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name: "Neil Affleck"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/neil-affleck"
fi1m_id: "neil-affleck"
imdb_id: "nm0012682"
tmdb_id: 133798
wikidata_id: "Q3337800"
roles: ["Director"]
born: "1 January 1953"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 76
average_as: "director"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-17T17:29:19.827021+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."
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# Neil Affleck

## Identity

Neil Affleck

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/neil-affleck
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** neil-affleck
- **IMDb ID:** nm0012682
- **TMDB ID:** 133798
- **Wikidata ID:** Q3337800
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neil_Affleck, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3337800, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0012682/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/133798

Director. Born 1 January 1953 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

## Details

- **Work:** Director
- **Born:** 1 January 1953, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
- **Active:** 1989–1999
- **Also known as:** James Neil Affleck, James Affleck, Neil, James
- **Frequently works with:** [Brian Scully](https://film.one/person/brian-scully.md), [Dominic Polcino](https://film.one/person/dominic-polcino.md), [Pete Michels](https://film.one/person/pete-michels.md), [Richard Appel](https://film.one/person/richard-appel.md), [Swinton O. Scott III](https://film.one/person/swinton-o-scott-iii.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 76, as director, over 2 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 88 (1), 1990s 63 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neil_Affleck, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3337800, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0012682/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/133798

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*The Simpsons*](https://film.one/tv/the-simpsons.md) (88), [*Family Guy*](https://film.one/tv/family-guy.md) (63)

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## Biography

Neil Affleck is a Canadian animator, director and actor. Born in Montreal in 1953, he is the son of architect Raymond Affleck. He studied at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts school of art and design, where he won the Norman McLaren Award in 1972 for his animated short *Hands*, and later studied theatre.

Affleck began his career as an actor, appearing in films including *Oh! Heavenly Dog* (1980), *My Bloody Valentine* (1981) as Axel, *Scanners* (1981) and *Visiting Hours* (1982). He later moved into animation, working as a timer, storyboard artist and director on series such as *The Simpsons* (directing seven episodes from 1997 to 2000), *Family Guy*, *Rocko's Modern Life* and *The Critic*. He has also directed episodes of *Miss Spider's Sunny Patch Friends* and *Mike the Knight*.

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

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Family Guy* (1999), Fi1m 63, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/family-guy.md)
- *The Simpsons* (1989), Fi1m 88, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-simpsons.md)

## Complete filmography (23)

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

- *The Ghost Is a Lie* (2023), as Emmitt
- *Tehranto* (2022), as Old Man
- *Impulse* (2018), series, as Nosy Neighbor
- *Dark Sunrise* (2018), Actor
- *The Duchess of Cancun* (2017), as Martin Baker
- *Sunny Day* (2017), series, Director
- *Little Girls* (2017), as Male Industry Pro #1
- *Almost Adults* (2016), as Richard
- *American Lawmen* (2016), series, as Allan Pinkerton
- *Mike the Knight: Journey to Dragon Mountain* (2014), Director
- *Web of Lies* (2014), series, as Lanny Bush ("Rocky Switzer")
- *Mike the Knight: Magical Mishaps* (2011), Director
- *CN Invaded Part 1: Cheese A-Go-Go* (2007), Director
- *Family Guy* (1999), series, Director — Fi1m 63, [page](https://film.one/tv/family-guy.md)
- *The Simpsons* (1989), series, Director — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-simpsons.md)
- *Wild Thing* (1987), as Det. Walt
- *Cross Country* (1983), as Det. Kibbee
- *Will There Really Be a Morning?* (1983), as Actor #2
- *Visiting Hours* (1982), as Police Officer
- *My Bloody Valentine* (1981), as Axel
- *Scanners* (1981), as Student
- *Oh! Heavenly Dog* (1980), as Postie
- *Bloodlines: An Interactive Horror Film History*, as Axel Palmer · Presenter

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