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Peter Nicks

Peter Nicks

Director, producer, cinematographer and writer

Sundance award winner · Independent Spirit Award winner

Peter Nicks is an Emmy Award-winning filmmaker, best known for Homeroom (2021), The Force (2017), and The Waiting Room (2012).

Biography from TMDB.

Works as
Director, producer, cinematographer and writer
Titles
6 on MovieCove · 8 credits in all

What are Peter Nicks' films like?

Across their 6 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Society and Self.

What they feel like to watch

their average across 4 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category

A split, not a type: Light 2 · Serious 0 · Dark 2

Grounded 4 · Stylized 0 · Heightened 0

Gentle 3 · Charged 1 · Intense 0

Steady 4 · Shifting 0 · Whiplash 0

Straight-faced 4 · Some laughs 0 · Funny 0

Slow burn 4 · Even-paced 0 · Relentless 0

Casual 1 · Engaged 2 · Full focus 1

Resolved 3 · Open-ended 0 · Ambiguous 1

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Hopeful
4
Contemplative
4
Tense
3
Warm
2
Dread
1
Other
4

How their films end

  • Happy1
  • Bittersweet2
  • Ambiguous3

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Peter Nicks' films?

As of October 24, 2026, all 6 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Hulu (3).

Subscription and free streaming for Peter Nicks' titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

8 credits, 6 with a MovieCove page.

  • Hurricane Katrina: Race Against Time(2025)

    Show 5 episodes · Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all shows
  • Stephen Curry: Underrated(2023)

    Director · Producer

    Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all films
  • Anthem(2023)

    Director · Producer

    Midcredits score: 4th percentile of all films
  • Voices Rising: The Music of Wakanda Forever(2023)

    Show 3 episodes · Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 17th percentile of all shows
  • Homeroom(2021)

    Director · Producer · Story

    Midcredits score: 35th percentile of all films
  • The Force(2017)

    Director · Cinematographer · Producer · Writer

    Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all films
  • The Waiting Room (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

    Director

  • Danny and the Scatman (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)

    Director

Career shape

A full career of 8 titles from 1999 to 2025.

By role

only this rolewith another role
Directing6 of 8: 2 only directing, 4 with another roleWriting1 of 8: 0 only writing, 1 with another roleProducing5 of 8: 2 only producing, 3 with another role · typical Midcredits score35thCinematography1 of 8: 0 only cinematography, 1 with another role

8 titles, 4 with more than one role — directing and producing overlap on 3 of them.

By decade

1990s1 · crew2010s2 · crew2020s5 · crew

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.

Awards

2 major awards from 6 major nominations, 2013–2026.

WinNomination
  1. 2026
    • Independent Spirit Award, nominated · Best New Non-Scripted or Documentary Series
  2. 2021
    • Sundance award, nominated · Documentary
  3. 2017
    • Sundance award, won · Documentary
    • Sundance award, nominated · Documentary
  4. 2013
    • Independent Spirit Award, won
    • Independent Spirit Award, nominated · Best Documentary

Major bodies only: the Oscars, Primetime Emmys, Golden Globes, BAFTAs and Screen Actors Guild Awards are named; Cannes, Venice, the Berlinale, Sundance, the directors', writers' and producers' guilds, the Grammys, Critics Choice and the Independent Spirit Awards count as other major bodies. Festival and regional prizes are not counted. Source: IMDb.

How do Peter Nicks' films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 53rd percentile, the median of all 4; across a limited sample of 4 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 58th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

58thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 4

Approval · how many liked their films

47thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 4

Reach · how many have seen their films

51stpercentile
Typical film, the median of 4

Midcredits score across 6 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up2
  • 50th to 74th1
  • 25th to 49th1
  • Below 25th2

Reviewers score the atmosphere 68/100 and the pacing 60/100 in their films, across 3 reviewed titles. The element that speaks to their work as a director.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Who does Peter Nicks work with?

People who share at least 2 of Peter Nicks' MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Ryan Coogler shares the most, 5.

Cinematographers and editors

Producers