Brian Nelson is an American screenwriter.

Early life

Nelson holds degrees from

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and from

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. He worked as a drama instructor at Langley High School in McLean, Virginia in the early 1980s, where he taught

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actress Lauren Graham, Little Miss Sunshine screenwriter

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, and UCLA screenwriting instructor Brian David Price.

Writing career

Nelson's numerous writing credits include episodes of the television series '' Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman'', Gene Roddenberry's '' Earth: Final Conflict'', '' JAG'' and the

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television series' ''

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'' and '' In a Heartbeat'' as well as the feature film ''

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''. He also wrote the play "Overlooked" and co-wrote the script for the vampire film '' 30 Days of Night'', which was released in late 2007 and helmed by ''Hard Candy'' director

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. Nelson wrote the script for the M. Night Shyamalan-produced thriller ''

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''. Nelson wrote episodes 3 and 8 of the Netflix original series ''

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'', as well as executive-producing the show.

Filmography

* ''

'' (2005) (Also co-producer) * '' 30 Days of Night'' (2007) * ''

'' (2010) * '' Rupture'' (2016)

Notes

External links

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Don't Judge Devil by its Producer
Year of birth missing (living people) Living people American male screenwriters American television producers Yale University alumni University of California, Los Angeles alumni {{US-screenwriter-stub