Rob Nilsson
Know for: Directing
Born: 1939-10-29
Place of birth: Rhinelander, Wisconsin, USA
Also know as:
The Defender of Sitting Ducks (1970)
After his mom leaves him and his little brother, Aaron is forced to help his abusive step-father with his credit card scam. Set in the East Bay Area,...
The Inheritance (1997)
A beautiful orphan of mysterious parentage is asked by her adoptive family to help find a husband for their niece, but when two suitors both fall for...
Heat and Sunlight (1988)
A man confronts jealously and rage as a love affair falters.
Tell Me No Secrets (1997)
Jess Koster is a young attorney in LA who is being stalked by the serial killer she is prosecuting.
It's a Zabriskie, Zabriskie, Zabriskie, Zabriskie Point (2023)
Worlds collide in this unconventional essay film, when filmmaker, film historian, and archivist Daniel Kremer seamlessly edits Michelangelo...
Berkeley (2005)
Just as sex, drugs, rock & roll, hippies, and Vietnam enter our consciousness, so it does for Ben Sweet, the shy, 18-year-old son of conservative...
Cine Manifest (2006)
Documentary - With David Schickele's dreamy, retro soundscape, CINE MANIFEST captures a resilient group of artists reminiscing about a time when...
The Fourth Movement (2017)
Four interlocking stories with a Jazz theme. Four Women go out to visit the sites of the jazz clubs where Lou, 65 and dying of cancer, claims she...
Sacred Blood (2015)
For Natia, firing bullets at her sister's head and narrowly missing is all in a days work. After taking over the family business, her sharp shooting...
Ezer Kenegdo (2017)
Frictions develop when Yisroel "Izzy" Jonigkeyt, a Chassidic Jew from Crown Heights, travels to San Francisco to visit Polish-born Catholic friend...
Sophisticated Acquaintance (2007)
Mixing elements of narrative, experimental, pseudo-documentary and essayist cinema, Sophisticated Acquaintance tells the story of a tormented...
Copycat (1995)
An agoraphobic psychologist and a female detective must work together to take down a serial killer who copies serial killers from the past.
Amanda (1996)
A small boy is hurt by a horse on his father's ranch and he refuses to even be near one ever again. When a storyteller called Seven arrives with his...
Baja Oklahoma (1988)
Juanita Hutchins works at Texas bar, but she aspires to be a country songwriter. When she's not looking after her impulsive daughter, Candy, or...
Good Men (2024)
After the birth of his grandson, Bobby Roth undertakes a cinematic investigation as to what constitutes being a "good man" in today's world. This...
On the Edge (1986)
In one final attempt to achieve victory, an aging professional runner is training vigorously for a very tough marathon race.
Northern Lights (1978)
The bitter-sweet story of young lovers caught up in a political struggle waged by farmers against the grain trade, the banks, and the railroads. Set...
Heat and Sunlight (1988)
A man confronts jealously and rage as a love affair falters.
Imbued (2009)
Don tries to solve a beautiful young woman's problems.
Imbued (2009)
Don tries to solve a beautiful young woman's problems.
Imbued (2009)
Don tries to solve a beautiful young woman's problems.
Center Divide (2021)
Center Divide is the second film in Rob Nilsson's multi-character Nomad Trilogy. In the first film, Arid Cut (2019), our refugees of the American...
Center Divide (2021)
Center Divide is the second film in Rob Nilsson's multi-character Nomad Trilogy. In the first film, Arid Cut (2019), our refugees of the American...
Arid Cut (2019)
Sky-high housing costs, rents no one can pay, urban development, and street crime make life difficult for RV dwellers in Berkeley, California. City...
Signal Seven (1986)
Marty and Speed are middle-aged San Francisco cabbies who hack to support their fading dream of making it as professional actors. Perpetually down on...
Signal Seven (1986)
Marty and Speed are middle-aged San Francisco cabbies who hack to support their fading dream of making it as professional actors. Perpetually down on...
A Town Has Turned to Dust (1998)
In a futuristic desert hamlet, a ruthless town boss lynches a falsely accused Native American teen, setting the stage for revolt and a clash with a...
Northern Lights (1978)
The bitter-sweet story of young lovers caught up in a political struggle waged by farmers against the grain trade, the banks, and the railroads. Set...
Northern Lights (1978)
The bitter-sweet story of young lovers caught up in a political struggle waged by farmers against the grain trade, the banks, and the railroads. Set...
Northern Lights (1978)
The bitter-sweet story of young lovers caught up in a political struggle waged by farmers against the grain trade, the banks, and the railroads. Set...
Faultline (2022)
A ten-year drought brings local ranches to the brink of disaster. The search for Bert Neville takes its toll on Rail and Mitra. They break up and...
