Ian Nathan is an author, presenter and filmmaker based in London. He makes his debut as writer-director with Aliens Expanded, the definitive documentary on the perfect sequel. He has written over twenty books, including Alien Vault, Anything You Can Imagine: Peter Jackson and the Making of Middle-Earth, Stephen King At the Movies, Ridley Scott: A Retrospective, Wes Anderson: The Iconic Filmmaker and His Work, James Cameron: A Retrospective, and The Legend of Mad Max. His next book, Steven Spielberg: The Iconic Filmmaker and His Work, will be published in October 2024. He is the former editor and executive editor of Empire, still one of the world’s biggest movie magazines. He has also contributed to The Times, Times Radio, The Independent, The Radio Times, and Cahiers Du Cinema. And is the writer-presenter of the Classic Movies series on the UK’s Sky Arts channel.