Neal Jimenez
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| Born | May 22, 1960 Sacramento, California |
| Occupation | Screenwriter, film Director |
Neal Jimenez (born May 22, 1960) is a screenwriter and film director, best known for the 1986 film River's Edge. He was a member of the dramatic jury at the Sundance Film Festival in 1994.[1] He won Independent Spirit Awards for Best First Feature and Best Screenplay for The Waterdance.[2]
Jimenez attended UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television. In 1984, while a film student, he went hiking with some friends and slipped on a rock, falling twenty feet into a shallow pool below. He was initially paralyzed from the neck down but subsequent surgeries restored movement to his upper body and he has been a paraplegic since. The film The Waterdance, which he wrote and co-directed, was partly based on his experience in rehabilitation.[3][4] He is of Mexican American descent.[5]
Filmography as writer[]
- Hideaway - 1995
- Sleep with Me - 1994
- The Waterdance - 1992
- The Dark Wind - 1991
- For the Boys - 1991
- Where the River Runs Black - 1986
- River's Edge - 1986
Filmography as director[]
- The Waterdance - 1992
References[]
- ^ https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0422791/bio
- ^ https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0422791/awards
- ^ "Dealing With Script He Never Wanted To Write". Los Angeles Times. April 9, 1986.
- ^ "The Rehab Men". The Chicago Tribune. May 10, 1992.
- ^ http://community.seattletimes.nwsource.com/archive/?date=19920524&slug=1493562
External links[]
- Neal Jimenez at IMDb
- Neal Jimenez at AllMovie
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- 1960 births
- American film directors of Mexican descent
- American male screenwriters
- Living people
- Writers from Sacramento, California
- UCLA Film School alumni
- Santa Clara University alumni
- Film directors from California
- People with paraplegia
- Screenwriters from California