J. Neil Schulman

J. Neil Schulman should not be confused with fellow Prometheus Award winner, L. Neil Smith
J. Neil Schulman
Born Joseph Neil Schulman
(1953-04-16) April 16, 1953
Forest Hills, New York
Occupation Novelist, filmmaker, actor, journalist, composer, publisher.
Nationality American
Period 20th-century, 21st-century.
Genre Libertarian science fiction, comedy.
Website
www.jneilschulman.com

Joseph Neil Schulman (born April 16, 1953)[1] is an American novelist who wrote Alongside Night (published 1979) and The Rainbow Cadenza (published 1983) which both received the Prometheus Award, a libertarian science fiction award. His third novel, Escape from Heaven, was also a finalist for the 2002 Prometheus Award.

Schulman was born in Forest Hills, Queens. He is the author of nine other books currently in print, including a short story collection, Nasty, Brutish, and Short Stories, Stopping Power: Why 70 Million Americans Own Guns, and The Robert Heinlein Interview and Other Heinleiniana.[2]

He is writer of the Twilight Zone episode "Profile in Silver", first broadcast on CBS March 7, 1986.

Other Books

Schulman is author of:[3]

Filmmaking

Schulman was the writer, director, executive producer (along with Nichelle Nichols) of the movie, Lady Magdalene's[4] which was produced by Schulman's own company Jesulu Productions. The movie won three film-festival awards: "Best Cutting Edge Film" at the 2008 San Diego Black Film Festival,[4] "Audience Choice – Feature-Length Narrative Film" at the 2008 Cinema City International Film Festival held on the Universal Hollywood Citywalk,[5] and "Special Jury Prize for Libertarian Ideals" at the 2011 Anthem Film Festival/FreedomFest held at Bally's Las Vegas.[6]

In 2013 Schulman completed production on a feature-film of Alongside Night,[7] starring Kevin Sorbo, Jake Busey, Tim Russ, Garrett Wang, Mara Marini, and Gary Graham.[8] The movie premiered in 2014[9] and had a limited theatrical release.[10] It was released for streaming on iTunes, Amazon Video and Amazon Prime and as a Blu-ray/DVD combo pack.[11] The film is rated 2.7 out of 5 on Amazon [12].

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Summary Bibliography: J. Neil Schulman".
  2. ↑ "Books by J. Neil Schulman".
  3. ↑ "Amazon.com search for J. Neil Schulman". www.amazon.com.
  4. 1 2 Lady Magdalene's on IMDb
  5. ↑ "Cinema City International Film Festival Review - A Savior of Short Films - Splash Magazines - Los Angeles".
  6. ↑ "Home".
  7. ↑ Alongside Night (2014) on IMDb
  8. ↑ http://www.dujpepperman.com/jesulu/alongsidenight/AN_Credits.html
  9. ↑ "Alongside Night - Laemmle.com". www.laemmle.com.
  10. ↑ "Alongside Night". www.tugg.com. Retrieved 30 July 2017.
  11. ↑ https://www.amazon.com/Alongside-Night-Blu-ray-Combo-Pack/dp/B0113NVV1Y
  12. ↑ https://www.amazon.com/Alongside-Night-Kevin-Sorbo/dp/B0163BSRWW/
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