Bob Nesson produces and shoots documentaries for broadcast, education, and on commission.  His work covers a range of topics: war and social realities [Afghanistan: Between Three Worlds]; nature and the environment [Work of 1000, Anyplace Wild, All Bird TV]; art and culture [It is Memory: the Holocaust Sculptor Natan Rapoport; Soundings, PBS series]; technology and creativity [The Light Stuff/Nova, Surviving Mars/Discovery Channel].  His films about water issues, urban design, architecture and transportation issues [Building Boston, Waterworks, Off-Track] are often used to highlight professional and scholarly studies.

As an adjunct professor at Emerson College, Nesson teaches interdisciplinary courses on science, the environment and filmmaking.  He received Emerson’s Stanzler Award, naming him as outstanding part-time faculty [2010].  He’s the recipient of numerous fellowships: the Flaherty Film Seminar; the Society of Environmental Journalism; and the Kopkind Foundation.  Nesson teaches internationally as well [KinoSchool in Krasnodar, Russia; the Black Sea Environmental Symposium in Turkey].

He is the president of a production company, Nesson Media Boston, Inc. Clients include NHK/Japan, WGBH/Boston, Ruder Finn [New York]; Novartis, Cambridge University Press [New York], Thomson-Heinle [Toronto], and many others.

A former board member of the Massachusetts Bicycle Coalition and a current member of the League of American Bicyclists, Nesson commutes by bicycle from his home in Somerville, Massachusetts.

Cast & Crew

Executive Producer:
Sue Edwards

Original Music:
Michael Moss

Associate Producer:
Heather Merrill

Addtional Camera:
Ben Reichman, Bryan Margaca, John Ehlers

Additional Editing:
Ben Reichman, Bernice Schneider

Graphics:
Jody Lee

Sound Mix:
Michael Moss, Ben Reichman

Transcribing:
Bill Politis, Christina Kibanda

Photography:
Brian Jeans, Natalia Boltukhova

Advice, Guidance, Support:
Todd Greenberg, Lise Zumwalt, Kathe Gregory