---
name: "Neil Canton"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/neil-canton"
fi1m_id: "neil-canton"
imdb_id: "nm0134635"
tmdb_id: 1059
wikidata_id: "Q6988354"
roles: ["Producer"]
born: "30 May 1948"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 80
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-10-04T20:47:12.259101+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 Canton

## Identity

Neil Canton

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/neil-canton
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** neil-canton
- **IMDb ID:** nm0134635
- **TMDB ID:** 1059
- **Wikidata ID:** Q6988354
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neil_Canton, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6988354, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0134635/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1059

Producer. Born 30 May 1948 in New York City, New York, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Born:** 30 May 1948, New York City, New York, USA
- **Active:** 1985–1990
- **Frequently works with:** [Bob Gale](https://film.one/person/bob-gale.md), [Christopher Lloyd](https://film.one/person/christopher-lloyd.md), [Lea Thompson](https://film.one/person/lea-thompson.md), [Michael J. Fox](https://film.one/person/michael-j-fox.md), [Robert Zemeckis](https://film.one/person/robert-zemeckis.md), [Thomas F. Wilson](https://film.one/person/thomas-f-wilson.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 80, as producer, over 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Comedy 3, Adventure 2, Science Fiction 2, Fantasy 1, Horror 1
- **Screen time:** 6 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $778m across 3 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neil_Canton, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6988354, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0134635/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1059

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*Back to the Future*](https://film.one/film/back-to-the-future.md) (92)
- **Tubi:** [*The Witches of Eastwick*](https://film.one/film/the-witches-of-eastwick.md) (73)

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

## Biography

Neil Canton is an American film producer born on 30 May 1948 in New York City. He graduated from American University in Washington, DC, in 1970. He began his career in the film industry as an assistant to director Peter Bogdanovich on films including *What's Up, Doc?* (1972), *Paper Moon* (1973) and *Nickelodeon* (1976).

Canton produced *The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension* (1984) before joining Bob Gale as producer of the *Back to the Future* trilogy (1985–1990). He has also produced *The Witches of Eastwick* (1987), *Money Train* (1995), *Get Carter* (2000) and *Interstate 60* (2002), and served as co-producer on *Land of the Dead* (2005).

Canton received a Western Heritage Award for *Geronimo: An American Legend* (1993) and was nominated for a BAFTA Film Award for *Back to the Future*. He has taught producing at the American Film Institute Conservatory. His brother Mark Canton is also a film producer.

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

## On Fi1m (3)

- *Back to the Future Part II* (1989), Fi1m 74, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/back-to-the-future-part-ii.md)
- *The Witches of Eastwick* (1987), Fi1m 73, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/the-witches-of-eastwick.md)
- *Back to the Future* (1985), Fi1m 92, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/back-to-the-future.md)

## Complete filmography (18)

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

- *Doc Brown Saves the World* (2015), Producer
- *Land of the Dead* (2005), Co-Producer
- *Trapped* (2002), Executive Producer
- *Interstate 60* (2002), Producer
- *Angel Eyes* (2001), Executive Producer
- *Get Carter* (2000), Producer
- *Duets* (2000), Executive Producer
- *Money Train* (1995), Producer
- *Geronimo: An American Legend* (1993), Producer
- *Trespass* (1992), Producer
- *Back to the Future Part III* (1990), Producer
- *Back to the Future Part II* (1989), Producer — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/back-to-the-future-part-ii.md)
- *Caddyshack II* (1988), Producer
- *The Witches of Eastwick* (1987), Producer — Fi1m 73, [page](https://film.one/film/the-witches-of-eastwick.md)
- *Back to the Future* (1985), Producer — Fi1m 92, [page](https://film.one/film/back-to-the-future.md)
- *The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension* (1984), Producer
- *Blood Beach* (1980), Associate Producer
- *Brother*, Producer

## Awards

### Other awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Picture 1989: Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Picture (nominated), for *Caddyshack II*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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