Biography
Jeff Nichols is an American film director, screenwriter and producer. Born on 7 December 1978 in Little Rock, Arkansas, he studied filmmaking at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts.
Nichols began his career with the independent feature Shotgun Stories (2007). He has since directed and written Take Shelter (2011), Mud (2012), Midnight Special (2016), Loving (2016) and The Bikeriders (2023), on which he is credited as director and writer. He has maintained a long collaboration with actor Michael Shannon, who has appeared in all his feature films.
