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.

[1] 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.