Jessie Nelson

Jessie Nelson

  • Place of birth: Los Angeles, California, U.S
  • Also know as: Jessica Eva 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.

Filmography

The Switch

1993

As Elizabeth Garland

The Story of Us

1999

As Realtor

Production

Corrina, Corrina

1994

As Director

I Am Sam

2001

As Director

Love the Coopers

2015

As Director

To the Moon, Alice

1991

As Director

Because I Said So

2007

As Producer

Corrina, Corrina

1994

As Producer

Fred Claus

2007

As Producer

The Story of Us

1999

As Producer

I Am Sam

2001

As Producer

Danny Collins

2015

As Producer

Love the Coopers

2015

As Producer

Waitress: The Musical

2023

As Producer

Because I Said So

2007

As Screenplay

Corrina, Corrina

1994

As Screenplay

I Am Sam

2001

As Screenplay

The Story of Us

1999

As Screenplay

Stepmom

1998

As Screenplay

Fred Claus

2007

As Story

To the Moon, Alice

1991

As Writer

Daniel and the Towers

1987

As Writer

Waitress: The Musical

2023

As Writer

Waitress: The Musical

2023

As Musical

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