Tyler Nilson, Michael Schwartz

Tyler Nilson is an American filmmaker from North Carolina. In addition to being an award-winning director, he has written, produced and acted in several short and feature-length films. Michael Schwartz is a documentary filmmaker who teamed up with Nilson in 2014 to co-write and co-direct The Moped Diaries. In 2019, the pair collaborated again on The Peanut Butter Falcon, which has won countless Film Critics and Festival awards, including SXSW (South by Southwest Film Festival).