Neil Landau
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Neil Landau is an American screenwriter, playwright, producer, and director. He has held various positions such as script consultant (Monarch Cove), breakdown writer (The Young and the Restless), and script writer (Don't Tell Mom The Babysitter's Dead). Landau has taught creative writing for the UCLA Extension Writers’ Program. He currently serves as a Visiting Assistant Professor in the MFA Screenwriting Program at UCLA’s School of Film and Television and is a Faculty Advisor for the MFA in Creative Writing Program at Goddard College.
Landau is developing new dramatic programs for Fox TV Studios, Warner Bros. TV, and Avenue Pictures. His TV pilot, WitnessX, was purchased by CBS Corporation. He works as a writer and Executive Consultant under contract for Sony Pictures, Sony Pictures Television International, and Fremantle Media.
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[edit] Television credits
[edit] Writing
- The Young And The Restless (Breakdown Writer)
Y&R Main Crew
HW | Fired | Associate/Breakdown/Script | Producers/Consultants | Directors |
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Maria Arena Bell; Hogan Sheffer (begins July 2008) | Michael Montgomery, LML, L. DuFour, M. Alburger, B. Lechowick | Paula Cwikly, Cherie Bennett, Darin Goldberg [1], Neil Landau, Christian McLaughlin, Sandra Weintraub, Linda Schreiber, Tammy Ader, Shelley Meals, D.M. Stanley, Barbara Bloom, N.M. Slater, Eric Freiwald, Jeff Gottesfeld, Valerie Ahern, Linda Gase [2], James Stanley, Marla Kanelos, Beth Milstein, Jay Gibson, Lisa Seidman, Corey Marsh | Josh Griffith (EP), John Fisher, Anthony Morina, Josh O'Connell, Matthew J. Olson, Steve Kent, Bill Bell Jr. | Susan Strickler, Phideaux Xavier, Sally McDonald, Andrew Lee, John Zak, Jill Ackles, Marc Berutti, Dean LaMont, Jim Sayegh |
- Monarch Cove (Script Consultant)
- Doogie Howser, M.D.
- The Secret World of Alex Mack
- Melrose Place
- The Magnificent Seven
- Undressed (Co-Head Writer)
- Twice In A Lifetime (Supervising Producer)
[edit] Directing
- The Fred Astaire Complex
[edit] Theatrical credits
- Johnny On The Spot
[edit] Awards and nominations
- The Fred Astaire Complex: Grand Prize by the California Media Association
- Etcetera and Intentions: Best Play-L.A. Valley College One-Act Play Festival Bank of America Award for Drama Excellence
- UCLA: Outstanding Instructor of the Year 1994