Peter Nicks is an American filmmaker.
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 2017 he released The Force, a documentary about reform measures at the Oakland Police Department.[4]
In January 2021 the third in his planned trilogy about Oakland public institutions, Homeroom, received its world premiere at the online Sundance Film Festival.[4] 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.[5]
Nicks is a filmmaker for The Civil Rights Cold Case Project of the Center for Investigative Reporting.[6][7]
References
- ^ 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.
- ^ AIR:Blame Somebody Else Archived 2013-02-21 at archive.today. Actual Films. Retrieved 2012-07-19.
- ^ LaSalle, Mick (December 27, 2012). "Mick LaSalle's top 10 movies for 2012". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved 16 August 2021.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Bugbee, Teo (August 12, 2021). "'Homeroom' Review: Salutations for the Class of 2020". The New York Times. Retrieved 16 August 2021.
- ^ Pete Nicks, The Team. The Civil Rights Cold Case Project. Retrieved 2012-07-19.
- ^ Pete Nicks. LinkedIn. Retrieved 2012-07-19.
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