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Rob Nilsson

Personal Information

Known ForDirecting
GenderMale
Birth DateOct 29, 1939 (86 years old)
Zodiac Sign♏Scorpio
Place of BirthRhinelander, Wisconsin, USA
Career Span1977 – Present (50 yrs)
Known Credits49 Titles
Official Links
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DirectingPopularity Score 0.7

Rob Nilsson

Total Works

49

45 movies • 4 shows

Avg Rating

7 / 10

across rated releases

Box Office

—

worldwide gross

Global Reach

#1

TMDB star index

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Rob Nilsson (born October 29, 1939, Rhinelander, Wisconsin) is an American independent film director, writer, and sometimes actor. He has won the Caméra d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival and the Sundance Grand Jury Prize. Description above from the Wikipedia article Rob Nilsson, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia

Signature Roles & Milestones

Copycat
6.5
Copycat
1995•movie
as SWAT Commander
Beverly Hills, 90210
7.3
as Lowell
Miami Vice
7.4
Miami Vice
1984•series
as Wango Mack
Profiler
7.0
Profiler
1996•series
as Chief Bennett

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Full Filmography & Credits

Showing 49 titles featuring Rob Nilsson

Copycat
6.5
Copycat
1995•movie

as SWAT Commander

Beverly Hills, 90210
7.3
1 eps

as Lowell

Miami Vice
7.4
1 eps
Miami Vice
1984•series

as Wango Mack

Profiler
7.0
1 eps
Profiler
1996•series

as Chief Bennett

The Inheritance
5.5
The Inheritance
1997•movie

as Minister

Northern Lights
6.2
Northern Lights
1978•movie

Role: Producer

Baja Oklahoma
6.5
Baja Oklahoma
1988•movie

as Chuck

Berkeley
5.5
Berkeley
2005•movie

as Coach

Dead Solid Perfect
6.0
Dead Solid Perfect
1988•movie
On the Edge
6.1
On the Edge
1986•movie

Role: Director

American Playhouse
6.6
American Playhouse
1982•series

Role: Director

Heat and Sunlight
4.7
Heat and Sunlight
1988•movie

as Mel Hurley

A Town Has Turned to Dust
4.1

Role: Director

Signal Seven
5.9
Signal Seven
1986•movie

Role: Director

Tell Me No Secrets
5.3
Tell Me No Secrets
1997•movie

as Detective

Sacred Blood
4.3
Sacred Blood
2015•movie

as Ruthven

Amanda
5.0
Amanda
1996•movie

as Jim Sanders

Scheme C6
4.0
Scheme C6
2001•movie

Role: Writer

Ezer Kenegdo
4.5
Ezer Kenegdo
2017•movie

as Harry Kierk

Love Twice
5.0
Love Twice
2016•movie

Role: Director

Chalk
6.0
Chalk
1996•movie

Role: Writer

Sophisticated Acquaintance
8.0

as Narrator

Good Men
1.0
Good Men
2024•movie

as Self

The Way Things Seem to Be
2.0

as Self

Words for the Dying
8.0

Role: Director

The Method
10.0
The Method
1987•movie

Role: Writer

Winter Oranges
9.0
Winter Oranges
2000•movie

Role: Director

Attitude
8.0
Attitude
2003•movie

Role: Director

Bill's Gun Shop
9.0
Bill's Gun Shop
2001•movie

Role: Writer

The Defender of Sitting Ducks

as Hobo

It's a Zabriskie, Zabriskie, Zabriskie, Zabriskie Point

as Self / A Friend

The Fourth Movement

as Sig

Even Just

as Bill Steady

Imbued
Imbued
2009•movie

Role: Director

Center Divide
Center Divide
2021•movie

Role: Director

Arid Cut
Arid Cut
2019•movie

Role: Director

Faultline
Faultline
2022•movie

Role: Director

Celebrate Cinema 101

Role: Director

Next Week in Bologna

Role: Writer

Prairie Fire
Prairie Fire
1977•movie

Role: Director

Rebel Earth
Rebel Earth
1980•movie

Role: Director

Survivor
Survivor
1980•movie

Role: Director

Noise
8.0
Noise
2002•movie

Role: Director

Used
Used
2007•movie

Role: Director

Opening
Opening
2006•movie

Role: Director

Presque Isle
Presque Isle
2008•movie

Role: Director

Frank Dead Souls
Frank Dead Souls
2008•movie

Role: Director

Devised
Devised
2016•movie

Role: Director

Security
Security
2005•movie

Role: Director