Neil Burger Filmography

Occupation:: Director, Producer, Screenwriter
Biography:: A filmmaker whose unyielding obsession with the concept of truth versus illusion resulted in one of the most highly praised independent features of 2002, Neil Burger studied fine arts at Yale University before transitioning from painting to experimental film in the late '80s. In the years that...Read More

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Dark Fields

Crew: Director

Actors: Shia LaBeouf

Synopsis: The Illusionist's Neil Burger helms this adaptation of Alan Glynn's novel detailing what happens when a man (Shia LaBeouf) stumbles upon a one-of-a-kind smart pill. Hairspray's Leslie Dixon provides the screenplay for the Universal production. ~ Jeremy Wheeler, All Movie Guide Read More

1/1/09
The Lucky Ones

Crew: Director, Producer, Screenwriter

Actors: Rachel McAdams, Tim Robbins, Michael Peña, Molly Hagan, Mark L. Young

Synopsis: Director Neil Burger's road movie The Lucky Ones stars Tim Robbins, Rachel McAdams, and Michael Peña as three Iraq War veterans who take a road trip together. The trio meet on their way home from overseas with Fred Cheaver (Robbins) finishing his service once and for all, while the other two Read More

9/26/08
The Illusionist

Crew: Director, Screenwriter

Actors: Edward Norton, Paul Giamatti, Jessica Biel, Rufus Sewell, Eddie Marsan

Synopsis: A supernaturally talented magician attempts to undermine the rigid social structure of turn-of-the-century Vienna by using his powers to win the love of his upper-class, childhood sweetheart in director Neil Burger's cinematic adaptation of Pulitzer Prize-winning author Steven Millhauser's short Read More

8/18/06
Interview With the Assassin

Crew: Director, Screenwriter

Actors: Raymond J. Barry, Dylan Haggerty, Renee Faia, Kelsey Kemper, Dennis J. Lau

Synopsis: The old man who lives across the street, Walter Ohlinger (Raymond J. Barry), invites his neighbor, Ron Kobeleski (Dylan Haggerty), over because he has a secret that he's never told anyone: He claims he was the grassy knoll assassin who shot John F. Kennedy and wants Haggerty to document his Read More

11/15/02

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