Neil Breen

Neil Breen
Born Neil Francis Breen
(1958-11-23) November 23, 1958
Nationality American
Occupation Actor, film director
Known for Fateful Findings

Neil Francis Breen[1] (born November 23, 1958) is an American filmmaker and actor, as well as architect and former real-estate agent. He is best known for writing, directing, editing and starring in his self-produced films Double Down (2005), I Am Here... Now (2009), Fateful Findings (2013) and Pass Thru (2016).[2][3][4] Fateful Findings has been considered a cult film.[5][6][7]

Career

Breen did not attend film school nor any film acting classes. His films are all low-budget, and he himself proclaims that he is not part of "Hollywood's 'insider's group.'"[4] He makes his living as an architect, using money from that job to finance his projects.[2][4] He is a licensed real estate agent, though he only worked briefly in that field.[4]

All of his films share the common theme of Breen portraying a god-like being who exposes or destroys powerful, corrupt institutions.[2] Fateful Findings features Breen as a hacker imbued with supernatural powers by a magical stone he found as a child, who uses his skills to expose government and corporate corruption, while Pass Thru has Breen playing a messianic entity who comes to earth to wipe out 300 million "bad people" to usher in a new era of peace. He says that his films have a "sense of social responsibility" and reflect the "mystical or paranormal side of life."[4]

Breen gained notoriety after his first film, Double Down, became a part of Netflix's library.[6] Since then, his films have been picked up by arthouse theaters and film festivals, including the 2012 "Butt-Numb-A-Thon."[6] In Paste Magazine's 2014 list of the 100 best B movies, Breen's film I Am Here... Now was ranked 21st.[8] The author noted that he thought that Breen would one day earn a place in the "terrible movie hall of fame" alongside Ed Wood and Tommy Wiseau.[8] Breen's third film, Fateful Findings, was compared to Wiseau's The Room by the former film's North American distributor.[2] Breen's fifth feature film, Twisted Pair, is a psychological thriller, according to his Kickstarter video on YouTube. On May 7, he stated on Twitter that he had finished production on the film. It is expected to be released in 2018.[9]

Filmography

References

  1. ↑ License at California Architects Board
  2. 1 2 3 4 Jones, Alan. "Bad-movie lovers need to meet Neil Breen". The Dissolve. Pitchfork Media. Retrieved November 12, 2014.
  3. ↑ Vorel, Jim. "The Best of the Bad: The 15 Greatest B-Movie Directors". Paste Magazine. Wolfgang's Vault. Retrieved November 12, 2014.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 Howard, Jason. "An Interview with Director Neil Breen". Influx Magazine. Influx Magazine. Retrieved November 12, 2014.
  5. ↑ McShane, Kevin. "Fateful Findings Is Your New Favorite Cult Film". buzzfeed.com. Buzzfeed. Retrieved November 12, 2014.
  6. 1 2 3 Bell, Josh (February 6, 2014). "Local filmmaker Neil Breen's unique (and terrible) movies earned him a cult following". Las Vegas Weekly. The Greenspun Corporation. Retrieved November 12, 2014.
  7. ↑ Schmader, David (January 30, 2014). "This Weekend: The Return of Fateful Findings". The Stranger. Tim Keck. Retrieved November 12, 2014.
  8. 1 2 Vorel, Jim (9 May 2014). "The 100 Best "B Movies" of All Time". Paste Magazine. Retrieved 12 December 2014.
  9. ↑ https://twitter.com/NeilBreen/status/993610512653955074
  10. ↑ Breen, Neil; Hale, Laura; Brady, Mike; DiFrancesco, Robert (2000-01-01), Double Down, retrieved 2016-12-20
  11. ↑ Breen, Neil; Senn, Joy; Sekora, Elizabeth; Gingerelli, George (2000-01-01), I Am Here... Now, retrieved 2016-12-20
  12. ↑ Breen, Neil; Viad; Corpus, Kathy; Rodriguez, Abraham (2016-04-19), Pass Thru, retrieved 2016-12-20



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