Andrew Neel is an American
filmmaker
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, known as the creator of the films ''
Darkon'', ''
New World Order'' and ''
King Kelly
Michael Joseph "King" Kelly (December 31, 1857 – November 8, 1894), also commonly known as "$10,000 Kelly", was an American outfielder, catcher, and manager in various professional American baseball leagues including the National League, Inter ...
''.
Early life
Andrew Neel was born in
Vermont
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in 1978. He is the grandson of the visual artist
Alice Neel
Alice Neel (January 28, 1900 – October 13, 1984) was an American visual artist, who was known for her portraits depicting friends, family, lovers, poets, artists, and strangers. Her paintings have an expressionistic use of line and color, psyc ...
. He attended
Northfield Mount Hermon
Northfield Mount Hermon School, often called NMH, is a co-educational preparatory school in Gill, Massachusetts, in the United States. It is a member of the Eight Schools Association.
Present day
NMH offers nearly 200 courses, including AP and ...
high school in
, where he lived in the C-1 dorm with Nick Vida, and was a member of the student disciplinary committee.
Career
Neel founded
SeeThink Films
SeeThink Films is a Brooklyn-based film production company focusing on documentary and narrative feature films.
SeeThink Films founding members are filmmakers Tom Davis, Luke Meyer, Andrew Neel and Ethan Palmer.
Films
*''Goat'' dir. Andrew Neel ...
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
Alice Neel (January 28, 1900 – October 13, 1984) was an American visual artist, who was known for her portraits depicting friends, family, lovers, poets, artists, and strangers. Her paintings have an expressionistic use of line and color, psyc ...
'', ''
The Feature
''The Feature'' is a collaboration between filmmakers Michel Auder and Andrew Neel. Using a collection of videos that Auder had created over the previous 40 years, in combination with original present-day footage of Auder shot by Neel, the two f ...
'', ''
New World Order'', ''
King Kelly
Michael Joseph "King" Kelly (December 31, 1857 – November 8, 1894), also commonly known as "$10,000 Kelly", was an American outfielder, catcher, and manager in various professional American baseball leagues including the National League, Inter ...
'', and ''
Goat
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''.
Awards
Neel's first film, ''Darkon'', won the Audience Award at the
South by Southwest Film Festival
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and was acquired by
IFCtv. The film was optioned for narrative fiction re-make by
Paramount
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via
Plan B Entertainment
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, which was to be written by
John Hodgman
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.
Neel's second film, ''Alice Neel'', was acquired by Art House Films and is currently airing on the
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. It won the Audience Award at the
Newport Beach Film Festival
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. His third film, ''The Feature'', premiered at the
Berlin International Film Festival
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in 2008 and won the New Visions Award at the
Copenhagen International Documentary Festival
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. It screened at
MOMA
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; Ang ...
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
Michael Joseph "King" Kelly (December 31, 1857 – November 8, 1894), also commonly known as "$10,000 Kelly", was an American outfielder, catcher, and manager in various professional American baseball leagues including the National League, Inter ...
'' and produced ''
Stand Clear of the Closing Doors
''Stand Clear of the Closing Doors'' is a 2013 drama film directed by Sam Fleischner. The story is about an autistic child named Ricky who, after a particularly difficult day at school, escapes into the New York City Subway. It was shown in the m ...
'' (2013).
Filmography as director
* ''
Darkon''
* ''
Alice Neel
Alice Neel (January 28, 1900 – October 13, 1984) was an American visual artist, who was known for her portraits depicting friends, family, lovers, poets, artists, and strangers. Her paintings have an expressionistic use of line and color, psyc ...
''
* ''
The Feature
''The Feature'' is a collaboration between filmmakers Michel Auder and Andrew Neel. Using a collection of videos that Auder had created over the previous 40 years, in combination with original present-day footage of Auder shot by Neel, the two f ...
''
* ''
New World Order''
* ''
King Kelly
Michael Joseph "King" Kelly (December 31, 1857 – November 8, 1894), also commonly known as "$10,000 Kelly", was an American outfielder, catcher, and manager in various professional American baseball leagues including the National League, Inter ...
''
* ''
Goat
The goat or domestic goat (''Capra hircus'') is a domesticated species of goat-antelope typically kept as livestock. It was domesticated from the wild goat (''C. aegagrus'') of Southwest Asia and Eastern Europe. The goat is a member of the a ...
'' (2016)
References
External links
*
*
SeeThink Films website
American film directors
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
Columbia College (New York) alumni
Northfield Mount Hermon School alumni
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