Neil Hollander (born 1939, death 2021, in

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) is an American writer, film director and producer, journalist and sailor who has sailed across the

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and

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Oceans. He has conducted more than thirty interviews with

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, and his work has been exhibited in a number of museums, among them the Smithsonian, the

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and the Jim Thompson House in

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. As an author, he is largely collected by libraries worldwide.

Biography

Hollander was born in 1939 in New York City. His younger sister is the lawyer Nancy Hollander, who represented some Guantanamo Bay prisoners. During his career, Hollander has gone through several professions and has lived in various parts of the world, including

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, Costa Rica, and France, where he now stays. His passion for sailing took him on a three-year trip across the sea, visiting sea ports around the world and witnessing the life of people who still make their living from the sea in the old traditions. The trip was documented in the 150-minutes video story The Last Sailors: The Final Days of Working Sail, narrated by

Orson Welles George Orson Welles (May 6, 1915 – October 10, 1985) was an American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter, known for his innovative work in film, radio and theatre. He is considered to be among the greatest and most influential f ...

. He died in Paris after suffering five months of lung cancer, leaving behind a widow. Hollander lived and worked in Paris.

Bibliography

*''Call out the Jungle'' January 1976 *''The Courageous Voyage of Joan De Penguin'' January 1979 *''The Magic Clock'' June 1979 *''The Cook Is Captain'' June 1979 *''Penguin Voyages'' July 1979 *''The Great Voyage of Columbus Penguin'' July 1979 *''The Book of Paris'' September 1979 *''Sailor talk: Essential words and phrases in 6 languages'' December 1980 *''The Chocolate Feast'' May 1982 *''Chocolate Feast'' January 1984 *''The Great Zoo Break'' March 1985 *''The Yachtsman's Emergency Handbook: The Complete Survival Manual'' December 1986 *''The Last Sailors: The Final Days of Working Sail'' February 1987 *''Animal Day (Picture Knight)'' October 1988 *''Elusive Dove: The Search for Peace During World War I'' March 2014

Filmography

*''Riding the Rails'' (1982) *''Birds of Passage'' (2001) *''The Last Sailors'' (1984) *'' First Flights with Neil Armstrong'' (1991) *''Nobel Voices'' (2001) *''Gold Lust'' (1984) *''Touchia'' (1993) *''Germans and their Nazi Past'' (2004) *''Sea Devils'' (Tramps)(1998) *''Sea Dogs'' (Birds of Passage)(2001) *''H for Hunger'' (2009) *''Burma: A Human Tragedy'' (2011) *''Goldlust'' (2014) *''Under the Radar: Burma'' (2010)

References

External links

Neil Hollander on Imdb
{{DEFAULTSORT:Hollander, Neil 1939 births Living people American documentary film directors American documentary film producers Writers from Newark, New Jersey Film producers from New Jersey