director and the film “O”, based on the play by William Shakespeare “Othello”, which takes place in a modern school.
Tim Nelson has received several awards: Tokio Bronze Prize, American Independent Award, Seattle International Film Festival Award and so on.