# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/bob-nelson
# Generated: 2026-08-13T05:06:45.262Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/bob-nelson"
name: "Bob Nelson"
slug: "bob-nelson"
description: "Robert W. Nelson is an American film director and screenwriter, best known for writing Nebraska (2013) directed by Alexander Payne and released in 2013, for which Nelson was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay at the 86th Academy Awards. The screenplay was also nominated for a Golden Globe."
tagline: "American writer"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1956-07-18"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           41.19
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.347769333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     44.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1504572/"
    handle:    "nm1504572"
sources:
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Nelson"
    title: "Bob Nelson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%A8_%D9%86%D9%8A%D9%84%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86_(%D9%85%D8%AE%D8%B1%D8%AC)"
    title: "بوب نيلسون (مخرج)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%A8_%D9%86%D9%8A%D9%84%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86_(%D9%85%D8%AE%D8%B1%D8%AC_%D8%A7%D9%81%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%85)"
    title: "بوب نيلسون (مخرج افلام)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Nelson"
    title: "Bob Nelson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Nelson_(screenwriter)"
    title: "Bob Nelson (screenwriter)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Nelson"
    title: "Bob Nelson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15629076"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1538366"
    title: "Bob Nelson"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump