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Tim Blake Nelson Directs

Tim Blake Nelson Interview

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Get to know Tim Blake Nelson, whose versatile directing career has run in parallel to his acclaimed acting work. In the following interview, Nelson discusses a transformative early encounter with the films of Sergio Leone, his experiences learning from other filmmakers as an actor, and his motivating desire to write parts for other performers that he could never play himself.

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