Neil McGowan

Neil C McGowan is a writer and actor based out of Santa Monica, CA. He received a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from West Virginia University in Theatre. His short films, LIKE OLD TIMES and TRIP AND SLOAN, both of which he wrote and stars in, have appeared in many film festivals across the country, including the Austin Film Festival. His screenplay, NUMBERED, won the Slamdance Screenplay Contest, and was a finalist in the Final Draft Big Break Screenplay Contest and the Austin Film Festival Screenplay Contest. His play TRACKS IN THE SNOW won the Mildred and Albert Panowski Playwriting Award and was produced at Northern Michigan University. His play LONE-ANON, produced at award-winning Rogue Machine Theatre in Los Angeles, was named one of the Top Ten plays of 2013 by L.A. Weekly Magazine. He has adapted Lone-Anon to a screenplay called LONERS, which is available for streaming on Amazon Prime. His play MY GIRLFRIEND IS AN ALIEN BY KEITH DEFACTO had its world premiere at Pacific Resident Theatre and was published by Stage Rights. His play DISPOSABLE NECESSITIES was named as a finalist in the Austin Film Festival Playwriting Contest and had its world premiere at Rogue Machine Theatre. His first novel, PLANET GRAHAM, is now available on Amazon Prime in paperback and Kindle.