Jessie Nelson

Jessie Nelson

Personal Info

  • Name:

    Jessie Nelson

  • Birthday:

  • Place of Birth: Los Angeles, California, U.S
  • Gender:

    Female

  • Know For:

    Production

  • Popularity: 0.3785
  • Also Known As

    Jessica Eva Nelson

Jessie Nelson

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.

Top Movie Cast

The Switch
The Switchtrue- Elizabeth Garland

1993-01-17

10.0
The Story of Us
The Story of Ustrue- Realtor

1999-10-14

6.1
So I Married an Axe Murderer
So I Married an Axe Murderertrue- Ralph

1993-07-30

6.1

Top Movie Crew

Because I Said So
Because I Said Sotrue

Writing

2007-02-02

5.9
Because I Said So
Because I Said Sotrue

Production

2007-02-02

5.9
Corrina, Corrina
Corrina, Corrinatrue

Writing

1994-08-12

6.7
Corrina, Corrina
Corrina, Corrinatrue

Production

1994-08-12

6.7
Corrina, Corrina
Corrina, Corrinatrue

Directing

1994-08-12

6.7
Fred Claus
Fred Claustrue

Production

2007-11-09

5.8
I Am Sam
I Am Samtrue

Writing

2001-12-28

7.6
I Am Sam
I Am Samtrue

Directing

2001-12-28

7.6
The Story of Us
The Story of Ustrue

Production

1999-10-14

6.1
The Story of Us
The Story of Ustrue

Writing

1999-10-14

6.1
Love the Coopers
Love the Cooperstrue

Directing

2015-11-12

6.0
Daniel and the Towers
Daniel and the Towerstrue

Writing

1987-04-18

4.0
I Am Sam
I Am Samtrue

Production

2001-12-28

7.6
American Assassin Amnesiac
American Assassin Amnesiactrue

Crew

2023-04-22

3.5
Waitress: The Musical
Waitress: The Musicaltrue

Production

2023-12-07

7.7
Waitress: The Musical
Waitress: The Musicaltrue

Writing

2023-12-07

7.7
Waitress: The Musical
Waitress: The Musicaltrue

Writing

2023-12-07

7.7
Stepmom
Stepmomtrue

Writing

1998-12-25

7.2
Danny Collins
Danny Collinstrue

Production

2015-03-19

6.8
Fred Claus
Fred Claustrue

Writing

2007-11-09

5.8
Love the Coopers
Love the Cooperstrue

Production

2015-11-12

6.0

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