Michael P. Nash

[1] Nash has directed the films Climate Refugees, Fuel, Nebraska, Playground of the Native Son, Saving the Roar, and Captain Counter Culture for which he has won several domestic and international awards.

[1] Born in Chicago, Illinois, Nash moved to Hutchinson Island at the age of 16, where he attended John Carroll High School.

[4][5] He spent his early years in Fort Pierce and Vero Beach before living in Atlanta, New York City, and Los Angeles.

[4][5] Growing up near the Indian River Lagoon, a biodiverse estuary in the United States, Nash developed an interest in environmental themes which was reflected in his 2010 documentary Climate Refugees.

[12][13] It chronicles the story of The Hominy Indians, an all-Native American football team from Osage Nations, Oklahoma, who defied racial segregation and discrimination in the 1920s to challenge the New York Giants, the reigning World Champions, in 1927.