Neil Marshall

Neil has been working successfully in both feature films and the television industry since his feature debut ‘DOG SOLDIERS' in 2001. His second feature as writer/director, ‘THE DESCENT’ 2005 was an even bigger critical and commercial hit, winning several awards including the BIFA for Best Director, and the Empire award for Best Horror. He followed this with the post-apocalyptic action movie ‘DOOMSDAY’ 2008 and historical adventure ‘CENTURION’ 2010. In 2012 Neil made his tv debut with GAME OF THRONES S2 Ep9 ‘BLACKWATER’, and followed that up with S4 Ep9 ‘THE WATCHERS ON THE WALL’ for which he received an Emmy Nomination for Best Director. Neil has continued working in the network, cable and streaming arenas directing projects such as the pilot episodes of ‘BLACK SAILS’ for Starz, DC’s ‘CONSTANTINE’ and ‘TIMELESS’ both for NBC, ‘HANNIBAL’ for Showtime and ‘WESTWORLD’ for HBO. In 2017 Neil developed, produced and directed the Netflix reboot of classic science fiction series ‘LOST IN SPACE’, quickly followed the same year by the big budget feature reboot of ‘HELLBOY’ released in 2018. In 2020 Marshall returned to independent film with the multi-award winning witch-hunt folk-horror ‘THE RECKONING’ which premiered at Fantasia festival in Canada that year. Marshall's next feature ‘THE LAIR’ was the opening night presentation at Frightfest 2022 in London and also played Sitges in Spain along with many other international festivals. Neil switched pace and genres in the summer of 2022 filming the gangster revenge pic ‘DUCHESS’ on location in the Canary Islands. ‘DUCHESS’ was released internationally in August of 2024, including theatrical release by Saban in the US and Vertigo in the UK. Most recently Neil switched genres yet again for the erotic giallo thriller ‘COMPULSION’ which filmed on location in Malta and is due out in 2025