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Jeff Nichols (born December 7, 1978; Little Rock) is an American filmmaker, writer and producer. His films are characterized by their Southern United States backdrop and ambience. He is also known for his longstanding collaboration with actor Michael Shannon, who has appeared in all of his feature films to date. After studying filmmaking at the... more

Jeff Nichols (born December 7, 1978; Little Rock) is an American filmmaker, writer and producer. His films are characterized by their Southern United States backdrop and ambience. He is also known for his longstanding collaboration with actor Michael Shannon, who has appeared in all of his feature films to date.

After studying filmmaking at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts, Nichols moved into the independent filmmaking scene with Shotgun Stories (2007). He went on to direct the critically acclaimed films Take Shelter (2011), Mud (2012), Midnight Special (2016), and Loving (also 2016).

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Produced [1]
Written [7]
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Mud
(2013)
Drama
Two boys find a fugitive hiding out on an island in the Mississippi River and form a pact to help him reunite with his lover and escape.
Runtime:
130 min
7.4
N/A
76
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Take Shelter
(2011)
Drama, Horror, Thriller
Plagued by a series of apocalyptic visions, a young husband and father questions whether to shelter his family from a coming storm, or from himself.
Runtime:
120 min
Director:
Jeff Nichols
Cast:
Michael Shannon, Jessica Chastain, Katy Mixon, Shea Whigham, Ray McKinnon
7.4
92%
85
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Midnight Special
(2016)
Adventure, Drama, Science Fiction
A father and son go on the run after the dad learns his child possesses special powers.
Runtime:
112 min
Director:
Jeff Nichols
Cast:
Michael Shannon, Kirsten Dunst, Joel Edgerton, Adam Driver, David Jensen
6.7
83%
76
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Loving
(2016)
Drama, Romance
The story of Richard and Mildred Loving, an interracial couple, whose challenge of their anti-miscegenation arrest for their marriage in Virginia led to a legal battle that would end at the US Supreme Court.
Runtime:
123 min
Director:
Jeff Nichols
Cast:
Joel Edgerton, Ruth Negga, Joel Edgerton
7.0
89%
79
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Shotgun Stories
(2007)
Drama, Thriller
Shotgun Stories tracks a feud that erupts between two sets of half brothers following the death of their father. Set against the cotton fields and back roads of Southeast Arkansas, these brothers discover the lengths to which each will go to protect their family.
Runtime:
92 min
Director:
Jeff Nichols
Cast:
Michael Shannon, Glenda Pannell, Lynnsee Provence, Douglas Ligon, Barlow Jacobs
7.2
90%
76
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American Loser
(2007)
Comedy, Drama, Romance
A dramatic comedy about a self-induced attention-deficit disordered, learning disabled, Tourette's syndrome suffering, balance impaired, ex-alcoholic young man from the Upper East Side of Manhattan and the gold-digging girl who inspires him to try to get it together.
Runtime:
90 min
Director:
Tod Harrison Williams
Cast:
Seann William Scott, Gretchen Mol, Kevin Conway, Jeff Garlin, Jason Mantzoukas
5.5
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Making a Scene
(2013)
Fantasy
For this year's Movies Issue, The New York Times Magazine commissioned lines from an eclectic and talented group of screenwriters — writers responsible for some of the best scripts of 2013. We asked them each to write a single line for us — not a scene, a script or a scenario, but simply an intriguing, amusing or captivating line of di...
Runtime:
10 min
Director:
Janusz Kaminski
Cast:
Oscar Isaac, Oprah Winfrey, Robert Redford, Cate Blanchett, Forest Whitaker
5.9
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