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Jeff Nichols | Writer/Director "I believe that any time we can be reminded of the elegance and the simple beauty of love, it’s a good thing.”

JEFF NICHOLS (Director/Writer) previously wrote and directed the internationally acclaimed features Shotgun Stories, Take Shelter, Mud, and Midnight Special.

Shotgun Stories earned an Independent Spirit Award nomination; the Grand Jury Prize at the Seattle and Austin Film Festivals; and the International Jury Prize at the 2007 Venice International Film Festival.

Following a 2011 Sundance Film Festival premiere, Take Shelter took multiple honors at the Cannes International Film Festival, including the Critics Week Grand Prize; it was later nominated for five Independent Spirit Awards.

Mr. Nichols was again a Spirit Award nominee for his direction of the 2013 release Mud, which world-premiered at the Cannes International Film Festival and became one of the highest-grossing independent films of the year. The cast of Mud shared the Spirits’ Robert Altman Award.

In February 2016, Midnight Special world-premiered at the Berlin International Film Festival.

Born and raised in Little Rock, Arkansas, Mr. Nichols is a graduate of the North Carolina School of the Arts’ School of Filmmaking. He currently resides in Austin, Texas.

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Video | Clip: "Tell The Judge I Love My Wife"

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LOVING: A Landmark Film

THE NEW YORKER

news | Ruth Negga on the Cover of Vogue

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THE WASHINGTON POST

news | Ruth Negga's "Best Worst Jokes" with...

Video | Featurette: "This Is Loving"

Photo | GQ: "The Understated Brilliance of Joel...

news | Variety Features Loving in their "Directors on Directors"...

Video | Clip: "Civil Rights"

news | The Los Angeles Times Asks Joel Edgerton to...

news | The Washington Post Lauds the "brilliant simplicity of...

Video | Clip: "You Nervous?"

Video | Joel Edgerton and Ruth Negga Talk With Dave Poland

news | Parade.com Looks at the Costume Design of Loving

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Both Edgerton and Negga are beyond extraordinary.

DENNIS DERMODY

PAPER MAGAZINE

news | Ann Hornaday of The Washington Post Asks "Can cultural appropriation...

news | Ruth Negga Profile on Vibe.com

news | CBS News Reports on the True Story of Mildred and...

news | Nichols, Edgerton and Kroll with AOL BUILD

news | Joel Edgerton in GQ Australia

news | Ruth Negga and The Los Angeles Times' "The...

news | Jeff Nichols New York Times Feature

Video | Clip: "Chevy or Ford"

news | "Ruth Negga gives what is easily one of the best onscreen performances of the year. Period."

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Joel Edgerton as Richard and Ruth Negga as Mildred give performances that will be talked about for years.

PETER TRAVERS

ROLLING STONE

news | Ruth Negga and Jeff Nichols with GQ

news | Nichols, Negga and Kroll on Charlie Rose

news | Ruth Negga on The Actor's Side with Pete Hammond

social | Happy/Sad/Confused with Ruth Negga

news | "The Loving Legacy"

news | Loving: Real Talk with the NY Times

news | Joel Edgerton x InStyle

news | Ruth Negga: "Labor of Loving" Profile on Yahoo!

news | Jeff Nichols x Vice

news | Jeff Nichols Talks with Fast Company

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LOVING is a quietly radical movie.

ANN HORNADAY

THE WASHINGTON POST

news | Ruth and Joel on The Today Show

news | Ruth Negga Visits The Tonight Show with Jimmy...

news | Jeff Nichols Q+A with Deadline Hollywood

news | IndieWire Profiles DP Adam Stone

news | Jeff Nichols SHOOT Profile

news | "Loving," A Landmark Film

news | Loving Costume Designer Erin Benauch x Fashionista

Video | Entertainment Weekly Interview

Video | Jeff Nichols and Terri Abney Interviews

news | Ruth Negga on MSNBC

news | Joel and Ruth Play "First, Best, Worst, Last" with The Hollywood...

news | Loving Director Jeff Nichols on KCRW's The Treatment

Video | Ruth Negga and Joel Edgerton Shoot the Cover of The Hollywood...

news | "How Interracial Romance LOVING Became the Most Relevant Movie This...

news | Jeff Nichols Shows Love to Key Crew

news | Ruth and Joel in Vogue

news | Ruth Negga - "One to Watch"

Video | "Your Voice Matters" TV Spot

Video | Official Trailer: Loving

social | Loving Honored at the National Museum of African...

news | Q&A with Jeff, Ruth and Joel in...

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Timely and Timeless.

STEPHANIE ZACHAREK

TIME MAGAZINE

Video | Clip: "Will You Marry Me?"

social | How Will You Stand Up For Love?

Photo | The Los Angeles Times looks at how the Lovings'...

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Edgerton gives his best performance yet.

ERIN WHITNEY

SCREEN CRUSH

social | #VoteLoving

Photo | "The Crime of Being Married": Life Magazine sent Grey Villet [Michael Shannon] to the home of Richard and Mildred Loving. His work would anchor a multi-page piece that introduced the Lovings’ case to the world.

Photo | Something Rare: "[T]heir love for each other just seemed such a...

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Undeniably great.

NICOLE SANDS

PEOPLE

Photo | A Proposal: Long before the Supreme Court would hear their plea as Loving v. Virginia, Richard Perry Loving asked Mildred Delores Jeter to be his wife. Her decision and their resolve would prove a defining moment in US History.

Video | Interview From Cannes

Photo | Love has always, and will always, change the...

“Jeff’s script is so beautifully written. This is a story that gets into your heart and touches deep wells of feeling. ”

JOEL EDGERTON

ON JEFF NICHOLS' SCRIPT

Photo | A Simple Wish: "We have thought about other people, but we are not...

news | Loving TIFF Premiere

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Ruth Negga truly shines in a breakout performance.

ADAM CHITWOOD

COLLIDER

bio | Joel Edgerton is Richard Loving "They just wanted to love each other and have the right to love each other. And so the movie’s a love story first."

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In so very many ways LOVING is a masterpiece, full stop.

JASON GORBER

SCREENANARCHY.COM

bio | Ruth Negga as Mildred Loving "People who are worried that no one will listen to them or that they don't have a voice, it just goes to show: everyone has a voice and everyone has the potential to change laws."

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Ruth Negga: remember the name. It's been a long time since an actor/actress has me so unapologetically in the bag. This woman is something special...

VICTOR STIFF

FILM SCHOOL REJECTS

Photo | Uncommon Common Folk: Richard and Mildred Loving came from humble roots and likely could never imagined how they could make an impact for Civil Rights.

bio | Michael Shannon as Grey Villet

Photo | Sidney: The first of Richard and Mildred’s three children, Sidney Loving.

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They weren’t martyrs, and didn’t want to be. They weren’t symbols, and didn’t want to be. They were two people in love who wanted to be with each other and their family.

JEFF NICHOLS

WRITER/DIRECTOR