....was born on Long Island NY in 1981. He directed his first short film on a borrowed hi-8 camcorder while a student in Ward Melville H.S. He continued to direct short films as a student at SUNY Purchase College before he transferred to the film program at the School of Visual Arts where he earned a bachelors degree in Film/Video with a concentration in cinematography. At SVA he won a National Board of Review student grant for his short film "BOTTOM FEEDERS" and was a Dusty Awards finalist for best cinematography for his short "THE DANCE OF JIM BEAM". During his college career he directed ten short films as well as working as director of photography on twenty other productions. After college he continued to direct and write short films as well as work for the international FUTURESHORTS screening series. He has also worked with the TALES FROM THE BREADLINE screening series which has showed short film programs at various venues across New York City.
He is currently in the pre-production phase with his directing partner Josh Gross of a yet untitled feature road film that will be shot on a modest budget during the summer of 2008. He currently resides in a fortified compound somewhere in Brooklyn NY.
Email: rob.m.neilson@gmail.com
SELECTED FILMOGRAPHY
SOUTH OF NO NORTH (short 2007)
writer, director, dp COLOR HD
FINAL VICTORY (short 2007)
writer, director, dp B&W S16
THE DANCE OF JIM BEAM (short 2005)
writer, director, dp B&W S16
BOTTOM FEEDERS (short 2003)
writer, director, dp B&W 16mm
