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Jessie Nelson
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 wrot…
Filmography
movieOh, Hi!
2025 · The Voice of Sandra James
movieWaitress: The Musical
2023 · Producer, Musical, Writer
movieAmerican Assassin Amnesiac
2023 · Thanks
tvLittle Voice
2020 · Director, Executive Producer, Teleplay, Story, Original Music Composer, Writer, Creator
movieAlice by Heart
2019 · Director, Writer
movieLove the Coopers
2015 · Director, Producer
movieDanny Collins
2015 · Producer
movieFred Claus
2007 · Producer, Story
movieBecause I Said So
2007 · Screenplay, Producer
movieI Am Sam
2001 · Director, Screenplay, Producer
tvCurb Your Enthusiasm
2000 · Director
movieThe Story of Us
1999 · Realtor, Producer, Writer
movieStepmom
1998 · Screenplay
tvER
1994 · Bite Victim's Mother
movieCorrina, Corrina
1994 · Director, Screenplay, Producer
movieHoggs' Heaven
1994 · Poet
movieSo I Married an Axe Murderer
1993 · Ralph
movieThe Switch
1993 · Elizabeth Garland
To the Moon, Alice
1991 · Director, Writer
movieDaniel and the Towers
1987 · Writer