Neil LaBute

Personal Info

Know For

Writing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1963-03-19 (62 years old)

Place of Birth

Detroit, Michigan, USA

Neil LaBute

Biography

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. LaBute created the TV series Billy & Billie, writing and directing all of the episodes. He is also the creator of the TV series Van Helsing. Critics have responded to his plays as having a misanthropic tone. Rob Weinert-Kendt in The Village Voice referred to LaBute as "American theater's reigning misanthrope". The New York Times sa...

Production

2000

Nurse Betty

as Director

2022

2002

Possession

as Director

2002

Possession

as Screenplay

2003

2006

The Wicker Man

as Director

2010

2008

Lakeview Terrace

as Director

1997

2022

Sparring Partner

as Screenplay

2012

Stars In Shorts

as Director

2013

2013

2012

Denise

as Writer

2013

Some Girl(s)

as Theatre Play

2013

Some Girl(s)

as Screenplay

2001

2015

2003

2011

2007

Tumble

as Director

2007

Tumble

as Writer

2012

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2010

Heavy Rain

as Director

2010

Sexting

as Director

2010

Sexting

as Writer

2022

Out of the Blue

as Director

2022

2022

2022

Out of the Blue

as Producer

2022

2017

10 K

as Director

2017

10 K

as Writer

2019

2015

Dirty Weekend

as Director

2015

Dirty Weekend

as Writer

2012

BFF

as Director

2012

BFF

as Screenplay

2011

I Melt with You

as Executive Producer

2012

2016

The Mulberry Bush

as Screenplay

2016

2023

1997

In the Company of Men

as Theatre Play

1997

2023

Fear the Night

as Director

2023

2023

Fear the Night

as Executive Producer

2006

The Wicker Man

as Screenplay

2012

2003

2017

2017

Black Chicks

as Director

2017

Black Chicks

as Writer

2017

Black Chicks

as Producer

2014

It's Okay

as Writer

2003

The Shape of Things

as Theatre Play

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