Neill Fearnley
Birth Name:
Neil Fearnley
Profession
Director, Actor, Producer, Writer, Assistant director
Fast Facts
- Earned a 2012 Director’s Guild Nomination for "Brush With Madness․"
- Best known for directing TV shows, including "21 Jump Street," "Neon Rider" and "Bordertown․"
- Received the 2013 Canadian Screen Award Nomination for Achievement in Direction for "Lights Out․"
- Won the 2006 Los Angeles Prism Award for Best Picture for "Behind the Camera: The Unauthorized Story of Mork and Mindy․"
- Attended Liverpool's Wallasey College of Art and graduated from Ryerson University with a film and television degree
- Began his career directing and producing for a Vancouver TV station
- Founded commercial production business Cinetrope
Awards
- 2006DGC Team Award - Outstanding Family Television Movie/Mini-Series:Nominated
- 2011Leo - Best Direction in a Youth or Children's Program or Series:Winner
- 2012Daytime Emmy - Outstanding Directing in a Children's Series:Nominated
- 2012DGC Team Award - Television Series - Family:Nominated
- 2012Leo - Best Direction Youth or Childrens Programming:Winner
- 2013Canadian Screen Award - Best Direction in a Children's or Youth Program or Series:Nominated
- 2013Daytime Emmy - Outstanding Directing in a Children's Series:Nominated
- 2014Daytime Emmy - Outstanding Directing in a Children's Series:Nominated
- 2015Emmy - Outstanding Children's Series:Nominated
- 2015Canadian Screen Award - Best Direction in a Children's or Youth Program or Series:Nominated
- 2015Daytime Emmy - Outstanding Directing in a Children's or Pre-School Children's Series:Nominated