Nichols has had a long career in film, television and theater as an actor. You may recognize him as the dude with the eye patch from Days of Our Lives. He has also directed for both stage and screen. He wrote, directed and edited the short film, Get the Dime, starring Daniel Bess, Emily Bergl and Robert Picardo. Get the Dime, a stirring drama, tells the story of a callous young actor’s life-changing experience researching a role as a transgender woman. Get the Dime was an official selection at the prestigious Palm Springs International Festival of Short Films and others. Nichols also directed I See, starring Ptolemy Slocum and Julie Pinson about an NSA-obsessed paranoiac and the effect it has on his marriage, as well as a satire of our surveillance state. Upcoming, Nichols will direct the feature-length supernatural thriller, Medulla, inspired by true events.