Curiosidades

John Cassavetes was a fan of Nilsson's work: "Nilsson's films are beautiful, exciting, imaginative, unfamiliar, and outside of that, very good.".

Rob Nilsson is the grandson of the first filmmaker in North Dakota, Frithjof Holmboe.

Protested against the arrest of Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi, detained on 1 March 2010 and held in ward 209 of the Evin prison.

Hometown: Rhinelander, Wisconsin (moved to California at age 14).