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Ian Nelms

Director

Ian Nelms

Directing
2015 — present · 4 films
Career Signature

How Ian Nelms’s filmography reads.

Five of Perfery’s 75 vibes, averaged across every film they directed.

bittersweet
working-class realism
rise-and-fall tragedy
kinetic urgency
small-town intimacy

Tuned by the Perfery ranker. Aggregated equal-weight across every directed film.

Tonal kin

Eshom NelmsEshom Nelms4 filmsJohn Michael McDonaghJohn Michael McDonagh3 filmsJonathan DemmeJonathan Demme19 filmsPotsy PonciroliPotsy Ponciroli2 filmsDavid Gordon GreenDavid Gordon Green17 filmsTed KotcheffTed Kotcheff10 filmsDavid MichôdDavid Michôd5 filmsShaji KailasShaji Kailas8 films

Filmography

Red Right Hand

2024

Fatman

2020

Small Town Crime

2018

Waffle Street

2015