Peter Nicks is an Emmy Award winning shooter/director known for his courageous cinema vérité style. He directed/produced The Waiting Room, which was released theatrically in 2012 to critical acclaim and won numerous awards including the Truer Than Fiction Independent Spirit award. Nicks is a 2015 United States Artist Fellow in the midst of his trilogy of timely, immersive films exploring the interconnected narratives of health care, criminal justice and education in Oakland, CA.

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Film

The Waiting Room

Program Affiliation

Documentary Lab

Cohort Year

2015-2016

Website

http://www.pbs.org/independentlens/films/waiting-room/