Biography
TROY NIXEY is well known as an illustrator/writer of comic books. Notable comics include Batman: The Doom that Came to Gotham, Batman: The Gasworks, It‘s Only the End of the World Again, Grendel: Black, White and Red and Bacon. Nixey also co-created the comic mini-series Jenny Finn and the critically acclaimed comic Trout.
His comic book background has been perfect for Nixey‘s transition into a director of genre films, allowing Nixey to bring his unique design sense and storytelling ability to Don‘t Be Afraid of the Dark and other projects.
Nixey‘s comic book Trout was optioned by Phoenix Pictures, with Nixey helping to produce. Trout is a story about a boy living in a world where nightmares can come to life and dreams can be stolen with ease and evil can take on an unassuming innocence.
In 2007, Nixey‘s short film Latchkey‘s Lament was screened at the Toronto International Film Festival. Latchkey‘s Lament is an elegant and dynamic blend of live action and computer-generated animation that won critical acclaim at TIFF. It was this short film that attracted Guillermo del Toro to Nixey and created industry buzz about Nixey‘s first feature Don‘t Be Afraid of the Dark.
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Director
| Movies | |
|---|---|
| 2010 |
Don't Be Afraid of the Dark |
| Short | |
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| 2007 |
Latchkey's Lament |