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Dec 30, 2021 · By Ryan Gajewski. December 30, 2021 11:17am. Sean Penn Courtesy New Line/Courtesy Everett Collection. For I Am Sam director Jessie Nelson, whose film this week celebrates the 20th anniversary of ...
- Ryan Gajewski
Sep 6, 2023 · Bleecker Street has acquired the U.S. rights to Sara Bareilles and Jessie Nelson’s “Waitress: The Musical,” set for a nationwide release on Dec. 7.
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Dec 31, 2021 · Twenty years after the release of the Sean Penn–starring “ I Am Sam ,” director Jessie Nelson is looking back on her movie and celebrating that it couldn’t be made in the same way now ...
- Mark Peikert
Dec 30, 2021 · We've reached the 20th anniversary of the drama I Am Sam. Starring Sean Penn in his Oscar-nominated lead role as a father with an intellectual disability, the film was directed by Jessie Nelson ...
- Jeremy Dick
Mar 21, 2016 · March 21, 2016 6:30 AM PT. Reporting from NEW YORK —. Like so many people with showbiz hopes, Jessie Nelson worked as a waitress when she first came to Hollywood. At the defunct Roy’s Chinese ...
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May 5, 2021 · Little Mix star Jesy Nelson speaks out on decision to leave the band, saying she reached 'breaking point' during video shoot. Jesy Nelson says lockdown was the "happiest I'd ever felt" and that ...
Jessie Nelson. Jessie Nelson wrote, directed and produced Corrina Corrina and I Am Sam, starring Sean Penn. She co-created and executive produced Sara Bareilles' Little Voice for Bad Robot and Apple TV. Among her other directing credits are Curb Your Enthusiasm and Love, The Coopers. Her writing credits also include Step Mom and The Story of Us.