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Erik Nelson

Erik Nelson

Directing

22 films as director · Active 1982–2025

Erik Nelson is a director and producer known for his frequent collaborations with Werner Herzog.

Known for

Into the Cold Blue: Restoration and Reinvention

Into the Cold Blue: Restoration and Reinvention

2019

Directed(22)

Bullets And Blueberries

2025Bullets And Blueberries

Daytime Revolution

2024Daytime Revolution★ 10.0

Apocalypse '45

2020Apocalypse '45★ 7.0

2019Into the Cold Blue: Restoration and Reinvention

The Cold Blue

2018The Cold Blue★ 6.7

A Gray State

2017A Gray State★ 6.4

9/11: The Longest War

20169/11: The Longest War

The Final Days of Anne Frank

2015The Final Days of Anne Frank

9/10: The Final Hours

20149/10: The Final Hours★ 10.0

JFK: The Final Hours

2013JFK: The Final Hours★ 8.7

Dinotasia

2012Dinotasia★ 5.5

History Specials: Engineering Evil

2011History Specials: Engineering Evil

Dreams with Sharp Teeth

2008Dreams with Sharp Teeth★ 7.3

Nazi Scrapbooks from Hell: The Auschwitz Albums

2008Nazi Scrapbooks from Hell: The Auschwitz Albums★ 8.0

In the Edges: The 'Grizzly Man' Session

2005In the Edges: The 'Grizzly Man' Session

1989Secrets of the Unknown: Bigfoot & Witches

Secrets of the Unknown: The Titanic

1987Secrets of the Unknown: The Titanic

Secrets of the Unknown: Big Foot

1987Secrets of the Unknown: Big Foot

Secrets of the Unknown: Jack the Ripper

1987Secrets of the Unknown: Jack the Ripper

Secrets of the Unknown: Pearl Harbor

1987Secrets of the Unknown: Pearl Harbor

1982Backstage Pass

Acting(1)

2019Into the Cold Blue: Restoration and ReinventionHimself