Kendall Nelson

Kendall Nelson

Kendall Nelson directs, produces, and distributes media that matters. Nelson is sponsored by Women Make Movies and has directed and produced award-winning documentaries including Gathering Remnants and The Greater Good. Nelson is currently developing two new films. The first film is about simplicity parenting – featuring best-selling author Kim John Payne and multi-platinum singer-songwriter, Jewel Kilcher. The second film explores the essential roles microbes play in the sustainability of our planet and our own health. In addition to filmmaking, Nelson is an activist for the causes she cares most about – health freedom, simplicity, and the real food movement. She is a consultant and writer for the Weston A. Price Foundation who is dedicated to restoring nutrient-dense foods to the human diet.

Nelson graduated from San Francisco State with a B.A. and studied at Brooks Institute of Photography. She published her first photographic book Gathering Remnants: A Tribute to the Working Cowboy in 2000, and her images have been exhibited in galleries nationwide and featured by publications including National Geographic Online, Camera Arts, Photo District News, Peterson’s Photographic, and USA Today. She traveled to Africa to photograph for the UN Population Fund for whom her images were auctioned in support of maternal health and equal opportunities for women. Nelson has photographed for Allen & Company for 21 years, was an assistant to the executive producer of more than 20 television commercials, directed PSAs, co-produced 18 segments for the kids baseball show In the Zone, and was an assistant director for the NFL Pre-Game Show at Fox Sports.