Movies by William Nicol

Perfect Cowboy
Two gay fathers of a straight country western singers, all living in a rural community and playing music together. Jimmy Poole gets out of prison and kicks his step-son Mark out of the family's band.

Sun Choke
Janie’s just trying to get well. As she recovers from a violent psychotic break, she’s subjected each day to a bizarre holistic health and wellness regimen designed, and enforced, by her lifelong nanny and caretaker. But when she develops an obsession with a stranger, Janie's buried demons begin to surface.

Beta
A young man builds an artificially intelligent woman to be his perfect companion only to find out she doesn't have feelings for him in return

Shells
A short film about our social behaviors, the complexity of emotion and, ultimately, the nature of being human. Two couples get together after some time. In the process of catching up, making dinner and eating, each member of the party touches in on their inner emotional states.