Celebrate Cinema 101 (1996)
This film project was made in 1996 to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the birth of the cinema.
Love Twice (2016)
"What do you do when the spark touches down-brief and hot?" So begins award-winning director Rob Nilsson's (Permission to Touch, MVFF 2015; A Bridge...
The Fourth Movement (2017)
Four interlocking stories with a Jazz theme. Four Women go out to visit the sites of the jazz clubs where Lou, 65 and dying of cancer, claims she...
Faultline (2022)
A ten-year drought brings local ranches to the brink of disaster. The search for Bert Neville takes its toll on Rail and Mitra. They break up and...
Arid Cut (2019)
Sky-high housing costs, rents no one can pay, urban development, and street crime make life difficult for RV dwellers in Berkeley, California. City...
Love Twice (2016)
"What do you do when the spark touches down-brief and hot?" So begins award-winning director Rob Nilsson's (Permission to Touch, MVFF 2015; A Bridge...
Next Week in Bologna (2016)
Next Week in Bologna is a tongue-in-cheek nod to Italian Neo-Realism, shot in Rob Nilsson's Direct Action style. A pickpocket cinema projectionist in...
Next Week in Bologna (2016)
Next Week in Bologna is a tongue-in-cheek nod to Italian Neo-Realism, shot in Rob Nilsson's Direct Action style. A pickpocket cinema projectionist in...
Prairie Fire (1977)
The first short film in John Hanson and Rob Nilsson's "Prairie Trilogy"
Rebel Earth (1980)
The second part of John Hanson and Rob Nilsson's Prairie Trilogy
Survivor (1980)
The third part of John Hanson and Rob Nilsson's Prairie Trilogy
Words for the Dying (1993)
An 80-minute documentary following John Cale and Brian Eno in Moscow, London, and Wales during the creation of the album "Words for the Dying."
Chalk (1996)
A unique film about pool.. Hustler vs newbie and interesting visuals. Very "90's"
Chalk (1996)
A unique film about pool.. Hustler vs newbie and interesting visuals. Very "90's"
Singing (2000)
Estranged from his longtime girlfriend, suburban accountant Perry wanders into the Tenderloin at night and is drawn into a series of dangerous and...
Scheme C6 (2001)
Bid is a self-styled urban commando determined to live outside the system and the law. A hustler in high end auto parts, he is homeless by choice....
Scheme C6 (2001)
Bid is a self-styled urban commando determined to live outside the system and the law. A hustler in high end auto parts, he is homeless by choice....
Scheme C6 (2001)
Bid is a self-styled urban commando determined to live outside the system and the law. A hustler in high end auto parts, he is homeless by choice....
Singing (2000)
Estranged from his longtime girlfriend, suburban accountant Perry wanders into the Tenderloin at night and is drawn into a series of dangerous and...
The Method (1987)
Anna Reringer leaves her husband and goes to San Francisco to fulfill her dream of becoming an actress.
Stroke (2000)
Phil Berkowitz, a 55 year old North Beach poet and survivor of the days of wine and roses, has a stroke. Helpless, he lies in his flea bag hotel room...
Attitude (2003)
Spoddy (Disend), a small-time car thief and master auto mechanic, hates cars and harbors contempt for most people, especially the losers of this...
Used (2007)
Ben Malafide has been in prison for 20 years. His nerves are shot, his feelings shriveled. St. Tre, who runs an escort service and a strip club has...
Pan (2006)
A small band of dysfunctional renegade homeless people led by charismatic "Pan" befriends a lonely youngster, a fatherless "Bobby" who stumbles upon...
Security (2005)
The tenants of a college dormitory regress into paranoia after a violent and seemingly random murder takes place just outside their window. A story...
Winter Oranges (2000)
A resident (Ryuki "Duke" Tenmaya) of a small Japanese island dreams of leaving his wife, heading to Tokyo and pursuing an acting career.
Noise (2002)
Ben Malafide gets out of prison after 20 years and arrives in San Francisco by ferryboat. The Information Age assails him like a hive of angry bees....
Samt (2004)
A young Jordanian woman from a small town outside Amman seeks greater personal and cultural freedom from a traditional family wants to attend a youth...
Need (2005)
Petite struggles to hold onto her relationship with Tyrone, a pool hustler, while Jane works as a stripper in the Gold Club. Lou, Jane’s mother...
Opening (2006)
A diverse group of people at a gala art gallery opening are confined to the gallery when tornadoes hit. Dramatic interactions are heightened by...
Go Together (2007)
Go Together chronicles the sinking fortunes of an Oakland art cinema. Michelle, co- owner with her husband Denny, wants to continue programming the...
Heat and Sunlight (1988)
A man confronts jealously and rage as a love affair falters.