Gary Nelson

Directing · Acting · Production

Born October 6, 1934, Los Angeles, California, USA

An American television and film director. He has directed many well-know television series, including Gunsmoke, The Patty Duke Show, Gilligan's Island and Happy Days among dozens of others. In addition, Nelson has directed five films, including two for Walt Disney Pictures. In 1978, Nelson was nominated for an Emmy for Outstanding Directoral Achievement for Washington: Behind Closed Doors. He was married to actress Judi Meredith and has two sons. Nelson has semi-retired, but continues to occasionally teach the University of Nevada at Las Vegas Description above from the Wikipedia article Gary Nelson (director), licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.​

Filmography

• 2014Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films — Self - Director, Allan Quatermain
• 1997Melanie Darrow — Director
• Early Edition — Director
• 1995Fast Company — Director
• 1995Ray Alexander: A Menu for Murder — Director
• 1994Ray Alexander: A Taste For Justice — Director
• 1993Fugitive Nights: Danger in the Desert — Director
• 1993The Return of Ironside — Director
• 1992Revolver — Director
• 1992The Sands of Time — Director
• Memories of Midnight — Director
• 1991The Hit Man — Director
• 1990The Lookalike — Director
• 1989Get Smart, Again! — Director
• The Nutt House — Director
• Noble House — Director
• Police Story — Director
• 1988Police Story: The Watch Commander — Director, Executive Producer
• 1988Shooter — Director
• Houston Knights — Director
• 1986Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold — Finance, Director
• 1986Murder in Three Acts — Director
• Crazy like a Fox — Director
• 1984More Than Murder — Director
• 1984The Baron and the Kid — Director
• 1983For Love and Honor — Director
• For Love and Honor — Director
• 1983Murder Me, Murder You — Director
• 1983Murder in Coweta County — Director
• 1982Jimmy the Kid — Director
• Seven Brides for Seven Brothers — Director
• McClain's Law — Director
• 1981The Pride of Jesse Hallam — Director
• 1979A Movie Star's Daughter — Director
• 1979The Black Hole — Drone with Mask Removed (uncredited), Director
• 1978It's a Mile from Here to Glory — Director
• 1978To Kill a Cop — Director
• To Kill a Cop — Director
• Hunter — Director
• Washington: Behind Closed Doors — Director
• 1976Freaky Friday — Director
• 1976Panache — Director
• Archer — Director
• 1975Medical Story — Director
• Medical Story — Director
• 1975The Boy Who Talked to Badgers — Director
• Born Free — Director
• 1974The Girl on the Late, Late Show — Director
• Adam's Rib — Director
• Faraday and Company — Director
• Kojak — Director
• Police Story — Director
• 1973Santee — Director
• Toma — Director
• 1972Molly and Lawless John — Director
• The Brian Keith Show — Director
• McMillan & Wife — Director
• 1971The Boy from Dead Man's Bayou — Director
• The Partners — Director
• Arnie — Director
• Nanny and the Professor — Director
• Bracken's World — Director
• Love, American Style — Director
• Room 222 — Director
• 1969Secrets of the Pirate's Inn — Director
• The Courtship of Eddie's Father — Director
• The Doris Day Show — Director
• The Ghost & Mrs. Muir — Director
• Accidental Family — Director
• Captain Nice — Director
• Good Morning World — Director
• Occasional Wife — Director
• Shane — Director, Creator
• F Troop — Director
• Get Smart — Producer, Director
• O.K. Crackerby — Director
• Gilligan's Island — Director
• Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. — Director
• The Patty Duke Show — Director
• The Andy Griffith Show — Director
• 1957Gunfight at the O.K. Corral — Second Assistant Director
• Have Gun, Will Travel — Director
• Gunsmoke — Director