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Michael Beach Nichols
Director, Producer, Writer, Editor, Actor, Additional Credits
Michael Beach Nichols is an Emmy-nominated filmmaker based in NYC. His most recent project, a four-part true crime docuseries for ABC News / Hulu called Mr & Mrs Murder, came out in July 2025. It quickly became one of ABC News' most popular docuseries ever, even earning accolades from the GOAT Steven Spielberg. Before that, he directed Perfect Wife: The Mysterious Disappearance of Sherri Papini (2024), crowned Hulu’s most-watched docuseries ever with 3.6 million views in its first week. Previously, he partnered with Oscar-winning Topic Studios and Magnet for the genre-bending and proudly polarizing horror/comedy Wrinkles the Clown (2019). His universally acclaimed breakthrough feature documentary, Welcome to Leith (2015), received an Emmy nomination for Best Documentary after bowing at Sundance and SXSW. His debut feature Flex Is Kings (2013) was a smash hit at the Tribeca Film Festival. He is the co-founder of No Weather, a filmmaking collaborative based in New York.
Michael Beach Nichols Filmography
| 2025 | Mr. & Mrs. Murder (2025) (TV Series) |
| 2024 | |
| 2019 | |
| 2015 | |
| 2013 | |
| 2011 | Op-Docs (TV Series) |
| 1999 | Independent Lens (TV Series) |
| 2025 | Mr. & Mrs. Murder (2025) (TV Series) · as Executive Producer |
| 2024 | |
| 2017 | Monkey Business: The Adventures of Curious George's Creators · as Consulting Producer |
| 2017 | |
| 2015 | |
| 2013 | |
| 2011 | Op-Docs (TV Series) |
| 2009 | Brick City (TV Series) · as Associate Producer |
| 1999 | Independent Lens (TV Series) |
| 2019 | |
| 2015 | |
| 1999 | Independent Lens (TV Series) |
| 2015 | |
| 1999 | Independent Lens (TV Series) |
| 2017 | Hollywood First Look Features (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2002 | Last Call with Carson Daly (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1988 | The Watch House (TV Series) · as Timmo |
| 2024 | I'm Not a Monster: The Lois Riess Murders (TV Series) · as Director Of Photography |
| 2023 | Last Call: When a Serial Killer Stalked Queer New York (TV Series) · as Director Of Photography |
| 2021 | Pride (2021) (TV Series) · as Cinematographer |
| 2019 | Wrinkles the Clown · as Cinematographer |
| 2017 | Getting Naked: A Burlesque Story · as Cinematographer |
| 2017 | Susanne Bartsch: On Top · as Director Of Photography |
| 2015 | Welcome to Leith · as Director Of Photography |
| 2013 | Flex Is Kings · as Cinematographer |
| 2011 | Op-Docs (TV Series) · as Cinematographer |
| 1999 | Independent Lens (TV Series) · as Cinematographer |