Neil LaBute

Neil N. LaBute (born March 19, 1963) is an American film director, screenwriter, playwright and actor. He is most likely known for his first film, based on a play he wrote, In the Company of Men (1997), which won awards from the Sundance Film Festival, the Independent Spirit Awards and the New York Film Critics Circle. He has also written and directed the films Possession (2002) (based on the A.S. Byatt novel), The Shape of Things (2003) (based on his play of the same name), The Wicker Man (2006), Some Velvet Morning (2013), Dirty Weekend (2015), and directed the films Nurse Betty (2000), Lakeview Terrace (2008), and Death at a Funeral (2010). LaBute has also created the TV series Billy & Billie and directed/written a number of episodes for it, as well as directed a number of episodes for the AMC show Hell on Wheels.