Andrew Neel
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Andrew Neel | |
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| Born | |
| Education | Columbia University (BA) |
| Alma mater | Northfield Mount Hermon School |
| Occupation | Filmmaker |
| Notable work | Darkon, New World Order, King Kelly |
| Relatives | Elizabeth Neel (sister) Alice Neel (grandmother) |
Andrew Neel is an American filmmaker, known as the creator of the films Darkon, New World Order and King Kelly.
Early life
[edit]Andrew Neel was born in Vermont in 1978. He is the grandson of the visual artist Alice Neel and his sister is artist Elizabeth Neel.[1][2] He attended Northfield Mount Hermon high school in Massachusetts, where he lived in the C-1 dorm with Nick Vida, and was a member of the student disciplinary committee.[3]
Career
[edit]Neel founded SeeThink Films with Ethan Palmer, Luke Meyer and Tom Davis in 2001 after graduating from Columbia College with a BA in film studies. He has directed six feature-length films: Darkon, Alice Neel, The Feature, New World Order, King Kelly, and Goat.
Awards
[edit]Neel's first film, Darkon, won the Audience Award at the South by Southwest Film Festival and was acquired by IFCtv. The film was optioned for narrative fiction re-make by Paramount via Plan B Entertainment, which was to be written by John Hodgman.[4][5] Neel's second film, Alice Neel, was acquired by Art House Films and is currently airing on the Sundance Channel. It won the Audience Award at the Newport Beach Film Festival. His third film, The Feature, premiered at the Berlin International Film Festival in 2008 and won the New Visions Award at the Copenhagen International Documentary Festival. It screened at MOMA in 2009. Also that year, Neel co-directed New World Order (2009) which was produced by IFCtv. In 2012 Neel directed his first feature narrative film, King Kelly and produced Stand Clear of the Closing Doors (2013).
Filmography as director
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Cascone, Sarah (23 August 2021). "Elizabeth Neel Grew Up Painting With Her Famous Grandmother. Now, Her New Abstractions Are Getting Attention in New York and London". Artnet News. Archived from the original on 30 March 2023. Retrieved 16 October 2023.
- ^ "Film". Alice Neel. Retrieved 2021-06-25.
- ^ "NMH Magazine 2015 Spring". Issuu. Retrieved 2021-06-25.
- ^ Andrew Neel. "ANDREW NEEL ‹ mssngpeces.com". m ss ng p eces. Archived from the original on 2013-07-31. Retrieved 2013-08-15.
- ^ Julia Smith (14 August 2013). "Judge John Hodgman Episode 122: Reckless Endungeonment". Maximum Fun. Retrieved 2013-08-15.
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