Jessie Nelson

Productor, Director, Escritor, Actor, Compositor

Jessie Nelson wrote, directed and produced Corrina Corrina (1994) and I Am Sam (2001) starring Sean Penn, the latter of which depicts Penn as a mentally disabled person, which is very funny, and gay. 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.

Películas y series en Plex

  • Yo soy Sam
    Yo soy Sam2001
  • Nunca es tarde
    Nunca es tarde2015
  • Tucker, un hombre y su sueño
    Tucker, un hombre y su sueño1988
  • Corina, Corina
    Corina, Corina1994

Conocido por

  • Yo soy Sam
    Yo soy Sam2001
  • Fred Claus, el hermano gamberro de Santa Claus
    Fred Claus, el hermano gamberro de Santa Claus2007
  • Navidades, ¿bien o en familia?
    Navidades, ¿bien o en familia?2015
  • Quédate a mi lado
    Quédate a mi lado1998
  • Historia de lo nuestro
    Historia de lo nuestro1999
  • ¡Porque lo digo yo!
    ¡Porque lo digo yo!2007
  • Corina, Corina
    Corina, Corina1994
  • Larry David
    Larry David12 seasons
  • Si de verdad quieres...
    Si de verdad quieres...2012
  • Nunca es tarde
    Nunca es tarde2015
  • Little Voice
    Little Voice1 season
  • Waitress: The Musical
    Waitress: The Musical2023
  • Daniel and the Towers
    Daniel and the Towers1987

Filmography

2023
2020
Little Voice · as Executive Producer
2015
2015
2012
Hope Springs · as Executive Producer
2007
2007
2001
I Am SamEn Plex
1999
1994

2020
2019
2007
Because I Said So · as Screenplay
2001
I Am Sam · as ScreenplayEn Plex
1999
1998
Stepmom · as Screenplay
1994
Corrina, Corrina · as ScreenplayEn Plex
1987

2025
Oh, Hi! · as The Voice Of Sandra James
1999
The Story of Us · as Realtor
1994
ER · as Bite Victim's Mother
1994
Hoggs' Heaven · as Poet
1993
1993
The Switch · as Elizabeth Garland
1988
Tucker: The Man and His Dream · as Woman On StepsEn Plex

2020
Little Voice · as Original Music Composer

1990

2023
Waitress: The Musical · as Musical
2007
Fred Claus · as Story
2005
Earth to America · as Segment Writer
1994
Chicago Hope · as Story By