Mr. Nelson has worked on dozens of film and television shows throughout the United States and Europe. His credits include Director for the History Channel, Discovery, NBC, A&E, ABC, Bravo, and the Food Network.

In 2005, Mr. Nelson was awarded the Texas Filmmaker Award at the Academy Award Qualifying AFI Dallas Film Festival for his short film Raccoon. The film was selected to some of the top festival in the world: Aspen ShortsFest, Montreal International Film Festival, and Palm Springs Film Festival. The film completed its festival run with the award for Best Short Film at the Memphis IndieFest and was acquired for distribution by the Film Festival Collection.

In 2006, Mr. Nelson directed, wrote, and produced 20 episodes of A&E’s highly successful show Inked. In 2007, he teamed up again with A&E to direct, write, and produce the critically praised Confessions of a Matchmaker.

Mr. Nelson just completed directing a two-hour documentary, Stealing Lincoln’s Body, for the History Channel. It aired to critical acclaim on Lincoln’s 200th birthday celebration in February 2009.

Currently, Mr. Nelson is in development on the feature length documentary The Tunnel. He is also developing his scripted feature, Lost in the Sun, and plans to shoot it West Texas and New Mexico.

A graduate of Colgate University, Mr. Nelson lives in New York City with his wife, Laura.