Niels Mueller is a renowned writer and director, hailing from Milwaukee, Wisconsin, with a remarkable career spanning multiple award-winning films that have premiered at the most prestigious film festivals worldwide and garnered significant box office success. His collaborative work on Tadpole, which features Sigourney Weaver and Aaron Stanford, made its debut at the Sundance Film Festival. The protagonist of his screenplay, as described by Stephen Holden of The New York Times, bears a striking resemblance to J.D. Salinger's iconic character Holden Caulfield, as depicted on the big screen.
The Assassination of Richard Nixon, a film co-written and directed by Niels, received its world premiere at the Cannes Film Festival, followed by its North American debut at the Toronto International Film Festival. The film was subsequently sought after by numerous film festivals and distributors globally. David Denby of The New Yorker praised the movie, stating that it comes close to iconic American works of disillusion, such as Arthur Miller's "Death of a Salesman" and Saul Bellow's "Seize the Day".
Niels has also contributed to the development of several successful studio films, including the final production draft of 13 going on 30, starring Jennifer Garner and Mark Ruffalo, as well as Letters to Juliet, featuring Vanessa Redgrave and Amanda Seyfried. Furthermore, he is an accomplished show-creator, writer, and producer of network television, having worked on the CBS series The Defenders, starring Jim Belushi and Jerry O'Connell. Additionally, Niels received the German Federal Film Fund's highest grant award for his original screenplay, A Letter For Matschek.
