Neil Norman

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Neil Norman (b. Neil J Streitberger https://x.com/njstreitberger) is a British playwright{{citation needed|date=April 2012}} and critic.{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/7660648.stm|title=Critics laud Tennant in Labour's|date=9 October 2008|work=BBC Online|accessdate=16 April 2012}}

A journalist on the New Musical Express in the early 1970s, Norman became a film critic for The Face and in the ensuing years a reviewer of film and theatre for various cinema magazines and national newspapers.

He joined the Evening Standard in 1986 as a film critic and feature writer. He appeared regularly as a contributor to the Sky Arts series [https://www.3ddproductions.com/discovering-christmas-films Discovering] & The [https://www.3ddproductions.com/thedirectors Directors]. He is co-author of a book about the 1985 film Insignificance and the Robbie Coltrane biography Looking For Robbie.

His plays have been performed in London, Toronto and New York.{{citation needed|date=December 2012}}