Mike Nelson (Executive Producer) most recently served as Executive Producer on Mike Judge’s provocative comedy Idiocracy, starring Luke Wilson.
Previously, Nelson co-produced the summer action film The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, which starred Sean Connery. Nelson’s recent credits as a line producer include A Man Apart, starring Vin Diesel, and The Anniversary Party.
In 1997, Nelson produced director Tim Blake Nelson’s Eye of God, which won an American Independent Award at the Seattle International Film Festival and a Bronze Award at the Tokyo International Film Festival. It also received nominations for The Grand Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival and an Independent Spirit Award.
Nelson served as co-producer on the features Sugar & Spice, Drop Dead Gorgeous, S.F.W. and the television series “Fallen Angels.” He was also the unit production manager on director Baz Luhrmann’s groundbreaking film Romeo + Juliet.
Nelson learned the production business through jobs in various capacities such as associate producer, assistant director, locations manager and prop-master. He then spent four years as Vice President of Physical Production for Ron Howard and Brian Grazer’s Imagine Entertainment, where he oversaw films such as Backdraft, Far & Away, Opportunity Knocks, For Love or Money and Cry-Baby.
Raised in Tulsa, Oklahoma, Nelson is a graduate of Swarthmore College.
