Neil DeGroot
Neil DeGroot
Director
78 Paradise Productions
Robbinsville, NC
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Description

Mr. DeGroot is a two-time winner of the DGA Award for Reality Television for THE BIGGEST LOSER, (2011-NBC) and 72 HOURS, (2013-TNT).

EP and Directing credits include SECRET CHEF, GORDON RAMSAY’S UNCHARTED, BETTER LATE THAN NEVER, PINK COLLAR CRIMES, COSPLAY MELEE, BIGGEST LOSER, SCOTT BAIO IS 45 AND SINGLE, HELLEVATOR, AMERICAN GRILLED, MODEL EMPLOYEE, and ENDURANCE.

Film credits include JAM, THE FORSAKEN, SOUTHERN CROSS, LAST PERFECT WAVE, PLATO'S RUN, VAMPIRE WARS, ESCAPE FROM CUBA, THE FORSAKEN and Executive Producer of the documentary THE BAKKEN.

He has worked with actors as diverse as Henry Winkler, William Shatner, Gordon Ramsay, Roy Scheider, William Petersen, Gary Bussey, Virginia Madsen, Michael Ironside, Malcolm McDowell, Christopher Sarandon, Amanda Plummer, Dermott Mulroney and Esai Morales in projects which have appeared on HBO, SHOWTIME, MTV, NBC CBS and NAT GEO.

Mr. DeGroot currently resides in the Smoky Mountains of North Carolina.


Special Skills & Experience

- Multi Camera directing, live and taped.
- Adventure, Travel and Challenge direction
- Studio directing
- Filming from Helicopters
- Filming on and underwater


Genre

Reality


Language(s)

English

Credits

  • DIRECTOR - Feature & TV
  • 2024: Gordon Ramsay's Uncharted
  • 2022: Secret Chef
  • 2017: Better Late Than Never
  • 2017: Biggest Loser
  • 2013: 72 Hours

Affiliations
  • Directors Guild of America (DGA)
  • License: yes, 78 Paradise Productions SOSID#1443792