Jeff Nichols

Director

Jeff Nichols is an American film director and screenwriter from Little Rock, Arkansas, known for intimate, character-driven films such as Shotgun Stories (2007), Take Shelter (2011), Mud (2012) and Loving (2016).

From Little Rock, Arkansas. First feature Shotgun Stories (2007). Frequently directs and writes his own scripts; films often set in the American South and noted for patient pacing and character focus.

DeBaser's reviews praise Jeff Nichols for intimate, carefully observed, character-driven films rooted in the American South. Critics highlight his visual style, patient pacing, and humane portrayals of ordinary people. Key films discussed here are Take Shelter, Mud and Loving.

For:Fans of intimate, character-driven independent drama and films set in the American South.

 A film to be seen and savored in every minute detail.

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 Knowing how to portray ordinary people is not a given at all.

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 Mud is a real film because it speaks of this and of those feelings we are now afraid to communicate.

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