Education
He studied filmmaking at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts.
He studied filmmaking at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts.
Nichols has directed Shotgun Stories (2007), Take Shelter (2011), Mud (2012) and Midnight Special (2016), all of which have received high praise from film critics. His next film is the upcoming drama film Loving, a film about the landmark United States. civil rights court case Loving v. Virginia, and is scheduled to be released on November 4, 2016.
Movie critic Peter Travers of Rolling Stone Magazine stated in his review of Midnight Special, "the Arkansas-born Nichols, 37, already ranks with the best American directors of his generation."
In 2012, he was the President of the Jury of the 7th Rome Film Festival.
Nichols notes Mark Twain"s influence on him.