Neil Marshall (born 25 May 1970) is a British film and television director, editor, producer, and screenwriter. He is best known for directing the cult horror film Dog Soldiers (2002), the critically acclaimed horror film The Descent (2005), the science fiction action film Doomsday (2008), the historical war film Centurion (2010), the superhero action film Hellboy (2019), and the adventure horror film The Reckoning (2020).

Marshall has also directed numerous television series, including two episodes of the HBO fantasy drama series Game of Thrones: "Blackwater" and "The Watchers on the Wall", the latter of which earned him a nomination for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series.

Early life

Marshall was born in Newcastle upon Tyne, England. He was first inspired to become a film director when he saw Raiders of …Read more on Wikipedia