Neil Linpow

Neil grew up in Bournemouth and was a talented football player having played at schoolboy level for both Bournemouth and Portsmouth. He has worked for directors including Michel Gondry, Michael Gracey, Colm McCarthy, Sam Miller and Bobby Farrelly.

In 2019 Linpow wrote, directed, produced and starred in the award-winning short film Time. It was an Official Selection at the BAFTA qualifying 39th Cambridge Film Festival and nominated for Best Film and Best Performance awards at the Kinsale Sharks Awards.

His follow-up short, Lesson 7, starring Michelle Fairley, was released in 2020, winning awards across multiple festivals. It was an Official Selection at the BAFTA qualifying 11th Aesthetica Short Film Festival and at the Oscar and BAFTA qualifying Rhode Island International Film Festival in 2021.

In 2023, Linpow wrote and starred in the psychological thriller, Little Bone Lodge, alongside Joely Richardson, and directed by Matthias Hoene for Tea Shop Films and Warner Bros. The film premiered at the 19th Glasgow Film Festival as part of the Frightfest strand, before screening at the 49th Seattle International Film Festival (SIFF). It holds a score of 100% on Rotten Tomatoes, opening to strong critical reviews that praised the performances and the emotionally complex, twisting nature of the screenplay. Total Film said 'Linpow's desperate performance brings to mind a young Paddy Considine or Johnny Harris, while The Guardian described it as 'scarily fierce and tense.'