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Biography

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

Known for

A Gray State

Apocalypse '45

The Cold Blue

Dreams with Sharp Teeth

JFK: The Final Hours

Nazi Scrapbooks from Hell: The Auschwitz Albums

9/10: The Final Hours

Filmography

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2025

Bullets And Blueberries

Directing (Director)

2024

Daytime Revolution

Directing (Director)

The Bloody Hundredth

Crew (Thanks)

2020

Apocalypse '45

Directing (Director)

2019

Into the Cold Blue: Restoration and Reinvention

Acting (Himself) Directing (Director)

2018

The Cold Blue

Directing (Director)

2017

A Gray State

Directing (Director) Production (Producer)

Origins: The Journey of Humankind

Creating (Creator)

2016

9/11: The Longest War

Directing (Director)

2014

9/10: The Final Hours

Directing (Director) Production (Producer)

2013

JFK: The Final Hours

Directing (Director) Writing (Writer)

2012

Directing (Director)

On Death Row

Production (Producer) 8 EP

2011

Into the Abyss

Production (Producer)

History Specials: Engineering Evil

Directing (Director)

2010

Cave of Forgotten Dreams

Production (Producer)

2008

Dreams with Sharp Teeth

Writing (Writer) Directing (Director)

Nazi Scrapbooks from Hell: The Auschwitz Albums

Directing (Director) Writing (Writer)

2006

Leonard Cohen: I'm Your Man

Production (Executive Producer)

The U.S. vs. John Lennon

Production (Executive Producer)

2005

In the Edges: The 'Grizzly Man' Session

Directing (Director) Production (Producer)

Grizzly Man

Production (Producer) Production (Executive Producer)

2003

Big Bucks: The Press Your Luck Scandal

Production (Executive Producer)

2000

UFO Over Illinois

Production (Executive Producer)

1989

Secrets of the Unknown: Bigfoot & Witches

Writing (Writer) Production (Producer) Directing (Director)

Secrets of the Unknown: Tornadoes & UFOs

Writing (Writer) Production (Producer)

1988

Secrets of the Unknown: Dreams and Nightmares

Production (Producer) Writing (Writer)

Secrets of the Unknown: Poltergeists

Writing (Writer) Production (Producer)

Secrets of the Unknown: Witches

Writing (Writer) Production (Producer)

1987

Secrets of the Unknown: Amelia Earhart

Writing (Writer) Production (Producer)

Secrets of the Unknown: Big Foot

Directing (Director) Writing (Writer)

Secrets of the Unknown: Curses

Writing (Writer) Production (Producer)