About
Neil N. LaBute (born March 19, 1963) is an American playwright, film director, and screenwriter. He is best known for a play that he wrote and later adapted for film, 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. LaBute created the TV series Billy & Billie, writing and directing all of the episodes. He is also the creator of the TV series Van Helsing. Critics have responded to his plays as having a misanthropic tone. Rob Weinert-Kendt in The Village Voice referred to LaBute as "American theater's reigning misanthrope". The New York Times said that critics labeled him a misanthrope on the release of his film Your Friends & Neighbors because of the film's strong misanthropic plot and characters. Britain's Independent newspaper in May 2008 dubbed him "America's misanthrope par...
Known for
BillionsSeries • 2016
Van HelsingSeries • 2016
Hell on WheelsSeries • 2011
The Wicker ManMovie • 2006
Death at a FuneralMovie • 2010
Nurse BettyMovie • 2000
The I-LandSeries • 2019
Lakeview TerraceMovie • 2008
Out of the BlueMovie • 2022
Fear the NightMovie • 2023
Billy & BillieSeries • 2015
PossessionMovie • 2002
Berlin, I Love YouMovie • 2019
House of DarknessMovie • 2022
Your Friends & NeighborsMovie • 1998
In the Company of MenMovie • 1997
The Shape of ThingsMovie • 2003
Some Velvet MorningMovie • 2013
I Melt with YouMovie • 2011
Dirty WeekendMovie • 2015
Some Girl(s)Movie • 2013
The Vicious KindMovie • 2009