SYNOPSIS
Join us for a 90-minute Career Reflection with acclaimed independent film writer-director duo Eshom and Ian Nelms.
Moderated by James Lafferty.
BIOS
The Nelms Brothers
Writers/Directors Eshom Nelms and Ian Nelms, grew up in central California waging two hundred man G.I. Joe wars and dreaming in John Ford Landscapes. Though their evolving passions temporarily took them in different directions — Ian went to college on a wrestling scholarship and Eshom pursued an education in fine art painting — the two would always find themselves returning to their love of film.
While Ian has produced various projects independently and Eshom has worked as a professional storyboard artist for over a decade, the Nelms Brothers always write and direct together and have made multiple award-winning short and feature films. Their film, LOST ON PURPOSE, starred Jane Kaczmarek, C. Thomas Howell, James Lafferty, Aaron Hill, Dale Dickey and Academy Award®-winner Octavia Spencer and received rave reviews and multiple festival wins including Best Film at Beverly Hills Film Festival, Best Directors at FirstGlance Film Festival, Best Film at Reelheart Film Festival, Best Film at TrindieFest and Best Actress for Jane Kaczmarek at the Hollywood Reel Independent Film Festival.
In 2013, they filmed WAFFLE STREET, starring James Lafferty and Danny Glover, based on the memoir of the same name, which went on to win Woodstock Film Festival's Inaugural Carpe Diem Award for Best Filmas well as Best Narrative Film at the Hollywood Film Festival.
The Nelms Brothers also produce most of their projects together and, in 2017, they executive produced the series “Everyone is Doing Great,” created by James Lafferty and Stephen Colletti. Independently, Ian also produced the film STRANGELY IN LOVE, which stars Michelle Lang andJemuel Morris.
Separately, Eshom works as a professional storyboard artist with a client list that includes global brands such Disney, McDonald’s, Hasbro, NBC, Budweiser, NFL and Redbull among others.
Most recently, Ian and Eshom wrote and directed SMALL TOWN CRIME, starring John Hawkes, Anthony Anderson, Robert Forster and Academy Award®-Winner Octavia Spencer, who also serves as an Executive Producer. SMALL TOWN CRIME premiered at 2017 SXSW Film Festival to rave reviews and will be released by Saban Film in late 2017 / early 2018.
Moderator - James Lafferty
James is an actor and director who most recently starred in the critically acclaimed period drama “Underground” for the WGN network playing U.S. Marshall Kyle Risdin. Best known for playing Nathan Scott for nine seasons in the hit CW show “One Tree Hill,” Lafferty also directed several episodes of the show.
Lafferty’s other credits include the NBC drama “Crisis” with Gillian Anderson and Dermot Mulroney, Relativity’s supernatural horror film Oculus, the indie film LOST ON PURPOSE with Jane Kaczmarek and C. Thomas Howell, and the Western Legend of Hell’s Gate: An American Conspiracy. In 2013, Lafferty co-starred with Danny Glover in WAFFLE STREET, based on the memoir of the same name, in which he plays a Wall Street financier who becomes a waiter a waffle house after the devastating financial crisis of 2008. Last year, Lafferty re-teamed with the Nelms Brothers for a third film, SMALL TOWN CRIME, a gritty crime thriller with dark comedy, starring alongside John Hawkes, Anthony Anderson, Clifton Collins, Jr., and Academy Award®-Winner Octavia Spencer who also serves as an executiveproducer. The film will be released late 2017 and early 2018 across the U.S. and internationally.
Most recently, Lafferty co-created, co-produced, and directed the tv pilot “Everyone is Doing Great.”
