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 wrote the children's book Labracadabra.

Works

ER

ER explores the inner workings of an urban teaching hospital and the critical issues faced by the dedicated physicians and staff of its overburdened emergency room.

Release Date1994-09-19

Charactersd Bite Victim's Mother

Episode Count1

Vote Count856

So I Married an Axe Murderer

Just after a bad breakup, Charlie MacKenzie falls for lovely butcher Harriet Michaels and introduces her to his parents. But, as voracious consumers of sensational tabloids, his parents soon come to suspect that Harriet is actually a notorious serial killer -- "Mrs. X" -- wanted in connection with a string of bizarre honeymoon killings. Thinking his parents foolish, Charlie proposes to Harriet. But while on his honeymoon with her, he begins to fear they were right.

Release Date1993-07-30

Charactersd Ralph

Vote Count437

The Story of Us

Ben and Katie Jordan are a married couple who go through hard times in fifteen years of marriage.

Release Date1999-10-14

DepartmentProduction

JobProducer

Charactersd Realtor

Vote Count327

The Switch

Larry McAfee is paralyzed from the neck down following a motorcycle accident. He gradually loses the will to live, in the meantime befriending a talk radio DJ over the phone. The two meet each other and become friends, though Larry still wishes to end his life. The DJ reluctantly has a switch installed on Larry's life support that Larry can activate at any time (via his mouth) to end his life.

Release Date1993-01-17

Charactersd Elizabeth Garland

Vote Count1

Curb Your Enthusiasm

The off-kilter, unscripted comic vision of Larry David, who plays himself in a parallel universe in which he can't seem to do anything right, and, by his standards, neither can anyone else.

Release Date2000-10-15

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count1

Vote Count811

Little Voice

Meet Bess King, a uniquely talented performer struggling to fulfill her dreams while handling rejection, dating drama, and family issues. This is a story about finding your authentic voice—and the courage to use it.

Release Date2020-07-10

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count5

Vote Count52

Stepmom

Jackie is a divorced mother of two. Isabel is the career minded girlfriend of Jackie’s ex-husband Luke, forced into the role of unwelcome stepmother to their children. But when Jackie discovers she is ill, both women realise they must put aside their differences to find a common ground and celebrate life to the fullest, while they have the chance.

Release Date1998-12-25

DepartmentWriting

JobScreenplay

Vote Count1462

I Am Sam

Sam, a neurodivergent man, has a daughter with a homeless woman who abandons them when they leave the hospital, leaving Sam to raise Lucy on his own. But as Lucy grows up, Sam's limitations as a parent start to become a problem and the authorities take her away. Sam convinces high-priced lawyer Rita to take his case pro bono and in turn teaches her the value of love and family.

Release Date2001-12-28

DepartmentWriting

JobScreenplay

Vote Count2344

Because I Said So

In an effort to prevent family history from repeating itself, meddlesome mom Daphne Wilder attempts to set up her youngest daughter, Milly, with Mr. Right. Meanwhile, her other daughters try to keep their mom's good intentions under control.

Release Date2007-02-02

DepartmentProduction

JobProducer

Vote Count644

Fred Claus

Fred Claus and Santa Claus have been estranged brothers for many years. Now Fred must reconcile his differences with his brother whom he believes overshadows him. When an efficiency expert assesses the workings at the North Pole and threatens to shut Santa down, Fred must help his brother to save Christmas.

Release Date2007-11-09

DepartmentProduction

JobProducer

Vote Count869

Love the Coopers

When four generations of the Cooper clan come together for their annual Christmas Eve celebration, a series of unexpected visitors and unlikely events turn the night upside down, leading them all toward a surprising rediscovery of family bonds and the spirit of the holiday.

Release Date2015-11-12

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count821

Danny Collins

An ageing hard-living 1970s rock star decides to change his life when he discovers a 40-year-old undelivered letter written to him by John Lennon.

Release Date2015-03-19

DepartmentProduction

JobProducer

Vote Count537

Corrina, Corrina

When Manny Singer's wife dies, his young daughter Molly becomes mute and withdrawn. To help cope with looking after Molly, he hires sassy housekeeper Corrina Washington, who coaxes Molly out of her shell and shows father and daughter a whole new way of life. Manny and Corrina's friendship delights Molly and enrages the other townspeople.

Release Date1994-08-12

DepartmentWriting

JobScreenplay

Vote Count431

Waitress: The Musical

A waitress and expert pie-maker dreams of a way out of her small town and rocky marriage.

Release Date2023-12-07

DepartmentProduction

JobProducer

Vote Count26

To the Moon, Alice

A homeless family of three sleeps on a TV production stage, by day looking for a job. One day somebody finds them.

Release Date1991-10-02

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Daniel and the Towers

The story of Simon Rodia, the real-life artist who spent 30 years constructing Los Angeles' Watts Towers, a monument to Christopher Columbus, and his fictional relationship with Daniel, a young boy.

Release Date1987-04-18

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Vote Count1

American Assassin Amnesiac

You wake up in a B&B in Portugal, but you can't remember who you are. Your university ID says Georgios, the plane ticket next to it, Jonathan. You have flashes. A T-shirt in your suitcase just reminds you that Britney is the Princess of Pop. And the handsome João, who is he?

Release Date2023-04-22

DepartmentCrew

JobThanks

Vote Count2