{{short description|American film producer}}
{{Infobox person | name = Neal Edelstein | image = <!-- just the filename, without the File: or Image: prefix or enclosing brackets --> | alt = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = <!-- {{Birth date and age|YYYY|MM|DD}} or {{Birth-date and age|Month DD, YYYY}} --> | birth_place = Winnetka, Illinois | death_date = <!-- {{Death date and age|YYYY|MM|DD|YYYY|MM|DD}} or {{Death-date and age|Month DD, YYYY|Month DD, YYYY}} (death date then birth date) --> | death_place = | nationality = | other_names = | occupation = Film producer | known_for = ''The Straight Story''<br>''Mulholland Drive'' }} '''Neal Edelstein''' is an independent film producer and is known as an early technology adopter.
==Biography== ===Early life=== Neal Edelstein was born in Winnetka, Illinois, United States.<ref name="imdb">{{IMDb name|0249050}}</ref> He graduated from the New Trier High School.<ref name="newtrier">{{cite web| title = New Trier High School Class Of 1987| url = http://www.newtrier87.com/class_classmates.cfm}}</ref>
===Career=== Edelstein began his film career in Los Angeles, California in the early 1990s. In 1997, he produced David Lynch's segment in the French film ''Lumiere and Company'', shot with the original Lumiere brothers's camera.<ref name="imdb"/> After completion of the film, Edelstein and Lynch became partners in ''The Picture Factory'', where Edelstein produced ''The Straight Story'' and ''Mulholland Drive'', as well as worked with Lynch to conceive and launch the website DavidLynch.com.<ref name="imdb"/>
Later, Edelstein formed ''Macari/Edelstein Filmed Entertainment'' with New Line Cinema executive Mike Macari. Their first project together was the American remake of the Japanese horror film ''The Ring'',<ref>{{cite web| title = Neal Edelstein Produced 'The Ring'| publisher = IMDb| url = https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0298130/?ref_=nm_knf_i2}}</ref> followed by the sequel ''The Ring Two''.<ref name="imdb"/> Edelstein was instrumental in creating the viral marketing campaign for ''The Ring'' with director Gore Verbinski. Other film credits include Disney-distributed ''The Invisible'', directed by David Goyer, and ''Shelter'', starring Julianne Moore and Jonathan Rhys Meyers.<ref name="imdb"/>
Additionally, Edelstein is the founder of ''Hooked Digital Media'',<ref>{{cite web| title = Neal Edelstein, founder of Hooked Digital Media | url = http://www.hookeddigitalmedia.com/}}</ref> a production company that delivers filmed stories for the mobile and tablet generation. In 2013 they released ''Haunting Melissa'', a storytelling iOS app that rolls out new chapters and content of varying duration.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/tv/showtracker/la-et-st-0625-haunting-melissa-20130618,0,512480.story | title=Storytelling app 'Haunting Melissa' channels digital-age spirit | work=Los Angeles Times | date=24 June 2013 | access-date=28 January 2014}}</ref>
==Filmography== ''Edelstein was a producer in all films unless otherwise noted.''
===Film=== {| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;" ! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Year ! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Film ! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Credit |- | 1999 || ''The Straight Story'' || |- | 2001 || ''Mulholland Drive'' || |- | 2002 || ''The Ring'' || Co-executive producer |- | 2005 || ''The Ring Two'' || Co-executive producer |- | 2007 || ''The Invisible'' || |- | 2008 || ''Amusement'' || |- | 2010 || ''Shelter'' || |- | 2014 || ''Dark Hearts'' || |- |rowspan=2| 2017 || ''Rings'' || Executive producer |- | ''Temple'' || |- | 2019 || ''Fractured'' || |- | style="text-align:center;" | 2022 || ''Night's End''|| |- |2023 | ''Southern Gospel'' || |- | rowspan="2" |{{TableTBA}} | ''Hairstyles of the Damned'' || |- |''Kung Fu High School'' | |}
;As director
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;" ! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Year ! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Film |- |2013 |''Haunting Melissa'' |- | 2014 || ''Dark Hearts'' |}
;As writer
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;" ! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Year ! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Film |- | 2017 || ''Temple'' |}
;Thanks
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;" ! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Year ! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Film ! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Role |- | 2011 || ''Untitled'' || Special thanks |}
===Television=== {| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;" ! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Year ! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Title ! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Notes |- | 1999 || ''Mulholland Drive'' || Television pilot |- | 2013 || ''Haunting Melissa'' || |}
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