Robert C. Nelms
- Actor
- Cinematographer
- Editor
Robert Nelms grew up in Tulsa, Oklahoma. In elementary school he was
described as a constant daydreamer who would rather draw pictures of
spaceships, characters and scenes from his new found discovery of
movies and television shows rather than finish his schoolwork - his
parents and his art teacher were very supportive though. In middle
school, Robert's parents bought a video camera to use for family
gatherings; however he had other plans. With the help of friends,
animals, action figures, and clay, Robert began shooting scenes using
stop motion animation, in-camera effects and various fireworks to
produce his own movie shorts. As his sophomore year in high school
began, Robert watched as his school's morning news show played
throughout the televisions in the classrooms. He told the teacher the
show was "all wrong" and needed a punchier intro and a better
background. Robert asked to be assigned to the morning news show and
his teachers agreed. Robert's world was changed forever. Following his
inclusion into remaking the morning news show, with the help of his
technical education teacher and art teacher, Robert put together a
basic editing bay. Students liked the changes they saw in the show, and
soon they began bringing their various classroom video assignments to
him for help in mixing and editing. Over time Robert realized that he
didn't have enough time in one class hour to edit and advise on
assignments brought to him, so he asked to spend other class time at
the editing bay. The following year Robert's high school received a
generous grant from one of the local cable stations. This meant brand
new equipment and new video cameras. He soon realized that he would
have to learn everything about this new equipment. Robert edited all of
his high school's videos until his graduation in 1996. A year later,
the Tulsa Education Service Center asked for a documentary on the PTA
spanning 80 years. Robert was specifically asked by his high school
principal to come back and assist in putting the documentary together.
It was his first paid assignment. Robert eventually moved to California
to pursue a career in Movie and television editing. While attending
community college, he was asked to make a short film with some of his
fellow students titled Art of Matter. The short was a tremendous
learning experience for Robert and it caught the eye of Don McCorkell,
who hired him to shoot and edit A River of Waste. After completion of A
River of Waste, Robert went on to work for Alex Alvarez, owner of
Gnomon School of Visual Effects, Gnomon Workshop, Sketch Theatre, and
CG Channel shooting and editing many artists' tutorials and interviews.
Robert has worked with some of the best concept artists, both practical
and digital in the film industry including Neville Page, Jordu Schell,
Wayne Barlowe, John Rosengrant, and Scott Patton. He also edited shot
and edited the ZBrush 10th Anniversary video for Pixologic, Inc and a
music video for Neal Fischer and Send the Sages which earned him a very
special thanks credit for the film Sushi Girl.