About Nihil Noctem Films
Izzy Lee
Director, Writer, Producer
Named as one of A.V. Club's 10 female filmmakers to hire, Izzy Lee is a director and author on the rise.
Her feature directorial debut House of Ashes is on Tubi.
Lee has directed dozens of shorts and shadowed director Adam Egypt Mortimer on the SpectreVision film Archenemy. Several
of her short stories have found publication, including The Beginning in the filmmaker-written Haunted Reels anthology, curated by Rustic Film’s David Lawson, Jr. The psychological
and supernatural horror story, I Can See Your Lies, is her first book.
Lee’s award-winning films, including the Fangoria Chainsaw Award-nominated Meat Friend, have screened at major international genre festivals, such as Fantasia, Overlook, Morbido, FrightFest, Fantaspoa, Brooklyn Horror, and Chattanooga. Additionally, Lee earned six Certificates of Completion from Sundance Collab’s directing, producing, IP adaptation, and visual storytelling courses.
Steve Johanson
Writer, Producer, Actor
Johanson co-wrote and produced House of Ashes with Lee, their biggest creative collaboration to date.
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From EP to PA, Steve Johanson has worn a variety of crew hats on several award-winning independent shorts, almost exclusively with Nihil Noctem.
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He’s also appeared in front of the camera, with his biggest role as the titular antagonist in Lee’s acclaimed My Monster.
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After executive producing her poignant political thriller Re-Home, Johanson produced Lee’s triumphantly morbid Disco Graveyard before co-writing her sci-fi comedy Meat Friend. ​
Between film productions he’s a content designer, copywriter, and voiceover artist.
