Hailing from Sioux Falls, South Dakota, Nick Simon is a filmmaker whose multicultural upbringing-rooted in his Syrian/Lebanese heritage-has shaped a distinctive voice in genre storytelling. He began his career shooting DIY music videos for local punk bands before moving to Los Angeles in 2006 to attend the American Film Institute, where he was mentored by horror legend Wes Craven. Simon's feature credits include The Pyramid (20th Century Fox), The Girl in the Photographs (which premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival), and Truth or Dare, a perennial Top 10 Halloween title on Netflix. He is the co-writer of an upcoming branch narrative project with Alexandre Aja for Paramount Pictures. In 2021, Simon directed Untitled Horror Movie, a critically acclaimed experiment in remote filmmaking shot entirely during the Covid-19 lockdown. His most recent projects include Entity Within, a supernatural horror film based on the true story behind The Entity case, starring Heather Graham and Mimi Rogers, and Coyote, a psychological thriller led by Justin Long and Kate Bosworth.
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Biography from IMDb.
- February 2, 1973 (53)
- Sioux Falls, South Dakota, U.S.
- Director, writer and producer
- 12 on MovieCove · 13 credits in all
What are Nick Simon's films like?
Across their 12 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Survival and Bonds.
Genres
Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 3 · Wry 1 · Earnest 8
A split, not a type: Light 4 · Serious 3 · Dark 5
A split, not a type: Grounded 7 · Stylized 4 · Heightened 1
Gentle 0 · Charged 5 · Intense 7
Steady 1 · Shifting 10 · Whiplash 1
Straight-faced 9 · Some laughs 1 · Funny 2
Slow burn 3 · Even-paced 6 · Relentless 3
A split, not a type: Casual 6 · Engaged 5 · Full focus 1
Easy watch 3 · Affecting 6 · Heavy 3
Resolved 10 · Open-ended 1 · Ambiguous 1
Moods and endings
- Happy2
- Bittersweet5
- Ambiguous5
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Nick Simon's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 9 of their 12 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.
Subscription and free streaming for Nick Simon's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
13 credits, 12 with a MovieCove page.
What Happened to Doris?(2026)
Midcredits score: 21st percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
Coyotes(2025)
Midcredits score: 8th percentile of all films
Untitled Horror Movie(2021)
Midcredits score: 17th percentile of all films
Karma(2018)
Midcredits score: 6th percentile of all films
Truth or Dare(2017)
Midcredits score: 13th percentile of all films
2 Lava 2 Lantula!(2016)
Midcredits score: 9th percentile of all films
Dam Sharks(2016)
Midcredits score: 6th percentile of all films
Shadows of the Dead(2016)
Midcredits score: 8th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 6th percentile of all films
The Pyramid(2014)
Midcredits score: 6th percentile of all films
Cold Comes the Night(2013)
Midcredits score: 24th percentile of all films
Removal(2010)
Midcredits score: 17th percentile of all filmsBuckets (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Career shape
A full career of 12 titles, 10 of them dated from 2010 to 2025.
Biggest box office
The Pyramid (2014)
Highest rated
Cold Comes the Night (2013)
Most popular right now
The Pyramid (2014)
Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.
How do Nick Simon's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 9th percentile, the median of all 12; across their 12 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 16th percentile for acclaim.
- Below 25th12
Shape of the crowd
9 of their 12 titles are Mixed.
- Universally Panned1
- Divisive1
- Broadly Agreed1
- Mixed9
Reviewers score the atmosphere 52/100 and the pacing 46/100 in their films, across 11 reviewed titles. The element that speaks to their work as a director.
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Is Nick Simon's work okay for kids?
Across a limited sample of up to 4 MovieCove titles with content scores.
Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted.
Who does Nick Simon work with?
People who share at least 2 of Nick Simon's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Kevin Duggin shares the most, 5.
Writers
- Daniel MeersandShared titles: Coyotes (2025), The Pyramid (2014), Removal (2010)See all 3 shared titles with Daniel Meersand
- Osgood PerkinsShared titles: The Girl in the Photographs (2015), Cold Comes the Night (2013), Removal (2010)See all 3 shared titles with Osgood Perkins
Actors
- Luke BainesShared titles: Untitled Horror Movie (2021), Truth or Dare (2017), The Girl in the Photographs (2015)See all 3 shared titles with Luke Baines
- Kal PennShared titles: Untitled Horror Movie (2021), The Girl in the Photographs (2015)See all 2 shared titles with Kal Penn
- Brytni SarpyShared titles: Karma (2018), Truth or Dare (2017)See all 2 shared titles with Brytni Sarpy
Composers, cinematographers and editors
- Kevin DugginShared titles: Untitled Horror Movie (2021), Karma (2018), Truth or Dare (2017), 2 Lava 2 Lantula! (2016), Removal (2010)See all 5 shared titles with Kevin Duggin
- Nima FakhraraShared titles: Untitled Horror Movie (2021), Truth or Dare (2017), The Girl in the Photographs (2015), The Pyramid (2014), Removal (2010)See all 5 shared titles with Nima Fakhrara
- Don MoneyShared titles: Untitled Horror Movie (2021), Karma (2018), Truth or Dare (2017), 2 Lava 2 Lantula! (2016)See all 4 shared titles with Don Money
Producers
- Paul HertzbergShared titles: Karma (2018), Truth or Dare (2017), 2 Lava 2 Lantula! (2016), Shadows of the Dead (2016)See all 4 shared titles with Paul Hertzberg
- German Michael TorresShared titles: What Happened to Doris? (2026), Karma (2018), Truth or Dare (2017)See all 3 shared titles with German Michael Torres
- Thomas MahoneyShared titles: Karma (2018), The Girl in the Photographs (2015), Removal (2010)See all 3 shared titles with Thomas Mahoney
- Lisa M. HansenShared titles: Truth or Dare (2017), 2 Lava 2 Lantula! (2016), Shadows of the Dead (2016)See all 3 shared titles with Lisa M. Hansen
Mixed roles
- Bronwyn CorneliusShared titles: Untitled Horror Movie (2021), Removal (2010)See all 2 shared titles with Bronwyn Cornelius
