Izzy Lee is an American filmmaker and writer, known for her short films ''Re-Home'' (2019), ''The Obliteration of the Chickens'' (2019), ''My Monster'' (2018), and ''

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'', which she produced through her company Nihil Noctem. She has written for multiple outlets such as ''Birth.Movies.Death'', '' Rue Morgue'', '' TwitchFilm'', and ''

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'' and has also helped program and curate film festivals like the Boston Underground and the Boston Sci-Fi Fest. Lee began showing an interest in horror in kindergarten and later attended the

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, where she received a BFA in illustration. She initially started as an actor and writer, but branched out into filmmaking in order to "see if I could do it". Lee started her filmmaking career in Massachusetts, where she was featured on WCVB Channel 5’s news show, Chronicle. in 2021. Lee has gained a following leading up to articles which shine a light on her talent as an up-and-coming director, such as "one of 10 female horror directors Blumhouse should hire" from ''

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'', as well as from author and film festival programmer Alexandra Heller-Nicholas, who stated that "...Izzy Lee... is going to be massive once she gets the break that she deserves" in

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. Lee often works with socio-political themes in horror and thrillers, as well as cult or weird genres. Lee's first short film, ''Legitimate'', was released in 2013 and was partially inspired by Representative

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's comments about "legitimate" rape. The following year, Lee directed a trailer, ''Come Out and Play'', for Christopher Golden's 2014 novel ''Snowblind''. In 2015 Lee released ''Innsmouth'', which was inspired by the works of H. P. Lovecraft, particularly ''

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''. The short received some media attention for Lee's choice to feature a predominantly female cast, which she did in order to "make ovecraftroll over in his grave a little by having the cast 98% female and switching the gender roles.” Her short film ''Re-Home'' (2019) started as a reaction to the promise of a wall built between the United States and Mexico. Lee has also tackled abuse within the Catholic Church with ''Rites of Vengeance'' (2017) and revenge porn with ''For A Good Time, Call...'' (2017). In 2023, her short film, Meat Friend starring Marnie McKendry (daughter of fellow horror filmmakers Rebekah and David McKendry), Megan Duffy, and Steve Johanson, was nominated for Best Short by Fangoria for their annual Chainsaw Awards. The filmmaker often casts other directors in her short films, such as: Gigi Saul Guerrero in ''Re-Home'';

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and ''

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'' director,

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in ''My Monster''; Silvia Graziano and '' The Ranger'' producer Heather Buckley in ''Rites of Vengeance''; and

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in ''

''. The author Bracken MacLeod provided the voiceover for the experimental, Werner Herzog-influenced ''The Obliteration of the Chickens'' (2019), while Lee herself narrated ''Disco Graveyard'' (2020).

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