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Neil Breen is an American filmmaker and actor. Since 2005, he has written, directed, independently produced, and starred in five films. Breen's films have garnered a cult following for their low-budget production values, acting, writing, and editing.[1][2]

Neil Breen
Breen in 2017
Nationality	American
Occupation	Filmmaker Actor
Known for	Fateful Findings I Am Here.... Now Double Down Twisted Pair Pass Thru

Life and career

Neil Breen grew up on the East Coast of the United States, and developed an interest in film and filmmaking at an early age. He studied architecture and initially became a licensed architect in California.[3] He gained a small following after releasing his first film, Double Down. In the years that followed, Breen continued working as an architect as a means to finance his next film: I Am Here.... Now. This second feature proved to be a breakout hit, reintroducing familiar motifs and garnering Breen "a lot of attention." Since then, he has established a reputation as a cult amateur filmmaker.[3]

Film

Breen writes, produces, directs, and stars in each of his own films. The characters he portrays hold advanced and often superhuman abilities and use them in grandiose struggles against corrupt forces and institutions.[4] 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 in Double Down he plays a rogue government super-agent.^{[citation needed]}

In other films, his protagonist is a god-like, messianic, or otherwise chosen figure; Pass Thru, for example, has Breen playing a messianic entity who arrives from the future to wipe out 300 million "bad people" to usher in a new era of peace. Breen has said that his films have a "sense of social responsibility" and reflect the "mystical or paranormal side of life."[5]

Some critics have compared Breen's films to outsider art.[6][7] On October 3, 2022, Breen had confirmed that filming on his latest project had wrapped via his Twitter account.[8]

Influence

His first feature film, Double Down, was featured on RedLetterMedia's Best of the Worst online series, whilst Fateful Findings was covered by RedLetterMedia along with other film critics on YouTube. Since then, Breen's films have been picked up by arthouse theaters and film festivals, including the 2012 "Butt-Numb-A-Thon" and the 2013 Seattle International Film Festival.[1] In Paste magazine's 2014 list of the 100 best B movies, Breen's film I Am Here.... Now was ranked 21st, with the author noting that he thought Breen would one day earn a place in the "terrible movie hall of fame" alongside Ed Wood and Tommy Wiseau.[9] Breen's third film, Fateful Findings, was compared to Wiseau's The Room by the former film's North American distributor Panorama Entertainment.[4] Breen's fifth feature film, Twisted Pair, was released in October 2018.[10] In March 2019, Breen confirmed that he would be producing a Twisted Pair sequel.[11]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Director	Writer	Producer	Actor	Editor	Musical Director	Role	Notes
2005	Double Down	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Aaron Brand	Also casting, production designer, production manager and catering
2009	I Am Here.... Now	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	The Being	Also craft service, special makeup effects artist and props
2012	Fateful Findings	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Dylan	Also accountant, craft service, special make-up effects, location manager, production designer, sound editor, lighting design, wardrobe and set decorator
2016	Pass Thru	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	A.I / Thgil	Also director of photography, production designer and manager, casting, set design, wardrobe, props, lighting designs, special make up effects, locations, administration and accounting, craft services, make up and hair and sound editor
2018	Twisted Pair	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Cade Altair / Cale Altair	Also director of photography, casting, make up and hair, production manager, set designer, wardrobe, props, lighting design, special effects, stunt coordinator, areal rigging, special makeup effects, legal accounting administration, craft services, locations and sound editor
2020	Neil Breen's 5 Film Retrospective	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Himself	Documentary;
TBD[12]	Untitled 6th Film	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Unknown role

References

Works cited

• Olson, Christopher J. (2018). 100 Greatest Cult Films. Lanham; Boulder; New York City; London: Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 978-1442208223.

External links

• Neil Breen at IMDb
• Neil Breen at Rotten Tomatoes

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