Filmmaker Profile: Mark Neale
Jan 19 2007 / Park City, UTFILM: The Doctor, The Tornado & The Kentucky Kid
Mark Neale has over fifteen years experience in the creation of cutting-edge film, TV and new media. His recent work includes the smash hit MotoGP doucmentary FASTER (2004) and the internationally acclaimed documentary, No Maps For These Territories (2001) about the cult sci-fi author William Gibson. You can find more info at www.fastermovie.com and www.nomaps.com
Neale earned a Best Director nomination at the 1994 MTV Awards for U2’s music video Stay (Faraway So Close) which he co-directed with Wim Wenders. He also directed the U2 video Lemon and hits for artists including Counting Crows, Paul Weller and The Verve Pipe.
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Other credits: video for U2’s ZOO TV world tour; two 13-part series for Channel 4 (UK) television, Mojo Working (1991) and Buzz (1990); and Ambassador Of Goodwill, a documentary for the United Nations High Commission for Refugees. For Expo ’92 in Seville, Neale co-directed Memory Palace, a show combining film and live performance with a soundtrack by Peter Gabriel and John Paul Jones of Led Zeppelin.
Neale left his native England in 1998 and is now based in Santa Monica, California, where he rides a BMW 1150GS every day (which he bought in 2000, long before Ewan McGregor got his).
Lat34: Favorite location to shoot?
MN: Bed would be nice.
Lat34: How many films?
MN: Three documentary features.
Lat34: What is your Current project(s)?
MN: Trying to do something better.
Lat34: Athletes or teams you’ve worked with?
MN: Riders For Health www.riders.org
Lat34: Favorite Bands/Music/
MN: Tommy Neale www.myspace.com/146235770
Lat34: Are you excited for 2007?
MN: Of course.
Lat34: What’s one thing people should know about life?
MN: Life is what you make it, if you’re lucky.
