Craig William Macneill

Macneill was born in New England, and moved to Northern Virginia where he attended high school.  He graduated from the University of Colorado with a Bachelor of Fine Arts after having studied under filmmakers including Stan Brakhage.{{Cite web|url=http://www.northlakefilms.com/#!about/c14hs|title = Craig William Macneill}}  

Macneill directed Lizzie, a psychological thriller starring Chloe Sevigny and Kristen Stewart.{{Cite news|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/cannes-lizzie-borden-kristen-stewart-893104|title=Cannes: 'Lizzie Borden' With Kristen Stewart, Chloe Sevigny Lands Director (Exclusive)|newspaper=The Hollywood Reporter|access-date=2016-12-18}} Lizzie premiered in the U.S Dramatic Competition section at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival.{{Cite news|url=https://variety.com/2017/film/news/sundance-film-festival-2018-lineup-program-1202625522/|title=Sundance Film Festival Unveils Full 2018 Features Lineup|last=Debruge|first=Peter|date=2017-11-29|work=Variety|access-date=2017-12-31|language=en-US}}

Macneill directed and co-wrote the 2015 feature film The Boy, starring David Morse, Rainn Wilson, Jared Breeze, Mike Vogel, Bill Sage, Zuleikha Robinson, and Aiden Lovecamp. The film was produced by Elijah Wood, Daniel Noah, and Josh C. Waller and the company SpectreVision.{{Cite news|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/sundance-elijah-wood-reveal-rise-671854|title=Sundance: Elijah Wood to Reveal the Rise of a Serial Killer With 'The Boy'|newspaper=The Hollywood Reporter|access-date=2016-12-18}}

Macneill directed the first season of the limited anthology television series Channel Zero: Candle Cove.{{Cite news|url=https://deadline.com/2016/02/craig-william-macneill-direct-channel-zero-candle-cove-syfy-1201704934/|title=Craig William Macneill To Direct 'Channel Zero: Candle Cove' On Syfy|last=Petski|first=Denise|date=2016-02-18|newspaper=Deadline|language=en-US|access-date=2016-12-18}} The show was created by Nick Antosca and stars Paul Schneider and Fiona Shaw.{{Cite news|url=https://variety.com/2016/tv/news/channel-zero-syfy-paul-schneider-fiona-shaw-1201799155/|title=Syfy's 'Channel Zero' to Star Paul Schneider and Fiona Shaw (EXCLUSIVE)|last=Prudom|first=Laura|date=2016-06-20|newspaper=Variety|language=en-US|access-date=2016-12-18}}

Macneill directed 2 episodes for HBO's Westworld, 2 episodes for the first season of Amazon Prime's Them, and an episode for Jordan Peele's The Twilight Zone anthology reboot television series, titled The Blue Scorpion, starring Chris O'Dowd. He also directed an episode of the horror drama series, Castle Rock, 2 episodes of the horror drama series, NOS4A2, 1 episode of the horror drama series, Monsterland, and 2 episodes for the Chilling Adventures of Sabrina.

Macneill has written, produced, edited, and directed a number of short films before The Boy. Among them is a 2011 short Henley, which won a "Best Short Film" award at the 2011 Gen Art Film Festival Film Festival and the 2012 Carmel Film and Arts Film Festival. Henley was one of 64 short films selected from 7,675 submissions to screen in competition at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival.{{Cite web|url=http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/movies/2011/12/sundance-film-festival-announces-short-film-roster.html|title=Sundance Film Festival announces short film roster|date=2011-12-06|website=LA Times Blogs - 24 Frames|language=en-US|access-date=2016-12-18}}

Among the short films that Macneill has both directed, produced, co-wrote, and edited include the award winning short film Late Bloomer, which screened as an official selection at the 2005 Sundance Film Festival.{{Cite web|url=http://history.sundance.org/films/3418/late_bloomer|title=Sundance Institute}} It won the audience award at the 2004 Lake Placid Film Festival,{{Cite web|url=https://adkmogul.wordpress.com/category/lake-placid-film-forum-alums/|title=Lake placid film forum alums|date=9 March 2012 }} and was screened at film festivals worldwide {{Cite web|url=http://www.northlakefilms.com/#!late-bloomer/c5m1|title = Craig William Macneill}}

In 2009, Macneill, along with co-director Alexei Kaleina, completed an experimental film titled The Afterlight, which had its world premiere at the International Rome Film Festival and was acquired for limited theatrical distribution through Cinema Purgatorio. The film stars Michael Kelly, Ana Asensio, Jicky Schnee, and Rip Torn.

Macneill lives in New York City, New York with his wife, director/actress Ana Asensio. He was the recipient of a 2009 Jerome Foundation Grant.{{Cite web |url=http://www.jeromefdn.org/grantees/2009-craig-macneill-henley |title=Craig Macneill - Henley | the Jerome Foundation |access-date=2015-02-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150209034758/http://www.jeromefdn.org/grantees/2009-craig-macneill-henley |archive-date=2015-02-09 |url-status=dead }}

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