Andrew Neel

Andrew Neel is an American filmmaker, known as the creator of the films Darkon, New World Order and King Kelly and Goat.

Early life Andrew Neel was born in Vermont in 1978. He is the grandson of the visual artist Alice Neel and his sister is artist Elizabeth Neel. He attended boarding school at Northfield Mount Hermon High School in Massachusetts. He attended Columbia College and graduated with a BA in Film Studies in 2001.

Career Neel founded Seethink Productions in 2001 after graduating from Columbia College with a BA in Films Studies. In 2003 Seethink Productions became Seethink Films adding partners Ethan Palmer, Luke Meyer and Tom Davis

Neel has directed and produced award winning documentaries including DARKON and ALICE NEEL, and THE FEATURE. Neel’s critically acclaimed fictional film GOAT premiered at Sundance and Berlin in 2016 and was released by Paramount in 2016. He co-wrote ZOLA produced by A24 released in 2021. Previously he produced Fleischner’s STAND CLEAR OF THE CLOSING DOORS that won the Tribecca Jury Prize in 2013 and the critically acclaimed documentary BREAKING A MONSTER in 2015. Neel also worked as a writer, director and co-producer on the FX limited series A TEACHER released 2020.

Awards Neel's first film, Darkon, won the Audience Award at the South by Southwest Film Festival and was acquired by IFCtv. The film was optioned for narrative fiction re-make by Paramount via Plan B Entertainment, which was to be written by John Hodgman. Neel's second film, Alice Neel, was acquired by Art House Films and is currently airing on the Sundance Channel. It won the Audience Award at the Newport Beach Film Festival. His third film, The Feature, premiered at the Berlin International Film Festival in 2008 and won the New Visions Award at the Copenhagen International Documentary Festival. It screened at MOMA in 2009. Also that year, Neel co-directed New World Order (2009) which was produced by IFCtv. In 2012 Neel directed his first feature narrative film, King Kelly and produced Stand Clear of the Closing Doors (2013) that won the Special Jury Prize at the Tribecca Film Festival .

Filmography as director Darkon Alice Neel The Feature New World Order King Kelly Goat (2016)