Jeff Nichols

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