Nomadland is a 2020 American drama film based on the 2017 nonfiction book Nomadland: Surviving America in the Twenty-First Century by Jessica Bruder. The film is written, produced, directed, and edited by Chloé Zhao, and stars Frances McDormand (who is also a producer on the film) as a vandwelling working nomad who leaves her hometown after her husband dies and the sole industry closes down, to be „houseless” and travel around the United States. David Strathairn also stars in a supporting role. A number of real-life nomads appear as fictionalized versions of themselves, including Linda May, Swankie, and Bob Wells.
CREDITS
Distributed by
Searchlight Pictures
Directed by
Chloé Zhao
Screenplay by
Chloé Zhao
Based on Nomadland: Surviving America in the Twenty-First Century
by Jessica Bruder
Produced by
Frances McDormand
Peter Spears
Mollye Asher
Dan Janvey
Chloé Zhao
Starling
Frances McDormand
David Strathairn
Linda May
Swankie
Cinematography
Joshua James Richards
Edited by
Chloé Zhao
Music by
Ludovico Einaudi
Production companies
Highwayman Films
Hear/Say Productions
Cor Cordium Productions