Film director
Brother of Ben Nichols , lead singer of the band Lucero that contributed music for Jeffs debut feature, Shotgun Stories .
The lead female character in Nichols "Mud" is named "Juniper". This is also the title of a song written by his brother Bens band, Lucero. The song appears on their "Women and Work" LP.
Directed 1 actor to an Oscar nominated performance: Ruth Negga , who was nominated for Loving .
Frequently casts Michael Shannon.
We have a problem with dealing with race in our country. We have a problem with dealing with marriage equality and equality in general. These are complex, divisive issues in our society, and I think that the only way we further this conversation is to take them down to a very human scale.
It takes people being alone in front of the computer at three in the morning to write opinions about movies, apparently.
