Erik Nelson (filmmaker)


Erik Nelson is an American film-maker. Nelson has produced and directed several well respected films.
In 2008 he released a documentary he produced and directed, about prolific and controversial author Harlan Ellison, entitled Dreams with Sharp Teeth. Nelson started working on this film in 1981. The film included interviews with many respected collaborators and admirers of Ellison.
Nelson collaborated with Werner Herzog on several films. He produced Grizzly Man, a film Herzog directed about an eccentric naturalist who wanted to live with grizzly bears. In 2016, Herzog executive produced A Gray State, a film Nelson directed about an eccentric American veteran and aspiring film-maker, David Crowley, who was admired by fans of Alex Jones, whose death triggered conspiracy theories.
In 2019 Nelson uncovered and reversioned 15 hours of World War 2 footage, filmed by respected Hollywood director William Wyler, of the 8th Air Force to create a new documentary entitled The Cold Blue.