Tessa Nelson is an American producer, director, writer, and actress. Her music video for the song "Rainbow Connection" (2019), which she produced and starred in, went on to win a Student Emmy from the National Academy Awards of Arts and Sciences. She also was a co-writer at the Buchanan News Network, which won several awards at the Slick Rock Film Festival. Her other short films include The Orchard (2018), Gen-Z Geniuses (2018), and Charlie (2019) which won Best in Animation at the CART Angel Awards.