Neal E. Fischer is a former band geek,

NERD, prom king, and

raised on MOVIES totally inappropriate for a five-year-old (turned out just fine!)

who wishes he could grow facial hair like

and once offered

dinner.

And best of all…he gets shit done.

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Neal on the set with Emma Pope (St. Denis medical) going over “Boy Band Choreography” for a Cars.com super bowl campaign.

NEal E. Fischer is an award-winning author, filmmaker, and podcaster whose work spans film, publishing, theater, radio, podcasting, and branded storytelling. Based in Chicago, Neal brings attention to detail and a deep love of pop culture to every project he touches. whether he’s writing, directing, producing, teaching, or chronicling any aspect of the entertainment industry in his work, neal’s pop-culture obsessed brain fueled on 90s movies and pizza hut bring an unmistakable nostalgia to all his projects.

As an accomplished author, Neal has had nine books published with esteemed collaborators such as Chronicle Books, Quarto Books, and Globe Pequot/LYONS PRESS including pop culture profiles on actor Patrick Swayze, the Law & Order: SVU franchise, books on tv history, Christmas movies and rom-com trivia, three middle-grade books on Cristiano Ronaldo, MrBeast, and Steph Curry, and an exhaustive fan guide on the Mission: Impossible franchise. His work has been featured on Best Of lists, vulture articles, holiday gift guides, with Library Journal praising him as a “pop culture maven.

As a filmmaker and director, Neal has helmed award-winning regional, social, and national campaigns for brands including Kraft/Heinz, Dunkin’, and Cars.com—the latter a Super Bowl LIII campaign shortlisted for a prestigious Cannes Lionsaward. His narrative and documentary films have screened internationally, including work on the award-winning feature documentary 10 Mountains 10 Years, narrated by Anne Hathaway featuring music by bruce springsteen, and several short films, feature films, and web series.

Neal has also appeared on national radio and television programs and was recently featured alongside Rob Lowe on FOX’s hit game show The Floor. He is also the co-creator, producer and host of Triviality, an award-nominated weekly pub-trivia podcast with nearly 10 million downloads, and the co-host of the film and media conversational podcast Curated by Chance

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