Cameron Bruce Nelson
Directing
Biography
Cameron Bruce Nelson is a writer and director. He holds an MFA in Screenwriting/Directing from Columbia University's School of the Arts. His first feature film, Some Beasts, received a physical and streaming release via Turn Key Films. His short films, Pillars and Comforter, premiered at the Slamdance Film Festival in 2020 and 2021 respectively. His producing credits include Frank Mosley's Her Wilderness and Daniel Laabs' Jules of Light and Dark.
Known For
A man and woman are drawn together, entangled in the lifecycle of an ageless organism. Identity becomes an illusion as they struggle to assemble the loose fragments of wrecked lives.
Upstream Color
Openly gay Ernesto and closeted Gabe grapple with the sad tribulations of being gay in a small, working-class Texas town
Pit Stop
A stoic farmhand in Appalachia is haunted by a mysterious presence in the woods as he cultivates his future in an effort to leave his past behind.
Some Beasts
When Daniel is sent to a CEDU school, part of America's troubled teen industry in the late 90s, he is forced into transgressive therapy sessions called "Raps" that are bent on breaking him down.
Raps
A Mennonite woman reverts to a secret language when her best friend begins the rites of marriage.
Pillars
A woman gets so stoned she disappears.
Comforter
A mercurial narrative about the reunion of two old friends. Loosely inspired by Ibsen's 'A Doll's House'.
Spider Veins
A young girl worries she shouldn’t have left her mother with a handsome drifter after wandering off with his unreliable daughter.
Beauty Marks
A fire rages in the woods near a village. This fire triggers a memory in a lonely, middle-aged woman, which pushes her to utter aloud the words she's always wanted to say.