Silent Studio Directory - 208 - Nazimova Productions - US - 1918-1920 - production company featuring Nazimova with distribution through Metro Pictures Corp. Neal Hart Productions - US - 1921- 1922 - production company located in San Antonio, Texas; produced westerns featuring Neal Hart and released by Capital Film Co. Nell Shipman Productions - US - 1920-1924 - production company located at 643 S. Olive St., Los Angeles, California; formed by Nell Shipman after divorce from Ernest Shipman in Canada; in 1922, formed a filming zoo to make nature films and moved production company to Priest Lake, Idaho; in 1924, shipped animals to the San Diego Zoo and went out of business. Nelson Film Co. - US - 1914-1915 - production company formed by J. Arthur Nelson, who had been V.P. of U. S. Films; company closed when Nelson was arrested in 1915 for misappropriation of stockholders’ funds. Neptune Film Co. - UK - 1914- 1920 - production and distribution company formed by John East, Arthur Moss Lawrence and Percy Nash as general manager; offices located at 13 Gerrard St., Westminster. Nero-Film - GERMANY - 1924- 1939 - production company with studios located in Berlin. Nestor Film Co. - US - 1911-1919 - production company formed by David Horsley when he moved his Centaur Films from New Jersey to become the first studio to operate in California and renamed it Nestor; by 1912, had three production units operating in Los Angeles; Thomas Ricketts directed the dramas, Milton Fahrney directed the westerns and Al Christie directed the comedies; distribution was through A. G. Whyte in New York until the formation of the Motion