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Neil LaBute

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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 which he wrote and later adapted for film, In the Company of Men (1997) winning 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). He directed the films Nurse Betty (2000), Lakeview Terrace (2008), and the American adaptation of Death at a Funeral (2010). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2024). Neil LaBute is the 1,926th most popular film director (down from 1,820th in 2024), the 15,671st most popular biography from United States (down from 14,508th in 2019) and the 565th most popular American Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Neil LaBute ranks 1,926 out of 2,041. Before him are Ryoo Seung-wan, Kevin Lima, Ilmar Raag, Chris Cunningham, Dagur Kári, and Danny Antonucci. After him are Shiori Itō, Dan Attias, Newton Thomas Sigel, Bernard Rose, Santosh Ram, and Alberto Rodríguez Librero.

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Among people born in 1963, Neil LaBute ranks 930. Before him are Vasyl Tsushko, Natalina Lupino, Björn Johansson, Sean Lock, Sergio Battistini, and Milan Šrejber. After him are Camelia Diaconescu, Mark Oliver Everett, Harri Eloranta, Hinrich Romeike, Fawzi Benkhalidi, and Detlef Hofmann.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Neil LaBute ranks 15,678 out of 20,380. Before him are Bill Bridges (1939), Dustin Diamond (1977), David Hayter (1969), Charles L. Bennett (1956), Amy Locane (1971), and Alexa Bliss (1991). After him are Penelope Milford (1948), Chuck Robb (1939), Damian Young (1961), Neil Strauss (1969), Gregory Porter (1971), and Colin Donnell (1982).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In United States

Among film directors born in United States, Neil LaBute ranks 565. Before him are Jeff Baena (1977), Jeff Nichols (1978), David Dobkin (1969), Mark Duplass (1976), Kimberly Peirce (1967), and Kevin Lima (1962). After him are Dan Attias (1951), Newton Thomas Sigel (1955), Ava DuVernay (1972), Ric Roman Waugh (1968), Michael Cuesta (1963), and William Malone (1953).

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