figshare
Browse

Neil Hollander

Writer (Creative writing (incl. scriptwriting))

New York City, NY

Neil Hollander is a writer, filmmaker and journalist. He is also known as author of "Nobel Voices" a joint project with Smithsoninan Institution that covers interviews with more than 30 Nobel Prize winners. Hollander was born in 1939 in New York City where completed his formal education. Being aspired to art, he joined the Rhode Island School of Design where graduated in Graphic Design. Some of his original projects about filmmaking and writing are available at Hollander's portfolio at RISD. Soon after graduating from RISD he joined a team of sailors and went on a voyage to sail the Pacific. There he met Herald Mertes who was also into writing. The next three years Neil Hollander spent sailing at open sea and writing books about the last days of working sail. Once the trip was over he published his book but also used the writing to create his first film "The Last Sailors."

Publications

  • Burma: A Human Tragedy (Narrated by Anjelica Huston) - In 1989 Aung San Suu Kyi ( AKA The Lady ), returned to visit Burma and decided to stay, casting her lot with the fate of her country. Put under house arrest for 21 years, The Lady continuously refused every opportunity to leave. What would make a mother, a wife, a woman sacrifice her family life, her career, her freedom, in this manner? film by Neil Hollander
  • Under the Radar: Burma - While traveling undercover throughout Burma, Henry Rollins and Neil Hollander expose the country's repressive military dictatorship and explore the dangerous and fascinating world hidden behind Burma's bamboo curtain.
  • The Great Zoo Break - Is a wholly unbelievable story which not even Neil Hollander's writing and Susanna Gretz's illustrative talents can lift out of its mediocrity. The book features Hippo, Giraffe, Monkey and Crocodile that go over the wall and then try to book a passage home to Africa. Lacking a money for tickets they proceed to entertain in the town to earn their fares before departing. Children's stories often require a willing suspension of disbelief but I was unable to play the game with this one.
  • Elusive Dove: The Search for Peace During World War I - With this book, the author Neil Hollander takes the reader in the heat of battle where individuals of courage stepped forward and attempted to bring the better part of humanity out of darkness and to revive the phoenix of peace. They are the real heroes of the war and with this book Hollander tells their story.

Neil Hollander's public data