When you're a 34-year-old screenwriter and director, chances are you're doing something right when Sam Shepard says you've written one of the best scripts he's seen "in a long, long time" and agrees to appear in your independent film (alongside a couple of actors named Matthew McConaughey and Reese Witherspoon). When that film premiers at Cannes and draws rave reviews on both sides of the Atlantic . . . well, you know you're doing something right.
So who's behind all this? A modest man from Little Rock who insisted on filming his third film in Arkansas. His name is Jeff Nichols. We like him. So will you.
The Oxford American & SoLost got exclusive access to the set of his new film "Mud" and found out more about this talented filmmaker. Join us, won't you?
Producer / Director: Dave Anderson
Editing and Postproduction: Jonathan Childs
Motion Graphics: TJ McCoy
Additional Material from "The Making of Mud"
Producer: Andrew Epstein/Behind the Scene Productions
Editor: Eliza Bentley
Camera: Darius Shahmir
Thanks: Sarah Green, Jenny Lawson, Yael Melamede, Matthew Martin, Jill Penick, Olivia Holmes, Allison Bristol, NMSK Inc.
Executive Producer: Warwick Sabin
SoLost is an Oxford American production
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