Peter Nicks is an American filmmaker. * Co-producer and editor. "Blame Somebody Else" (September 29, 2006), PBS series AIR: America's Investigative Reports. Emmy Award (Outstanding Feature Story in a News Magazine, 2007) for exposing the pipeline of illegal labor human trafficking during the Iraq War. * Filmmaker, director. The Civil Rights Cold Case Project of the Center for Investigative Reporting. * Director. The Waiting Room * Chief Storyteller and Founder of Open'hood, Inc.