- Nelson Tyler is known for Batman: The Movie (1966), Ice Station Zebra (1968) and The Stunt Man (1980). He is married to Elizabeth Ziegler.
- SpouseElizabeth Ziegler(? - present)
- The Motion Picture Academy Technical Achievement Award presented to Nelson Tyler for the development of the Tyler Gyroplatform boat mount stabilizing device for motion picture photography. As a pioneer in this area of motion picture technology, Tyler's 2-axis, hydraulically-powered camera mount successfully eliminates the pitch and roll associated with camera shots taken from a boat in the water.
- The first person who ever build a flying rocketbelt besides the Bell types was Nelson Tyler. Although it was for over 40 years he build his device and always pressed for time as a business man and inventor in vibration-free (aerial) camera mountings he was involved in rocket- and jetbelt design and engineering. Besides his own rocketbelt he also was involved in Nino Amarena's Thunderpack rocketbelt (with Bill Suitor) and later on with David Mayman's rocketbelt (build by Juan Lozano) and the 2015 Jetpack with AMT jet engines flown by David Mayman.He also did some sidework with pulse tubes used for personal flight (not really useful due to enormous heat and sound) His rocketbelt belt did over 900 demonstrations, the most notable one you all do remember was flying the opening of the 1984 Olympics in Los Angels (with Bill Suitor as pilot).
- Prior to utilizing helicopters as camera platforms, aerial shots were always on the move, with no ability to start a 'dolly' move nor end with one. The helicopter allowed directors and cameramen to design crane shots as they would for ground cameras but on a much larger scale. One shot that stood out in its day was Nelson Tyler's close up on Barbra Streisand's face while she stood upon the bridge of a tug boat on the Hudson River for the film 'Funny Girl' [1968]. This shot, which ended the film, set the standard for all aerial cameramen and those who could not achieve similar abilities were 'weeded out of the pack'. Tyler however did have an advantage back then with his newly developed Tyler Major Mount.
- The Academy of Motion Pictures: 1964 [37th] Scientific Technical Award to Nelson Tyler for the design and construction of an improved Helicopter Camera System. 1981 [54th] Scientific Technical Award to Nelson Tyler for the progressive development and improvement of the Tyler Helicopter motion picture camera platform.
- Wetbike Water Cycle was used in The Spy Who Loved Me, by James Bond to travel to Atlantis to save Agent Triple X. The vehicle has the distinction of being the world's first aquatic motor-bike. Never before had the public seen such a vehicle until its appearance in the film. Donated to The Ian Fleming Foundation by its inventor, Nelson Tyler, on display at The London Film Museum exhibit.
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