Nelson was born to a Jewish family in Tulsa, Oklahoma, the son of Ruth (née Kaiser) Nelson, who is a noted social activist and philanthropist in Tulsa, and Don Nelson, a geologist/wildcatter. His uncle is businessman George Kaiser.\n', '

His maternal grandparents, who were from Germany, escaped the Nazis shortly before World War II, moving to Britain in 1938 and immigrating to the United States in 1941. His father\'s family were Russian Jewish emigrants.\n', '

Nelson attended the Oklahoma Summer Arts Institute at Quartz Mountain Resort Arts and Conference Center in Lone Wolf, Oklahoma.\n', '

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