FILM DIRECTOR

Neil LaBute

1963 - Today

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Neil N. LaBute (born March 19, 1963) is an American playwright, film director, and screenwriter. He is best known for a play that he wrote and later adapted for film, In the Company of Men (1997), which won awards from the Sundance Film Festival, the Independent Spirit Awards, and the New York Film Critics Circle. He wrote and directed the films Your Friends & Neighbors (1998), Possession (2002) (based on the A. S. Byatt novel), The Shape of Things (2003) (based on his play of the same name), The Wicker Man (2006), Some Velvet Morning (2013), and Dirty Weekend (2015). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Neil LaBute has received more than 803,371 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Neil LaBute is the 1,819th most popular film director (down from 1,649th in 2019), the 14,502nd most popular biography from United States (down from 13,230th in 2019) and the 543rd most popular American Film Director.

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  • 16

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  • 2.54

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  • 3.04

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Neil LaBute ranks 1,819 out of 2,041. Before him are Thomas Langmann, Rob Bowman, Claudio Miranda, Tommy Wirkola, Sebastian Schipper, and Paul Weitz. After him are Andrei Kravchuk, Ben Wheatley, Kelly Asbury, Jan Hřebejk, Oren Peli, and Naoko Yamada.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1963, Neil LaBute ranks 752. Before him are Mimoza Ahmeti, Nigel Winterburn, Beverley Craven, Dan Povenmire, Donna Williams, and Bernardo Redín. After him are Ines Geissler, Silvio Martinello, Sonia Pierre, Monica Frassoni, Chris Ferguson, and Scott Westerfeld.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Neil LaBute ranks 14,502 out of 20,380. Before him are Chris Pitman (1961), Andrew J. Feustel (1965), JC Chasez (1976), Troy Aikman (1966), William Joyce (1959), and Constance Moore (1920). After him are Charles Winninger (1884), Lisa Robin Kelly (1970), Katie Morgan (1980), Mike Watt (1957), Lonnie Mack (1941), and Brad Paisley (1972).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In United States

Among film directors born in United States, Neil LaBute ranks 543. Before him are Jeff Nathanson (1965), David Gordon Green (1975), Ti West (1980), Dan Povenmire (1963), Rob Bowman (1960), and Paul Weitz (1965). After him are Kelly Asbury (1960), Gavin O'Connor (1963), Kimberly Peirce (1967), Mark Waters (1964), Douglas McGrath (1958), and Michael Cuesta (1963).

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Filmography

The Wicker Man
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A sheriff investigating the disappearance of a young girl from a small island discovers there's a larger mystery to solve among the island's secretive, neo-pagan community.
Aug 31o 20064.3 / 10
Van Helsing
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Vanessa Helsing, the daughter of famous vampire hunter and Dracula nemesis Abraham Van Helsing is resurrected five years in the future to find out that vampires have taken over the world and that she possesses unique power over them. She is humanity’s last hope to lead an offensive to take back what has been lost.
7.062 / 10
The I-Land
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Wiped clean of memories and thrown together, a group of strangers fight to survive harsh realities -- and the island that traps them.
5.556 / 10