Neil Marshall

What I respect about Neil Marshall is that he made his name in the trenches of British horror before anyone handed him a budget. The Descent still feels like the high-water mark to me, claustrophobia done with real craft, and it's no accident he also cut his own films. The pivot into bigger studio fare like the 2019 Hellboy didn't land the same way for me, which I think says more about the machinery around those productions than his instincts. I keep coming back to the idea that he's at his sharpest when the scale is small and the stakes are personal.

Neil Marshall (born 25 May 1970) is an English film and television director, editor, producer, and screenwriter. He directed the horror films Dog Soldiers (2002) and The Descent (2005), the science fiction action film Doomsday (2008), the historical war film Centurion (2010), the superhero horror film Hellboy (2019), and the adventure horror film The Reckoning (2020).

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Name (English)

Neil Marshall

Name (Japanese)

ニール・マーシャル

Reading

にーる・まーしゃる

Born

May 25, 1970 (age 56)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Gemini / Dog

Origin

Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom

Blood type

Private

Height

Private

Agency

Private

Occupation

screenwriter / film director / film editor / television director / executive producer

Elementary school

Private

Junior high

Private

High school

Private

University

Northumbria University

Spouse

Private

Children

Private

Parents

Private

Siblings

Private

Motto

Private

• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%8B%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BB%E3%83%9E%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B7%E3%83%A3%E3%83%AB

Tags

• screenwriter
• film director
• film editor

Last updated

2026-06-02

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