Peter Nicks

American filmmaker

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Peter Olivera Nicks (born May 2, 1968) is an American film director, producer and writer. He began his career in television and served as co-producer and editor of the 2006 episode "Blame Somebody Else" of PBS series AIR: America's Investigative Reports. The episode received an Emmy Award in 2007 for Outstanding Feature Story in a News Magazine,[1] for its exposure of the pipeline of illegal labor human trafficking during the Iraq War.[2]

He directed the 2012 documentary film The Waiting Room. It follows the life and times of patients, doctors, and staff at Highland Hospital, a safety-net hospital in Oakland, California.[3]

In 2015, Nicks received a United States Artists (USA) fellowship.[4]

In 2017, he released The Force, a documentary about reform measures at the Oakland Police Department.[5]

In January 2021, the third in his planned trilogy about Oakland public institutions, Homeroom (2021 film), received its world premiere at the online Sundance Film Festival.[5] The film is a documentary following the Oakland High School class of 2020 through their senior year. The 2019-2020 year started normally, with students focusing on education as well as activism for social justice. But it took an unexpected turn when the Covid-19 pandemic forced the students into isolation, with virtual classes and no graduation ceremony.[6]

Nicks next directed Stephen Curry: Underrated, which premiered at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival.[7]

## References

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1. ^ 28th Annual News & Documentary Emmy Awards forArchived 2010-12-15 at the Wayback Machine. National Television Academy. Revised 11.21.07 Retrieved 2012-07-20.
2. ^ AIR:Blame Somebody Else Archived 2013-02-21 at archive.today. Actual Films. Retrieved 2012-07-19.
3. ^ LaSalle, Mick (December 27, 2012). "Mick LaSalle's top 10 movies for 2012". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved 16 August 2021.
4. ^ "United States Artists » Peter Nicks". Retrieved 2023-02-27.
5. ^ a b Myers, Randy (January 25, 2021). "Sundance 2021: two Bay Area films debut, steeped in tragedy". San Diego Mercury News. Retrieved 16 August 2021.
6. ^ Bugbee, Teo (August 12, 2021). "'Homeroom' Review: Salutations for the Class of 2020". The New York Times. Retrieved 16 August 2021.
7. ^ "Stephen Curry: Underrated | 2023 Sundance Film Festival". festival.sundance.org. Retrieved 2023-01-18.

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* Peter Nicks at IMDb
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