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Riegel was nominated for an Independent Spirit Award for Best First Feature 2021 for her debut film, Holler. She won a National Board of Review Award for Top 10 Independent Films 2021. Filmmaker Magazine named her one of their 25 New Faces of Independent Film in 2014. [3] [9] In 2020, Variety named her one of 10 Directors to Watch.
Jul 12, 2024 · It’s fair to say that Nicole Riegel leaves the house with film and music on her body. Wherever she goes she takes a 16mm film camera with her – a gift from her husband who bought it for her...
Apr 6, 2021 · My husband died by suicide two years ago this past January. After two years, I hear all sorts of well-meaning comments from friends and family. They say I’m “strong,” and, “doing well.”
Jun 11, 2021 · Don’t Leave A Stranger: Nicole Riegel and Jessica Barden on Holler. Isaac Feldberg. June 11, 2021. 12 min read. In coming-of-age drama “Holler,” a young woman named Ruth (Jessica Barden) struggles to escape her economically ravaged hometown of Jackson, Ohio, where dead ends are piling up. With older brother Blaze (Gus Halper) preoccupied ...
Feb 19, 2020 · Nicole Riegel: My film is a semi-autobiographical story about how difficult it was to transcend where I came from as a young woman, both practically and emotionally. I believe the personal is political, and today there is a national spotlight on those who feel left behind in places like my hometown in Southeast Ohio.
Jun 11, 2021 · Nicole Riegel’s debut feature “Holler,” about a young woman who becomes a scrapper, is a film to treasure—an intimate drama about family and work, steeped in details that can only have been captured by a storyteller who lived them.
Jun 6, 2021 · NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro speaks to Nicole Riegel, writer and director of Holler, inspired by her own story growing up in Appalachia.
