Ian A Nelson

Santa Rosa, CA
707.321.3990
iananelson.film@gmail.com
www.iananelson.com

Western monarch butterflies:

protecting our pollinators

Screenings >>

Mar 7, 2026 at peter strauss ranch, agoura hills, ca

Jan 26, 2026 at the CAmeo Cinema, St. Helena, CA

Jan 16, 2026 at the pacific grove museum of natural history, ca

Jan 14, 2026 at the University of California, Berkeley, CA

Nov 7, 2025 at Mother Natives Nursery, Sacramento, CA

Sept 28, 2025 at Hallberg Butterfly Gardens, Sebastopol, CA

Sept 27, 2025 at Laguna de Santa Rosa, Santa Rosa, CA

Sept 12, 2025 at Pepperwood Preserve, Santa Rosa, CA

AWARDS >>

2022 Reims Excellence Director
2022 Best Feature Documentary
2022 Honorable Mention
2021 Green Path
2020 Best of Show
2020 Outstanding Excellence: Original Score
2020 Best Director (Documentary Feature)
2014 Best Short Film

SHORT
DOCUMENTARY >>

2014 / Northern Elephant Seals /
Videographer - Editor - Music Composer

2013 / The Great Blue Herons of Stow Lake /
Videographer - Editor

2014 / California Newts & Frogs /
Videographer - Editor - Music Composer

NATURE &
WILDLIFE >>

2019 / Exploring the Pacific Northwest/ Director - Cinematographer - Editor

2019 / Saving Kauai's Seabirds / Director - Cinematographer - Editor

2019 / Saving Western Burrowing Owls / Director - Cinematographer - Editor

2016 / Sonoma County's Hills and Valleys /
Videographer - Editor - Writer - Music

ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE, WILDLIFE, NATURE>>

2021 / Pepperwood: Rising From The Ashes /
Director - Cinematographer - Editor

WILDLIFE
CONSERVATION >>

2025 / Western Monarch Butterflies: Protecting our Pollinators / Director - Cinematographer - Editor

2021 / The Forest Birds of Kauai: Mosquito Transmitted Director - Cinematographer - Editor

2020 / The Forest Birds of Kauai: A Declining Population /
Director - Cinematographer - Editor

2017 / A Seabird's Story /
Director - Cinematographer - Editor

2017 / Keeping Hawaii Wild /
Director - Cinematographer - Editor

2017 / Artificial Burrows: Technology for Conservation /
Director - Cinematographer - Editor

2015 / First Flight: Hawaiian Petrels Journey to Safety /
Field Producer - Videographer - Editor

SKILLS >>

Aerial: FAA Certified sUAS Remote Pilot
Underwater: Scuba and free diving
Language: Fluent in Italian

EDUCATION >>

2012 Bachelor of Fine Arts, Academy of Art University
Major: Motion Picture & Television, Concentration: Cinematography

PUBLICATION >>

VLOG: Meet the People Who Brought Cultural Burning Back to Pepperwood, "Website", 2022
>>Link

Protecting Western Monarch Butterfly, "General Pencil Company, Inc.", 2022
>>LINK

New Video: The Forest Birds of Kauai: Mosquito Transmitted Diseases, "Kauai Forest Bird Recovery Project", 2021
>>LINK

Video Release: The Forest Birds of Kauai: A Declining Population, "Kauai Forest Bird Recovery Project", 2020
>>LINK

Help Protect Seabird Chicks, "American Bird Conservancy", 2017
>>LINK

Visar sin forsta nautrfilm i Vasa, "Vasabladet", _157_, 2014, 18
>>LINK

Elokuva-uralle Vaasan kautta, "Pohjalainen", _112_, 2014, 17
>>LINK

BROADCASTS >>

FESTIVALS>>