Biography: Nate Ruegger is a writer & director of folk horror movies. Sharing a birthday with Edgar Allen Poe, Nate Ruegger was born into horror. His first memory was hiding behind his fingers while watching Ghostbusters. His bedtime stories were Scary Stories To Tell In The Dark. His family movie nights were Hitchcock double features. At an early age, he had the good fortune to work for Steven Spielberg - and after that, there was no turning back.