Neil Landau

About Neil

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Biography

Neil Landau is a screenwriter and playwright whose numerous TV and film credits include the popular teen comedy “Don’t Tell Mom the Babysitter’s Dead” (starring Christina Applegate), MTV’s “Undressed,” “Melrose Place,” “The Magnificent Seven,” “Doogie Howser, M.D.,” “The Secret World of Alex Mack,” “Monarch Cove,” and “The Young and the Restless.” He has written and sold several one-hour drama TV pilots to Warner Bros. TV, CBS, Spelling, and Lifetime, and written movies for Universal Pictures, Disney, Columbia Pictures, and 20th Century Fox.

Neil has worked internationally as both co-head-writer and executive script consultant on TV and film projects for Sony Pictures Television International (in Russia), Freemantle North America (in Australia), Intereconomia (in Spain).

His play, “Johnny on the Spot” was produced in Hollywood and was honored as “Critic’s Choice” by the Los Angeles Times. His play “Maps for Drowners” was produced in Los Angeles and featured actress Lisa Kudrow.

Neil currently serves as Vice-President of Scripted Development for Amedia Film Group located in Moscow (Russia), working closely with writers, creative producers, story editors, and studio executives, and guiding an eclectic slate of original projects including feature films, animation, miniseries, made-for-television movies, one-hour drama series, situation comedies, soap operas, and historical docudramas.

Mr. Landau also serves as a Faculty Advisor in the Master of Fine Arts in Writing Program at Goddard College based in Vermont.