Jeff Nichols (born December 7, 1978) is an American film director and screenwriter from Little Rock, Arkansas. He studied filmmaking at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts. Nichols is most known for his films Take Shelter (2011), Mud (2012), and Loving (2016), which have been critically acclaimed.

Jeff Nichols
Nichols at the 2008 San Francisco Indyfest
Born	(1978-12-07) December 7, 1978 (age 43) Little Rock, Arkansas, U.S.
Occupation	Film director, screenwriter
Years active	2006–present

Career

Nichols studied filmmaking at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts. He wrote his first screenplay, Shotgun Stories, with actor Michael Shannon in mind to play the lead, and contacted the actor through a former teacher.[1] The film was shot on a budget of only $250,000, and released in 2007.

Later, Nichols moved into larger independent productions with 2011's Take Shelter, also starring Shannon, and 2012's Mud, starring Matthew McConaughey, which competed for the Palme d'Or at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival. In 2012, Nichols acted as President of the Jury of the 7th Rome Film Festival.

His 2016 sci-fi drama film Midnight Special competed for the Golden Bear at the 66th Berlin International Film Festival.[2][3] The same year, he directed the drama Loving, a film about the landmark U.S. civil rights court case Loving v. Virginia, which was nominated for numerous awards, including a Golden Globe nomination for lead actor Joel Edgerton and Academy Award and Golden Globe nominations for lead actress Ruth Negga.

So far, all films directed by Nichols have featured Michael Shannon either in a leading (Shotgun Stories, Take Shelter, Midnight Special) or supporting capacity (Mud, Loving).

In 2018 he directed the short film, “Long Way Back Home", inspired by a song of the same name that was written by his brother Ben and released by the country punk band, Lucero. It stars Michael Shannon, who searches the streets and backroads of Memphis for his two younger brothers, played by Garrett Hedlund and Scoot McNairy.[4]

Nichols is currently writing and directing Yankee Comandante, adapted from David Grann's New Yorker article about Che Guevara and William Alexander Morgan. Adam Driver will star in the film. Production is scheduled to start in 2021.[5] In November 2020, it was announced he would be directing and writing the screenplay for A Quiet Place: Day One, which is set to release in 2023.[6] In May 2021, it was announced he finished the script for the film.[7] However, he departed the project in October 2021,[8] to focus on a new science fiction project also in development at Paramount Pictures.[9]

In August 2022, it was announced that Nichols would be directing The Bikeriders, a film inspired by the Danny Lyon book of the same name. It is to be produced by Sarah Green and Brian Kavanaugh-Jones, through Tri-State, their company shared with Nichols. Fred Berger will be executive producer. The ensemble cast will feature Tom Hardy, Michael Shannon, Austin Butler, Jodie Comer, Boyd Holbrook, Damon Herriman, Toby Wallace, Emory Cohen, Beau Knapp, Karl Glusman and Happy Anderson.[10][11]

Personal life

Nichols was born in Little Rock, Arkansas and attended Little Rock Central High School. He is the brother of Lucero guitarist and singer Ben Nichols.[12] He is influenced by Mark Twain.[13]

Directing credits

Film

Feature films

Short films

Producer

• In the Radiant City (2016)

Executive producer

• Hellion (2014)

Podcast

See also

• James Marsh

References

External links

• Jeff Nichols at IMDb

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