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Personal Info

Gender

Female

Birthday

1931-07-28 (93 years old)

Place of Birth

Stockholm, Sweden

Gunvor Nelson

Biography:

Gunvor Grundel Nelson (28 July 1931 – 6 January 2025) was a Swedish artist. She worked as an experimental filmmaker since the 1960s. Some of her most widely known works were created while she lived in the Bay Area in the mid-1960s and early 1970s, where she became well established among other artists in the avant-garde film circles of the 60s and to the present.

Known For

Acting

2018

1986

Red Shift as Mamma Sara's Daughter Maria

1971

Directing

2017

On the Fence as Director

2006

True to Life as Director
New Evidence as Director

2003

Trace Elements as Director

2001

Snowdrift as Director

1998

Tree-Line as Director

1994

1993

Kristina's Harbor as Director

1992

Old Digs as Director

1991

Time Being as Director

1990

Natural Features as Director

1988

Field Study #2 as Director

1987

Light Years as Director

1986

Red Shift as Director

1984

Frame Line as Director

1976

Trollstenen as Director

1973

Moon's Pool as Director
One and the Same as Director

1972

Take Off as Director

1969

My Name Is Oona as Director
Kirsa Nicholina as Director

1967

Fog Pumas as Director

1965

Schmeerguntz as Director

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Reunion as Director

Writing

1987

Light Years as Writer

Editing

1987

Light Years as Editor

1969

My Name Is Oona as Editor

Production

1969

My Name Is Oona as Producer

Camera

1987

Light Years as Director of Photography

1969

My Name Is Oona as Director of Photography

Sound

1969

My Name Is Oona as Sound Designer