Neil Gowan is a director and editor based in Lake Geneva, WI. His extensive experience in documentaries has influenced his approach to narrative work, celebrating the human experience in all its richness; from despair to achievement, sorrow to laughter, dread to love, and everything in between.
Neil believes that the best films make us all better humans, and while the market is expanding at unprecedented rates, quality and craft in our movies is more important now than ever.
Unique traits: Grew up in Ecuador, SA | Bi-lingual (native English, fluent Spanish)
Who Followed Us Home
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Film (short)
by Gowan Films
Producer, Co-director Mel, an eccentric hermit, is being followed to her remote home in the breathtaking Andean highlands. Her mysterious, naked, traumatized stalker bears a coroner's toe tag and the unmistakable scars of an autopsy. One question looms over their strange coming together - what is to be his place in the world?
Loving Lynda
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Documentary
(Drama)
Co-Director, Editor An old man exemplifies true love by caring for his deteriorating wife.
Keep On Smiling
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Documentary
Director 9 dementia residents struggle to maintain their mere identities.
My Second Family
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Documentary
Director For one unforgettable week, abused and neglected children receive the one thing every child deserves but not every child experiences: to be loved.
Jim the Man
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Drama
Producer, Director A young construction superintendent tries to hide his ill-advised decision to help a homeless kid.