Occupation Film producer Name Neal Edelstein | Role Film producer | |
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Known for The Straight Story, Mulholland Drive Nominations Independent Spirit Award for Best Feature Movies Mulholland Drive, The Straight Story, Shelter, Amusement, The Invisible Similar People Mary Sweeney, Alain Sarde, Pierre Edelman, Jake Wade Wall, Peter Deming | ||
CINEMAJAW 347, NEAL EDELSTEIN – MYSTERY FILM
Neal Edelstein is an independent film producer and is known as an early technology adopter.
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Early life
Neal Edelstein was born in Winnetka, Illinois, USA. He graduated from the New Trier High School.
Career
He began his film career in Los Angeles, California in the early 1990s. In 1997, he produced David Lynch's segment in the French film Lumiere and Company, shot with the original Lumiere brothers's camera. After completion of the film, Edelstein and Lynch became partners in The Picture Factory, where Edelstein produced The Straight Story and Mulholland Drive, as well as worked with Lynch to conceive and launch DavidLynch.com.
Later, he formed Macari/Edelstein Filmed Entertainment with New Line Cinema executive Mike Macari. Their first project was the American remake of the Japanese horror film The Ring, followed by The Ring Two. Edelstein was instrumental in creating the viral marketing campaign for The Ring with director Gore Verbinski. Other credits include Disney-distributed The Invisible, directed by David Goyer, and 6 Souls, starring Julianne Moore and Jonathan Rhyes Meyers.
Additionally, he is the founder of Hooked Digital Media, a production company that delivers filmed stories for the mobile and tablet generation. In 2013 they released Haunting Melissa, a storytelling iOS app that rolls out new chapters and content of varying duration.