Niels Mueller (born 1961) is an American film director, screenwriter,
and film producer. His directorial debut film, The Assassination of
Richard Nixon, screened at the 2004 Cannes Film Festival.Mueller was
born and raised in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and attended Tufts
University, where he earned a BA. While an undergraduate, he
collaborated with fellow-student Gary Winick on a number of
independent film projects. Mueller subsequently attended film school
at UCLA where he earned an MFA. His most notable work remains The
Assassination of Richard Nixon (2004), starring Sean Penn, which he
directed and also co-wrote with Kevin Kennedy. Other writing projects
include Tadpole (2002), which he co-wrote, 13 Going on 30 (2004),
although he lost an initial writing credit on this latter film in a
subsequent dispute arbitrated by the Writers Guild of America. A pilot
he wrote with Kevin Kennedy, The Defenders, was picked up by CBS
television for the Fall 2010 season. The series, starring James
Belushi and Jerry O'Connell, chronicled the adventures of two defense
attorneys in Las Vegas.
and film producer. His directorial debut film, The Assassination of
Richard Nixon, screened at the 2004 Cannes Film Festival.Mueller was
born and raised in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and attended Tufts
University, where he earned a BA. While an undergraduate, he
collaborated with fellow-student Gary Winick on a number of
independent film projects. Mueller subsequently attended film school
at UCLA where he earned an MFA. His most notable work remains The
Assassination of Richard Nixon (2004), starring Sean Penn, which he
directed and also co-wrote with Kevin Kennedy. Other writing projects
include Tadpole (2002), which he co-wrote, 13 Going on 30 (2004),
although he lost an initial writing credit on this latter film in a
subsequent dispute arbitrated by the Writers Guild of America. A pilot
he wrote with Kevin Kennedy, The Defenders, was picked up by CBS
television for the Fall 2010 season. The series, starring James
Belushi and Jerry O'Connell, chronicled the adventures of two defense
attorneys in Las Vegas.
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