Tim Blake Nelson Directs

Tim Blake Nelson Directs

6 Episodes

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.

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Tim Blake Nelson Directs

6 Episodes

  • Tim Blake Nelson Interview
    13:35
    Tim Blake Nelson Interview
    Episode 1

    Tim Blake Nelson Interview

    Episode 1

    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 (streamin...

  • Eye of God
    1:23:11
    Eye of God
    Episode 2

    Eye of God

    Episode 2

    Directed by Tim Blake Nelson • 1997 • United States
    Starring Martha Plimpton, Kevin Anderson, Nick Stahl

    One of the great but long-unheralded debut films, Tim Blake Nelson’s first feature is an emotionally shattering tale of existential desolation in a small Oklahoma town. Unfolding in a fractur...

  • The Grey Zone
    1:48:28
    The Grey Zone
    Episode 3

    The Grey Zone

    Episode 3

    Directed by Tim Blake Nelson • 2001 • United States
    Starring David Arquette, Steve Buscemi, Harvey Keitel

    An unflinching reckoning with the horrors of the Holocaust, this intense moral drama from Tim Blake Nelson (adapting his own play) considers the cost of survival in the most extreme of circu...

  • O
    1:34:48
    O
    Episode 4

    O

    Episode 4

    Directed by Tim Blake Nelson • 2001 • United States
    Starring Mekhi Phifer, Josh Hartnett, Julia Stiles

    Director Tim Blake Nelson daringly transplants Shakespeare’s “Othello” to a modern American high school for a provocative, powerfully acted tale of jealousy and betrayal. O is Odin James (Mekhi...

  • Anesthesia
    1:29:42
    Anesthesia
    Episode 5

    Anesthesia

    Episode 5

    Directed by Tim Blake Nelson • 2016 • United States
    Starring Sam Waterston, Kristen Stewart, Glenn Close

    A snowy New York City night, a beloved teacher, a shocking crime: this provocative drama pieces together the puzzle of a man’s life just before it changes forever. While on his way home one e...

  • Leaves of Grass
    1:44:54
    Leaves of Grass
    Episode 6

    Leaves of Grass

    Episode 6

    Directed by Tim Blake Nelson • 2009 • United States
    Starring Edward Norton, Susan Sarandon, Richard Dreyfuss

    Director Tim Blake Nelson’s audacious, tonally assured blend of black comedy and crime thriller features a marvelous dual performance from Edward Norton as identical twins Bill and Brady ...

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