Peter Nicks Director/Cinematographer, The Waiting Room

Peter Nicks is an Emmy Award-winning cinematographer/director known for his immersive camera work and cinema vérité style. He helmed the critically acclaimed feature documentary The Waiting Room, which won an Independent Spirit Award and was shortlisted for an Academy Award in 2012. The Force–the second in a trilogy of timely, immersive docs exploring the interconnected narratives of health care, criminal justice and education in Oakland, CA–won the 2017 Sundance Director’s Prize. Homeroom, the final film in the trilogy, will premiere at the 2021 Sundance Film Festival. Nicks is now in development on Anthem, a feature-length documentary exploring both the history and current life of The Star Spangled Banner. Nicks, a 2015 United States Artist Fellow, received his B.A. in English from Howard University and his masters in journalism from UC Berkeley.