Neil LaBute

Neil LaBute is an American writer and director in stage and film. He first garnered national attention for the film version of his play In the Company of Men. In 2009, his play Reasons to be Pretty was performed on Broadway.

• March 19, 1963: Born
• 1997: In the Company of Men
• 1999: Bash: Latter-Day Plays (Play)
• 1998: Your Friends & Neighbors
• 2000: Nurse Betty
• 2002: Possession
• 2004: Fat Pig (Play)
• 2003: The Shape of Things
• 2006: The Wicker Man
• 2008: Lakeview Terrace
• 2008: reasons to be pretty

I worry about the danger of hype. I've been a victim as a viewer. I get to a place where I hear so much, especially if you read reviews before the films come to your town. I grew up in small towns that were not the epicenter of culture, and I would read reviews.Salon.com: Playing the Game

• I don’t imagine there would be a way in which Mormonism couldn’t inform my work, because I’ve been around it in some fashion longer now than I was not around it. Times and Seasons: An interview with Neil LaBute (January 19, 2005)

• I’ve never felt that showing something negative, a negative lifestyle, a negative character, was a bad thing to do. I’ve never felt that I was reveling in the behavior of any of the characters I’ve written. Times and Seasons: An interview with Neil LaBute (January 19, 2005)

• March 19, 1963: Born

• 1997: In the Company of Men : IMDb

• 1999: Bash: Latter-Day Plays (Play)

• 1998: Your Friends & Neighbors : IMDb

• 2000: Nurse Betty : IMDb

• 2002: Possession : IMDb

• 2004: Fat Pig (Play)

• 2003: The Shape of Things : IMDb

• 2006: The Wicker Man : Mahalo | IMDb

• 2008: Lakeview Terrace : Mahalo | IMDb

• 2008: reasons to be pretty: Mahalo