A Hulu Original three-part documentary series (2024)
***Coming to ABC January 30, 2025***
With 3.6 million views in one week, PERFECT WIFE is Hulu's biggest docuseries ever
Keith and Sherri Papini’s seemingly idyllic family life is shattered when Sherri vanishes from their northern California neighborhood, triggering a frenzied search that becomes news around the world. With unprecedented access to Sherri’s family and friends - as well as the investigators who struggled for six years to solve the mystery of her disappearance - this limited documentary series intimately explores the jaw-dropping revelations of a relationship that wasn’t what it seemed.
Directed + Produced by MICHAEL BEACH NICHOLS
Edited + Produced by CHRISTOPHER K. WALKER + COLIN COSACK
Director of Photography HELKI FRANTZEN
Original Score by DAN DEACON
Executive Producers ERIN LEE CARR, ALLISON BERKLEY, ROB FORD, JOSEPH FREED
Story Producer MAGDA GORA
In Florida, parents can hire Wrinkles the Clown to scare their misbehaving children. (2019)
Streaming: Amazon Prime, Tubi
DVD now available at Official Website
MAGNET + TOPIC present a TOPIC STUDIOS production
in association with NO WEATHER + CRUSH PICTURES
Directed by MICHAEL BEACH NICHOLS
Produced by JENNIE BEDUSA, JON LULLO, BRENDAN WALTER, LOWELL SHAPIRO, MIKE DILL
Cinematography by MICHAEL BEACH NICHOLS
Edited by CHRISTOPHER K. WALKER
Original Score by T. GRIFFIN
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Seamlessly mixing past and present, the film explores how Susanne Bartsch has influenced NYC culture and trailblazed her own singular trajectory through motherhood and aging, while ultimately struggling to come to terms with her legacy. (2017)
Streaming: Tubi, Roku Channel
Directed by ANTHONY CARONNA and ALEX SMITH
Produced by MICHAEL BEACH NICHOLS and CHRISTOPHER K. WALKER
Cinematography by MICHAEL BEACH NICHOLS
Edited by TARYN GOULD
Original Score by LIAM FINN
Executive Produced by RUPAUL
Select Festivals: Hot Docs, Seattle International Film Festival, Provincetown International Film Festival, Newfest
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A white supremacist attempts to take over a small town in North Dakota. (2015)
EMMY nominated for Best Documentary - 2017
VOD: iTunes, Amazon, Youtube, Google Play
Directed + Produced by MICHAEL BEACH NICHOLS and CHRISTOPHER K. WALKER
Produced by JENNER FURST
Cinematography by MICHAEL BEACH NICHOLS
Edited by CHRISTOPHER K. WALKER
Producers: JOEY CAREY and JOSHUA WOLTERMANN
Original Score by T. GRIFFIN
WELCOME TO LEITH - a Portrait series by JOSHUA SIMPSON
US Broadcast: April 4th, 2016 PBS' Independent Lens
Select Festivals: Sundance, SXSW, Hot Docs, IDFA
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A visceral verite immersion - filmed over two years - into a wildly creative subculture of street dancers in Brooklyn, New York. The film is a celebration of DIY creativity as well as a meditation on the pursuit of a life in the arts. (2013)
Streaming: Tubi, Kanopy, Sundance Now
Directed + Produced by DEIDRE SCHOO and MICHAEL BEACH NICHOLS
Produced + Edited by CHRISTOPHER K. WALKER
Cinematography by DEIDRE SCHOO, MICHAEL BEACH NICHOLS, and RYAN HANCOCK
Original Score by TRANIMAL
Select Festivals: Tribeca Film Festival
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