Directing
Erik Nelson is a director and producer known for his frequent collaborations with Werner Herzog.
Grizzly Man
2005 · Producer
Cave of Forgotten Dreams
2010 · Producer
Into the Abyss
2011 · Producer
The U.S. vs. John Lennon
2006 · Executive Producer
The Bloody Hundredth
2024 · Thanks
A Gray State
2017 · Director
The Cold Blue
2018 · Director
Apocalypse '45
2020 · Director
Leonard Cohen: I'm Your Man
Dreams with Sharp Teeth
2008 · Director
Dinotasia
2012 · Director
Big Bucks: The Press Your Luck Scandal
2003 · Executive Producer
Bullets And Blueberries
2025 · Director
Daytime Revolution
2024 · Director
Into the Cold Blue: Restoration and Reinvention
2019 · Director
9/11: The Longest War
2016 · Director
The Final Days of Anne Frank
2015 · Director
9/10: The Final Hours
2014 · Director
JFK: The Final Hours
2013 · Director
History Specials: Engineering Evil
2011 · Director
Nazi Scrapbooks from Hell: The Auschwitz Albums
In the Edges: The 'Grizzly Man' Session
2005 · Director
Secrets of the Unknown: Pearl Harbor
1987 · Director
Backstage Pass
1982 · Director
Secrets of the Unknown: Bigfoot & Witches
1989 · Writer
Secrets of the Unknown: Poltergeists
1988 · Writer
Secrets of the Unknown: Witches
Secrets of the Unknown: Dreams and Nightmares
Secrets of the Unknown: The Titanic
1987 · Writer
Secrets of the Unknown: Big Foot
Secrets of the Unknown: Jack the Ripper
Secrets of the Unknown: Curses
Secrets of the Unknown: Hollywood Hauntings
Secrets of the Unknown: Nostradamus
Secrets of the Unknown: Amelia Earhart
Secrets of the Unknown: Life After Death
Secrets of the Unknown: Lake Monsters
On Death Row
2012 · Producer
UFO Over Illinois
2000 · Executive Producer
Secrets of the Unknown: Tornadoes & UFOs
1989 · Producer
Secrets of the Unknown: Tornadoes
1987 · Producer
2019 · Himself
