Nelson is an Indian director and screenwriter. He was born on 21 June 1984 in Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India. He is a director and writer, known for Doctor (2021), Beast (2022), and Kolamavu Kokila (2018). Nelson began working on Vettai Mannan, initially intended as his directorial debut, in 2010.
In 2017, the project was revived with a new crew, including Anirudh Ravichander replacing Yuvan Shankar Raja as a composer. The project, however, never took off again.
In her debut role as writer-director, Nayanthara stars in the dark comedy Kolamaavu Kokila which was directed by Anirudh Ravichander. On 17 August 2018, Lyca Productions released the film, which became a commercial success.
In his next film, Doctor, Sivakarthikeyan starred opposite Priyanka Arul Mohan. After the pandemic-induced lockdowns, the film became one of the biggest Tamil-language blockbusters.
In November 2020, composer Anirudh Ravichander introduced Nelson to actor Vijay, who was impressed with Nelson’s script for Beast. The film, an action-comedy thriller, and Vijay’s 65th film, also starring Pooja Hegde, was released on 13 April 2022 as a pan-Indian film dubbed in the Telugu, Hindi, Kannada, and Malayalam languages.
Beast collected ₹240 crores at the worldwide box office. Nelson’s next project is for Rajinikanth’s 169th film which is tentatively titled Thalaivar 169.
On 17 June 2022, the title was announced to be Jailer. Rajinikanth will be playing the role of an experienced jailer in this film. The film will be released in the month of summer 2022. He is married to Monisha Nelson. They have one child.