About

Known credits:
66
Birthday:
1963-03-19
Place of birth:
Detroit, Michigan, USA
Website:
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Neil LaBute

Overview

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 said that critics labeled him a misanthrope on the release of his film Your Friends & Neighbors because of the film's strong misanthropic plot and characters. Britain's Independent newspaper in May 2008 dubbed him "America's misanthrope par excellence". Citing the misanthropic tone of the plot in the films In the Company of Men, Your Friends & Neighbors and The Shape of Things, film critic Daniel Kimmel identified a pattern running through LaBute's work of being that the unlikeable, main antagonists of those three films end up getting away with their lying, scheming and mis-deeds, coming out on top of all the other characters as the real winners of those stories by quoting: "Neil LaBute is a misanthrope who assumes that only callous and evil people, who use and abuse others, can survive in this world."

Known for

Acting
2010 Heavy Rain Actor N/A
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2009 Cleanflix Actor Self 59
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1998 Independent's Day Actor Self 59
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1986 High School Spirits Actor 59
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Directing
2023 Fear the Night Directing Director 59
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2022 House of Darkness Directing Director 57
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2022 Out of the Blue Directing Director 58
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2017 Black Chicks Directing Director N/A
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2017 10 K Directing Director N/A
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2016 The Mulberry Bush Directing Director 59
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2015 Dirty Weekend Directing Director 57
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2013 Some Velvet Morning Directing Director 58
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2012 Stars In Shorts Directing Director N/A
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2012 BFF Directing Director 59
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2010 Sexting Directing Director 58
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2010 Death at a Funeral Directing Director 58
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2010 Heavy Rain Directing Director N/A
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2008 Lakeview Terrace Directing Director 59
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2007 Tumble Directing Director N/A
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2006 The Wicker Man Directing Director 47
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2003 The Shape of Things Directing Director 59
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2002 Possession Directing Director 59
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2001 Bash: Latter-Day Plays Directing Director 58
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2000 Nurse Betty Directing Director 59
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1998 Your Friends & Neighbors Directing Director 58
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1997 In the Company of Men Directing Director 60
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Writing
2023 Fear the Night Writing Writer 59
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2023 The Shape of Things Writing Writer N/A
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2022 House of Darkness Writing Writer 57
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2022 Out of the Blue Writing Writer 58
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2022 Sparring Partner Writing Screenplay N/A
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2019 Berlin, I Love You Writing Writer 57
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2017 Black Chicks Writing Writer N/A
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2017 10 K Writing Writer N/A
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2017 Good Luck: In Farsi Writing Writer N/A
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2016 The Mulberry Bush Writing Screenplay 59
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2015 Middle of the Night Writing Writer N/A
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2015 Dirty Weekend Writing Writer 57
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2014 It's Okay Writing Writer 59
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2013 Some Velvet Morning Writing Writer 58
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2013 Some Girl(s) Writing Screenplay 58
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2013 Some Girl(s) Writing Theatre Play 58
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2012 Current Events Writing Writer N/A
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2012 Double or Nothing Writing Writer 59
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2012 Stars In Shorts Writing Writer N/A
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2012 Denise Writing Writer 59
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2012 BFF Writing Screenplay 59
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2011 Sweet Nothings Writing Writer 58
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2011 After-School Special Writing Writer 59
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2010 Sexting Writing Writer 58
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2007 Tumble Writing Writer N/A
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2006 The Wicker Man Writing Screenplay 47
Bad
2003 The Shape of Things Writing Writer 59
Average
2002 Possession Writing Screenplay 59
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2001 Bash: Latter-Day Plays Writing Writer 58
Average
1998 Your Friends & Neighbors Writing Writer 58
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1997 In the Company of Men Writing Theatre Play 60
Fair
1997 In the Company of Men Writing Screenplay 60
Fair
Tour de France Writing Writer N/A
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Production
2023 Fear the Night Production Executive Producer 59
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2022 House of Darkness Production Producer 57
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2022 Out of the Blue Production Producer 58
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2019 The I-Land Production Executive Producer 58
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2017 Black Chicks Production Producer N/A
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2011 I Melt with You Production Executive Producer 58
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2003 The Shape of Things Production Producer 59
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