Robert Nelson Jacobs Filmography

Occupation:: Screenwriter
Biography:: A screenwriter with an interestingly diverse group of credits to his name, Robert Nelson-Jacobs' maiden voyage into cinema was penning the Walter Matthau/Jack Lemmon grumpy old maritime comedy Out to Sea (1997). It was three years later, however, when Nelson-Jacobs began to find his stride. In...Read More

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Crowley

Crew: Screenwriter

Actors: Harrison Ford

Synopsis: From the front page to the big screen, the true story of John and Aileen Crowley, a daring couple hoping to cure their two children by investing their trust in an unconventional specialist (played by Harrison Ford) is adapted in this CBS Films drama. What Happens in Vegas' Tom Vaughan directs from Read More

1/1/09
The Water Horse: Legend of the Deep

Crew: Screenwriter

Actors: Emily Watson, Alex Etel, Ben Chaplin, David Morrissey, Priyanka Xi

Synopsis: A lonely young boy vows to protect the rapidly growing hatchling that emerges from a mysterious egg found on the shores of a Scottish loch in My Dog Skip and Tuck Everlasting director Jay Russell's screen adaptation of writer Dick King-Smith's popular children's novel. Angus MacMorrow (Alex Etel) Read More

12/25/07
The Shipping News

Crew: Screenwriter

Actors: Scott Glenn, Kevin Spacey, Julianne Moore, Cate Blanchett, Judi Dench, Pete Postlethwaite

Synopsis: The Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by E. Annie Proulx becomes this drama from director Lasse Hallström. Kevin Spacey stars as Quoyle, a struggling, emotionally drained newspaper reporter suffering through a wretched marriage with the abusive Petal (Cate Blanchett), a promiscuous wild woman who tries Read More

12/25/01
Chocolat

Crew: Screenwriter

Actors: Juliette Binoche, Lena Olin, Johnny Depp, Judi Dench, Alfred Molina

Synopsis: The most tempting of all sweets becomes the key weapon in a battle of sensual pleasure versus disciplined self-denial in this comedy. In 1959, a mysterious woman named Vianne (Juliette Binoche) moves with her young daughter into a small French village, where much of the community's activities are Read More

12/15/00
Dinosaur

Crew: Screenwriter

Actors: D.B. Sweeney, Alfre Woodard, Ossie Davis, Max Casella, Hayden Panettiere, Sam Wright

Synopsis: Walt Disney Pictures redefined computer animation with this technically accomplished fantasy of prehistoric life, combining live-action backgrounds with computer-generated animals. After a pterodactyl snatches a dinosaur's egg and accidentally drops it while flying away, the egg is rescued by a Read More

5/19/00
Out To Sea

Crew: Screenwriter

Actors: Jack Lemmon, Walter Matthau, Dyan Cannon, Gloria de Haven, Brent Spiner

Synopsis: A pair of grumpy old men hit the high seas in this comedy. Small-time con man Charlie (Walter Matthau) fast-talks his considerably more straight-laced friend Herb (Jack Lemmon) into joining him for a luxury cruise on an ocean liner headed to the Bahamas. Charlie tells Herb that the trip is free Read More

1997