- Born
- Height6′ (1.83 m)
- Neil Burger is an American film and television director, writer, and producer. Most recently, he wrote and directed Voyagers (2021), starring Colin Farrell, Tye Sheridan, and Lily-Rose Depp. He is also known for The Upside (2017), Divergent (2014), Limitless (2011), and The Illusionist (2006). For television, Burger directed and executive produced the first two episodes of Billions for Showtime starring Paul Giamatti and Damian Lewis. He is currently in pre-production on The Marsh King's Daughter starring Daisy Ridley.
A graduate of Yale University with a degree in fine arts, Burger resides in New York City with his family.
- IMDb mini biography by: Zoe Edelman
- SpouseDiana Kellogg(June 30, 1997 - present)
- Small budget, highly creative films
- Began his film career by creating and directing the MTV "Books: Feed Your Head" campaign promoting reading, featuring such actors as Sherilyn Fenn, Aidan Quinn and Timothy Hutton.
- Graduated from Yale University.
- I know the movies that I've liked, and I know the experience that they've given me, so the goal is always to try to create a movie that I would like myself and that would knock me out, challenge me or intrigue me in some way. That's been my criteria for figuring out what I want to do, or also when I'm writing something or creating a scene.
- I really love New York, and I've lived here for a long time. I know not just the different neighborhoods but the different kind of class cultures in New York from the up-and-coming, down-and-out kind of artist to the powerful worlds of finance.
- I always think about what's the difference between being tenacious and having an inability to learn from failures. The difference between the homeless guy who wanted to be a great painter and the guy who is a great painter could be anything.
- I think we all want something to knock us on the head and change our lives.
- When I was younger, I wanted to own a circus and create this bizarre revue that went from town to town. I suppose, in a way, I got my wish because when you're working on a film, you're in a traveling circus.
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