---
name: "Neal Edelstein"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/neal-edelstein"
fi1m_id: "neal-edelstein"
imdb_id: "nm0249050"
tmdb_id: 5625
wikidata_id: "Q16249543"
roles: ["Producer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 83
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-09-17T18:00:07.673184+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Neal Edelstein

## Identity

Neal Edelstein

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/neal-edelstein
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** neal-edelstein
- **IMDb ID:** nm0249050
- **TMDB ID:** 5625
- **Wikidata ID:** Q16249543
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neal_Edelstein, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16249543, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0249050/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/5625

Producer. Born in Chicago, IL.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Active:** 1999–2002
- **Frequently works with:** [David Lynch](https://film.one/person/david-lynch.md), [Mary Sweeney](https://film.one/person/mary-sweeney.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 83, as producer, over 3 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 88 (1), 2000s 81 (2)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 83 to 76 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 1 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 2, Mystery 2, Adventure 1, Horror 1, Thriller 1
- **Screen time:** 6 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $276m across 3 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neal_Edelstein, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16249543, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0249050/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/5625

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*The Straight Story*](https://film.one/film/the-straight-story.md) (88)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Neal Edelstein is an American film producer. He was born in Winnetka, Illinois, and began his career in Los Angeles in the early 1990s.

In 1997, he produced David Lynch’s segment for the French anthology film *Lumiere and Company*. Edelstein subsequently produced Lynch’s *The Straight Story* (1999) and *Mulholland Drive* (2001) through their partnership in The Picture Factory. He later formed Macari/Edelstein Filmed Entertainment with Mike Macari; their first project was the American remake *The Ring* (2002), on which Edelstein served as co-executive producer.

His other producing credits include *The Ring Two* (2005), *The Invisible* (2007), *Fractured* (2019) and *Rings* (2017).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (3)

- *The Ring* (2002), Fi1m 70, Co-Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/the-ring.md)
- *Mulholland Drive* (2001), Fi1m 92, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/mulholland-drive.md)
- *The Straight Story* (1999), Fi1m 88, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/the-straight-story.md)

## Complete filmography (17)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Southern Gospel* (2023), Producer
- *Night's End* (2022), Producer
- *Fractured* (2019), Producer
- *Temple* (2017), Producer, Story
- *Rings* (2017), Executive Producer
- *Dark Hearts* (2014), Director
- *Haunting Melissa* (2013), Director, Producer
- *6 Souls* (2010), Producer
- *Amusement* (2008), Producer
- *The Invisible* (2007), Producer
- *The Ring Two* (2005), Co-Executive Producer
- *The Ring* (2002), Co-Executive Producer — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/film/the-ring.md)
- *Mulholland Drive* (2001), Producer — Fi1m 92, [page](https://film.one/film/mulholland-drive.md)
- *The Straight Story* (1999), Producer — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/the-straight-story.md)
- *Lumière & Company* (1995), Producer
- *Premonitions Following an Evil Deed* (1995), Producer
- *The Dagon*, Producer

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