Widely recognized for his prolific acting career, Tim Blake Nelson has also pursued an impressive parallel path as a director, often working from his own screenplays. Blending narrative depth and raw emotion, his films vary in style and subject—from the haunting rural tragedy EYE OF GOD (streaming for the first time exclusively on the Criterion Channel) to the soul-shaking Holocaust drama THE GREY ZONE to the offbeat comic thriller LEAVES OF GRASS—but they are connected by Nelson’s ability to draw riveting performances from his actors and his commitment to exploring the darkest, most complicated realms of the human experience.