Neil Linpow

Neil Linpow is an actor, writer and filmmaker of Irish and Chinese heritage.

Early life and career
Neil grew up in Bournemouth and was a talented football player having played at schoolboy level for both Bournemouth and Portsmouth. He has written for directors including Michel Gondry, Tom Hooper, Michael Gracey, Colm McCarthy, Sam Miller and Bobby Farrelly.

Screen work
In 2019 Linpow wrote, directed, produced and starred in the award-winning short film Time. It was an Official Selection at the BAFTA qualifying 39th Cambridge Film Festival and nominated for Best Film and Best Performance awards at the Kinsale Sharks Awards.

His follow-up short, Lesson 7, starring Michelle Fairley, was released in 2020, winning awards across multiple festivals. It was an Official Selection at the BAFTA qualifying 11th Aesthetica Short Film Festival and at the Oscar and BAFTA qualifying Rhode Island International Film Festival in 2021.

In 2023, Linpow wrote and starred in the critically acclaimed psychological thriller, Little Bone Lodge, alongside Joely Richardson, and directed by Matthias Hoene. Total Film said 'Linpow's desperate performance brings to mind a young Paddy Considine or Johnny Harris, while The Guardian described it as 'scarily fierce and tense.'