Neil Mandt Video | Clips from Films Directed and Interviews

Neil Mandt was born in New York. At the age of 20 he was a winner of a College Emmy award and then subsequently landed a job as the Entertainment Reporter at WDIV TV4, the NBC affiliate in Detroit. He dropped out of college during his junior year and subsequently moved to LA. At 24, Mandt moved to Los Angeles where he quickly landed the gig as the main Field Producer for ABC News at the O.J....  MORE

Neil Mandt was born in New York. At the age of 20 he was a winner of a College Emmy award and then subsequently landed a job as the Entertainment Reporter at WDIV TV4, the NBC affiliate in Detroit. He dropped out of college during his junior year and subsequently moved to LA. At 24, Mandt moved to Los Angeles where he quickly landed the gig as the main Field Producer for ABC News at the O.J. Simpson criminal trial. In November 1995, with the trial completed Neil Mandt made the move to movies by writing, directing, producing and starring in feature film, Hijacking Hollywood,starring Henry Thomas and Scott Thompson. Neil Mandt spent the rest of the 90s directing two movies The Million Dollar Kid and Arthur's Quest before transitioning his way back into television. It was at the summer Olympic Games in Sydney, Australia where Neil was hired by NBC to work as a producer, that Neil won his first National Emmy Award. The following spring Neil partnered with his brother Michael Mandt, a successful multi-Emmy award winner in his own right, and created Mandt Bros. Productions. Within weeks of creating the company the two sold two different series to ESPN; Reel Classics Uncut and the LESS