Gary Nelson (director)

Gary Nelson
Born	1934 (age 89–90) Los Angeles, California, United States
Occupation(s)	Film director, television director
Notable work	Freaky Friday The Black Hole

Gary Nelson (born January 1934) is an American television and film director. He has directed many television series, including Get Smart, Gunsmoke, Have Gun – Will Travel, The Patty Duke Show, Gilligan's Island and Happy Days. In addition, Nelson has directed five feature films, including Disney's Freaky Friday (1976), and many television movies, including Murder in Coweta County starring Johnny Cash and Andy Griffith.

In 1978, Nelson was nominated for an Emmy for Outstanding Directoral Achievement for Washington: Behind Closed Doors.

Nelson was born in Los Angeles, California. He was married to actress Judi Meredith, who died in April 2014, and with whom he has two sons.

Nelson has semi-retired, but continues to occasionally guest lecture at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.

Films directed

• Johnny Belinda (1967, TV)
• Molly and Lawless John (1972)
• Santee (1973)
• The Boy Who Talked to Badgers (1975)
• Freaky Friday (1976)
• Washington: Behind Closed Doors (1977)
• The Black Hole (1979)
• The Pride of Jesse Hallam (1981)
• Jimmy the Kid (1982)
• Murder Me, Murder You (1983)
• More Than Murder (1984)
• Murder in Three Acts (1986)
• Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold (1986)
• Noble House (1988)
• Shooter (1988)
• Get Smart, Again! (1989)
• The Lookalike (1990)
• The Return of Ironside (1993)
• Melanie Darrow (1997)

External links

• Gary Nelson at IMDb
• Gary Nelson at the TCM Movie Database