Erik Nelson: podcast appearances and interviews

Erik Nelson is an American documentary film director and television producer known for his work on a variety of films, television specials, and programs. His production credits include Ripley's Believe It or Not!, Mega Disasters, When Good Times Go Bad, What Were You Thinking?, Unsolved History, Prehistoric Predators, and More than Human. Nelson owns Creative Differences Productions, a company formerly known as Termite Art Productions, which was owned by Lionsgate from 1998 to 2004. He has collaborated with Werner Herzog on several projects, including the acclaimed documentary Grizzly Man about an eccentric naturalist who wished to live with grizzly bears. Nelson also produced and directed Dreams with Sharp Teeth, a documentary about the prolific and controversial author Harlan Ellison; he began working on this film in 1981. In 2016, Herzog executive produced A Gray State, directed by Nelson, which explores the story of American veteran and aspiring filmmaker David Crowley, whose death sparked conspiracy theories. Nelson has also contributed significantly to the genre of