Stephen Lee Naish is a British/Canadian writer and author of several books of nonfiction including Create or Die: Essays on the Artistry of Dennis Hopper (2016, Routledge), Deconstructing Dirty Dancing (2017, Zero Books), Music and Sound in the Films of Dennis Hopper (2024, Routledge), Screen Captures (2026, Lever Press), Post-Catastrophe Film: Cinematic Visions in the Aftermath of Disaster (2026, Intellect), and Point Break: Minute by Minute (2026, Bloomsbury).
His writing has appeared in Aquarium Drunkard, Film International, Culture Matters, The Quietus, Cineaction, and Dirty Movies. He lives in Kingston, Ontario, Canada.