Neal Suresh Mulani
Directing
Biography
From the suburbs outside of Boston, Neal Mulani is a rising writer-director with a proclivity for autobiographical narratives about the queer experience. Raised by a father from Mumbai and a mother from Boston, Neal spent his childhood at the crossroad of two cultures and turned to film to articulate his experiences. Neal’s introduction to storytelling began at an early age with theater, instilling in him a fundamental appreciation for character, story and improvisation. His work explores shame, self-perception, masculinity & parenthood as they relate to the queer experience. A recent graduate of the Film & TV Production program at USC, Neal has worked for companies such as Cinetic Media, Lionsgate, and Plan B Entertainment, and currently works as an assistant to the Chairman of Universal. His first film, FISH TANK, premiered in competition at IFFBoston before completing an international festival run. His second short, FROM THE TOP, had its world premiere this summer at Palm Springs International ShortFest.
Known For
After hitting emotional and financial rock bottom, best friends Ben and Jordan come up with a scheme to spend an entire year living “rent free” with the help of friends, family and strangers alike in a rapidly changing Austin.
Rent Free
When a disgruntled music journalist accuses a global pop star of queerbaiting, the singer’s devoted fans descend on his remote cabin to wreak havoc and seek retribution.
RAT!
When a college student goes to his first hook-up with a mysterious older man, he must determine if his anxieties point to a darker truth about his host for the night.
Fish Tank
A Cuban-American girl uses a school assignment to ask her dad about his upbringing. NALIP Official Selection.
Split Ends
Volume Four of this sexy collection of the hottest gay short films around. This collection takes us from a blossoming love in a one-bedroom apartment in Tel Aviv, to the paranoid jealousy that comes with your first relationship, to a visually poetic work of ethereal movement and dance. A comedy about the fantasies of a hunky repairman and a thriller about a one-night stand where nothing is as it seems. The 5 shorts include: Faces (2019); Fish Tank (2018); Rubber Dolphin [דולפין מגומי] (2018); The Handyman (2019); Writhing (2018).
Testosterone: Volume Four
A twitchy comedy-thriller about a meddling twink who brings his friends to the desert for his 25th birthday, where a reckoning ensues.
Tell Me Something I Don't Know
An unnerving incident begins to chip away at a young songwriter’s state of mind.