# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jeff-nichols
# Generated: 2026-08-13T20:41:34.478Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jeff-nichols"
name: "Jeff Nichols"
slug: "jeff-nichols"
description: "Jeffrey Ryan Nichols is an American filmmaker, director, screenwriter, and producer. His films are characterized by their Southern United States backdrop and Americana ambience, slice-of-life depictions of rural and working class characters and the study of their struggles, American masculinity, and the cultural clash between traditionalism and modernism. He is also known for his longstanding collaboration with actor Michael Shannon, who has appeared in all of his feature films to date."
tagline: "American film director"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jeff_Nichols_in_2017.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1978-12-07"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           53.27
  momentum:             0
  historical:           18.88440533333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2158772/"
    handle:    "nm2158772"
sources:
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    title: "جيف نيكولز"
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    title: "Jeff Nichols"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeff_Nichols"
    title: "Jeff Nichols"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Jeff Nichols"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Jeff Nichols"
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    title: "Ջեֆ Նիկոլս"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Jeff Nichols"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Jeff Nichols"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Jeff Nichols"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "جیف نکولس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2080096"
    title: "Jeff Nichols"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump