Neal Israel Biography (1945?-)

Born c. 1945; married Lori Lieberman (a singer-songwriter; marriage dissolved); married Amy Heckerling (a director, producer, writer, and actress), July,1984 (divorced); children: Mollie.

Gender: Male
Occupation: Actor, producer, director, writer

Famous Works

CREDITS
Television Director
Movies
Combat High (also known as Combat Academy), NBC, 1986
The Cover Girl and the Cop (also known as Beauty & Denise), NBC, 1989
Family Reunion: A Relative Nightmare, ABC, 1995
Dad's Week Off (also known as National Lampoon's Dad's Week Off), Showtime, 1997
The Poof Point, The Disney Channel, 2001
Hounded, The Disney Channel, 2001
Television Executive Producer
Movies
(With Don Johnson) Life on the Flipside, NBC, 1988
A Quiet Little Neighborhood, a Perfect Little Murder (also known as Darling, Let's Kill the Neighbors, Honey, Let's Kill the Neighbors, and A Perfect Little Murder), NBC, 1990
Bonnie & Clyde: The True Story, Fox, 1992
Television Producer
Movies
Taking the Heat, Showtime, 1993
Television Director
Episodic
"All Teed Off," Clueless, ABC and UPN, 1997
"Homecoming Queen," Clueless, ABC and UPN, 1997
"P.G. Seventeen," Clueless, ABC and UPN, 1998
"Scream Murray, Scream!," Clueless, ABC and UPN, 1998
"Scream Again Murray, Scream Again!," Clueless, ABC and UPN, 1998
"Our Lady of Rodeo Drive," Clueless, ABC and UPN, 1998
"Don't Judge a Book by Its Lover," The Love Boat: The Next Wave, UPN, 1999
"Chubby Chick," Shasta McNasty (also known as Shasta), UPN,1999
"Graduation," Clueless, ABC and UPN, 1999
"Nice Girls Finish Last," Clueless, ABC and UPN, 1999
"Popularity," Clueless, ABC and UPN, 1999
"Big Sissies," Clueless, ABC and UPN, 1999
"Leo Is a Pain in My ... ," Shasta McNasty (also known as Shasta), UPN, 2000
Lizzie McGuire, The Disney Channel, 2001
Also directed "The Candidate" and "The Yearbook," episodes of The Wonder Years; and episodes of Harts of the West, CBS, and Nash Bridges (also known as Bridges), CBS.
Television Work
Pilots
Executive producer, Twilight Theater, NBC, 1982
Producer, Twilight Theater II, NBC, 1982
Other
Producer, Marie (series), NBC, 1980

Executive producer, Dream Date, 1989
Executive producer and director, Kidz in the Wood, 1994
Television Appearances
Movies
Herbie, Intimate Stranger, Showtime, 1992
Homeless man, Hounded, The Disney Channel, 2001
Film Director
(With Brad Swirnoff) Tunnelvision, Worldwide, 1976
Americathon, United Artists, 1979
Bachelor Party, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1984
Moving Violations, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1985
Breaking the Rules (also known as Sketches), Miramax, 1992
Surf Ninjas (also known as Surf Warriors), New Line Cinema,1993
Film Work
Executive Producer
Tunnelvision, Worldwide, 1976
Chocolate for Breakfast, Aspect Ratio Film/Potbelly Films, 1998
The Runner, First Look Pictures Releasing, 1999
Also executive producer of Spurting Blood.
Other
Producer, Moving Violations, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1985
Coproducer, Three O'Clock High, 1987
Film Appearances
Rabbi Rabinowitz, Tunnelvision, Worldwide, 1976
Cracking Up, American International Pictures, 1977
Dr. Zillman, Johnny Dangerously, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1984
First commuter, Moving Violations, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1985
Dr. Brewster, It's Alive III: Island of the Alive (also known as Island of the Alive), 1987
Mr. Ross, Look Who's Talking (also known as Daddy's Home),1989
Mr. Ross, Look Who's Talking Too, TriStar, 1990
Mr. Dunbar, Surf Ninjas (also known as Surf Warriors), NewLine Cinema, 1993
Stage Work
Production assistant, The Education of H*Y*M*A*N K*A*P*L*A*N, Alvin Theatre, New York City, 1968
Director, Frank Gagliano's City Scene, Fortune Theatre, New York City, 1969
WRITINGS
Screenplays
(With Michael Mislove) Tunnelvision, Worldwide, 1976
Cracking Up, American International Pictures, 1977
(With Mislove and Monica Johnson) Americathon (also based on a story by Israel), United Artists, 1979
(With Pat Proft) Bachelor Party, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1984
(With Proft and Hugh Wilson) Police Academy (also known as Police Academy: What an Institution; based on a story by Israel), Warner Bros., 1984
(With Proft and Peter Torokvei) Real Genius, TriStar, 1985
(With Proft) Moving Violations, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1985
Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment, 1985
(With Larry Siegel) Buy and Cell, Altar/Empire, 1989
Look Who's Talking Too, TriStar, 1990
Also author of All I Want for Christmas, It's Alive III, Sketches, and Spurting Blood.
Television Movies
Family Reunion: A Relative Nightmare, ABC, 1995
Dad's Week Off (also known as National Lampoon's Dad's Week Off), Showtime, 1997
The Patty Duke Show: Still Rockin' in Brooklyn Heights, CBS, 1999
Television Pilots
(With Jeffrey Barron, Jim Staahl and Jim Fisher) Twilight Theater,NBC, 1982
(With Pat Proft, Barron, John London, Ron Engleman, Carmen Finestra, Marshall McManus, and Kevin Kelton) Twilight Theater II, NBC, 1982
Other Television Writing
The Mac Davis Show (series), NBC, 1976
(With Pat Proft) Ringo (special), NBC, 1978
Kidz in the Wood, 1994
Also author of Lola Falana Special.

Further Reference

ADAPTATIONS

Several Police Academy sequels and the television series PoliceAcademy: The Series, 1997, have been based on characters created by Israel.

OTHER SOURCES

Periodicals

People Weekly, May 13, 1985

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