Nick Lyon

{{short description|American film director}}

{{Distinguish|Rick Lyon}}

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|name=Nick Lyon

|image=Nick Lyon by Gage Skidmore.jpg

|caption=Lyon at the 2022 WonderCon

|birth_date={{Birth date and age|1970|4|25|mf=y}}

|birth_place=Pocatello, Idaho, U.S.

|occupation=Film director, screenwriter

|years_active=

|children=Parker Lyon

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Nick Lyon (born April 25, 1970) is a Los Angeles–based film director and screenwriter. A native of Pocatello, Idaho, he spent nine years in Germany where he attended the renowned Film Academy Baden-Württemberg in Ludwigsburg, Germany.[https://archive.today/20120713190733/http://movies.nytimes.com/person/1337611/Nick-Lyon The New York Times]

In Germany, Lyon went on to direct Academy Award winner Maximilian Schell in I Love You, Baby, a thriller produced by Warner Bros. Lyon has since directed numerous international films and award-winning independent films. Lyon is the winner of the DGA Directors Award at Moondance, for his independent film Punk Love. His credits include Grendel and Annihilation Earth for NBC/Universal, Species: The Awakening for MGM and North Sea for RTL Germany.{{Citation needed|date=February 2023}}