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Neil Kopp is an American film producer. His films include Old Joy (2006), Paranoid Park (2007), Green Room (2015), I Don't Feel at Home in This World Anymore (2017), and Showing Up (2022).
Neil Kopp is a producer and actor who has worked on films such as Paranoid Park, Hold the Dark and First Cow. He has won one award and received 15 nominations for his work in the film industry.
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Neil Kopp is a Portland-based producer who has worked with directors such as Kelly Reichardt and Gus Van Sant. He talks about his career, his love of film, and his morning routine in this interview.
Neil Kopp is a film producer based in Portland, Oregon, where he was born and raised. Kopp was the recipient of the 2008 Independent Spirit Awards’ Producers Award.
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Type: Narrative Feature Director: Macon Blair Producers: Mette-Marie Kongsved, Neil Kopp, Vincent Savino, Anish Savjani Budget: $1.5 million Financing: Netflix Production:30 days, March-April, 2016 Shooting Format: ARRI Alexa Mini Screening Format: DCP World Premiere: Sundance 2017 Distributor:Netflix Awards: 2017 Sundance Film Festival: Winner—Gra...
Actor and writer Macon Blair had always planned to expand into directing at some point, but I Don’t Feel at Home in This World Anymore began only as a vague idea for a character: a nurse who had gotten fed up with humanity and lost her ability to care. While co-producing and acting in Jeremy Saulnier’s Green Room in 2014, Blair started to talk with...
“In the span of about two weeks, we went from planning to push the movie, to full prep mode.” Blair soon found himself on a plane to Portland, where he’d shoot on location—and was grateful for the advance scouting the production team had done months prior, while they searched for financing. Though the director lives in Texas and had set the story i...
Editor Thomas Vengris began cutting in Austin while the film was still in production in Portland. Post was relatively simple, save for a startling onscreen bus accident, which Blair had shot multiple on plates that were then woven together by VFX artist Chris Connolly. Vengris, who apprenticed under Terrence Malick, had a gift for seeking out unexp...
When Netflix committed to financing I Don’t Feel at Home in This World Anymore,the deal included an option to pick up theatrical rights at a later date. Happy with the dailies, the company had elected to exercise the option before shooting had even wrapped—which meant that the film would play exclusively on the Netflix platform. Though some filmmak...
Blair recommends that despite the frustrations inherent in the process, filmmakers remember that directing is a rare privilege. “Treat people how you would want to be treated and be grateful. A lot of people want to do this and not many people actually get the opportunity. And it’ll be better for the crew and the cast if the person steering the shi...
Neil Kopp won the Producer's Award at the Independent Spirit Awards for his work on Old Joy and Paranoid Park. References
Apr 12, 2016 · Neil Kopp is a Portland-based producer who worked on the horror film "Green Room", starring Patrick Stewart as a neo-Nazi leader. The film premiered at Cannes and features a punk band trapped in a green room with a dead body and a gun.
