Peter Nicks is an Emmy Award–winning director known for his courageous cinema vérité style. He directed and produced The Waiting Room, which was released theatrically in 2012 to critical acclaim and won numerous awards, including the Truer Than Fiction Film 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.
Sundance Film Festival