Editing Neil Gaiman (section)

===Film and screenwriting===
{{See also|Neil Gaiman bibliography#Film}}
Gaiman wrote the 1996 [[BBC]] dark fantasy television series ''[[Neverwhere]]''. He co-wrote the screenplay for the movie ''[[MirrorMask]]'' with his old friend [[Dave McKean]] for McKean to direct. In addition, he wrote the localised English language script for the [[anime]] movie ''[[Princess Mononoke]]'', based on a translation of the Japanese script.<ref name="princescripts">{{cite book|last1=Wagner|first1=Hank|last2=Golden|first2=Christopher|author-link2=Christopher Golden|last3=Bissette|first3=Stephen R.|author-link3=Stephen R. Bissette|title=Prince of Stories: The Many Worlds of Neil Gaiman|year=2008|publisher=[[St. Martin's Press]]|location=New York, New York|isbn=978-0-312-38765-5|pages=[https://archive.org/details/princeofstoriesm0000wagn/page/413 413–448]|chapter=The Scripts|chapter-url=https://archive.org/details/princeofstoriesm0000wagn/page/413}}</ref>

After his disappointment with the production limitations of ''Neverwhere'', Gaiman asked his agent to pull him out of an (unnamed) UK television series that was to begin production immediately afterwards. "I didn't want to do it unless I had more control than you get as a writer: in fantasy, the tone of voice, the look and feel, the way something is shot and edited is vital, and I wanted to be in charge of that."<ref name=":0" />

He co-wrote the script for [[Robert Zemeckis]]'s ''[[Beowulf (2007 film)|Beowulf]]'' with [[Roger Avary]], a collaboration that has proved productive for both writers.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://video.stv.tv/bc/info-outFilmsVideo_interviews-20071120-neil-gaiman-and-roger-avary-shaping-beowulfs-story/?redirect=no|title= Neil Gaiman and Roger Avary: Shaping ''Beowulf's'' story|year= 2007|work= [[Stv.tv]]|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120625235711/http://video.stv.tv/bc/info-outFilmsVideo_interviews-20071120-neil-gaiman-and-roger-avary-shaping-beowulfs-story/?redirect=no|archive-date= 25 June 2012|url-status= dead|df= dmy-all}}</ref> Gaiman has expressed interest in collaborating on a [[film adaptation]] of the ''[[Epic of Gilgamesh]]''.<ref>{{cite news |first = Tom |last= Ambrose|title = He Is Legend|newspaper=[[Empire (magazine)|Empire]]|date = December 2007|page= 142}}</ref>

[[File:Good Omens panel at NYCC (61091).jpg|thumb|Gaiman on a panel about the [[Good Omens (TV series)|''Good Omens'']] TV series at [[New York Comic Con]] in 2018]]
He was the only person other than [[J. Michael Straczynski]] to write a ''[[Babylon 5]]'' script in the series' last three seasons, contributing to the season five episode "[[Day of the Dead (Babylon 5)|Day of the Dead]]".<ref name="princescripts"/> The series also features a recurring alien race called the Gaim, who resemble the character of Dream and are named after Gaiman.

Gaiman has also written at least three drafts of a screenplay adaptation of [[Nicholson Baker]]'s novel ''[[The Fermata]]'' for director [[Robert Zemeckis]],<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.neilgaiman.com/p/Cool_Stuff/Essays/Essays_About_Neil/Neil_Gaiman's_Film_Work|title= Neil Gaiman's Film Work|work= Neil Gaiman.com|date= 13 August 2007|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20130920140546/http://www.neilgaiman.com/p/Cool_Stuff/Essays/Essays_About_Neil/Neil_Gaiman's_Film_Work|archive-date= 20 September 2013|url-status= dead|access-date= 2 August 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.ugo.com/ugo/html/article/?id=17624|title= Neil Gaiman Takes Hollywood|first= Tom|last= Burns|date= n.d.|work= UGO.com|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110513203340/http://www.ugo.com/ugo/html/article/?id=17624|archive-date= 13 May 2011|url-status= dead|access-date= 2 August 2010}}</ref> although the project was stalled while Zemeckis made ''[[The Polar Express (film)|The Polar Express]]'' and the Gaiman-[[Roger Avary]]-penned ''[[Beowulf (2007 film)|Beowulf]]'' film.

Neil Gaiman was featured in the [[History (American TV network)|History Channel]] documentary ''[[Comic Book Superheroes Unmasked]]''.<ref name="listing-for-oclc-61347142">
{{cite AV media
 | url = https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/61347142
 | access-date = 2025-01-15
 | title = Comic Book Superheroes Unmasked
 | date = 2003
 | publisher = Triage Entertainment, Inc.
 | type = Television production
 | location = New York, USA
 | minutes = 73
 | isbn = 0-7670-8365-2
 | oclc = 61347142
}} Broadcast by the [[History (American TV network)|History Channel]].
</ref>

Several of Gaiman's original works have been optioned or greenlighted for film adaptation, most notably ''[[Stardust (2007 film)|Stardust]]'', which premiered in August 2007 and stars [[Charlie Cox]], [[Robert De Niro]], [[Michelle Pfeiffer]], [[Claire Danes]] and [[Mark Strong]], directed by [[Matthew Vaughn]]. A stop-motion version of ''[[Coraline (film)|Coraline]]'' was released on 6 February 2009, directed by [[Henry Selick]] and starring the voices of [[Dakota Fanning]] and [[Teri Hatcher]].<ref name="Goodyear" />

In 2007, Gaiman announced that after ten years in development, [[Death and Me|the feature film]] of ''[[Death: The High Cost of Living]]'' would finally begin production with a screenplay by Gaiman that he would direct for Warner Independent. Gaiman said that he agreed to direct the film "with the carrot dangled in front of me that I could direct it. And we'll see if that happens, and if I'm a good director or not."<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|last=Gaiman|first=Neil|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/939277355|title=The View from the Cheap Seats: Selected Nonfiction|date=2016|isbn=978-0-06-226226-4|edition=1st|publisher=William Morrow|location=New York, NY|pages=242|oclc=939277355}}</ref> [[Don Murphy]] and [[Susan Montford]] were named as producers, and [[Guillermo del Toro]] was named as the film's executive producer.<ref>{{cite web|last= Sanchez| first= Robert|title= Neil Gaiman on ''Stardust'' and ''Death: High Cost of Living''!|work= IESB.net|date= 2 August 2006|url= http://www.iesb.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=105&Itemid=42|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20060813153610/http://www.iesb.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=105&Itemid=42|archive-date= 13 August 2006|url-status= dead|access-date= 25 February 2007}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.neilgaiman.com/journal/labels/Death%20movie.html|title= The best film of 2006 was…|last= Gaiman|first= Neil|date= 9 January 2007|publisher= Neil Gaiman's Journal|access-date= 25 February 2007}}</ref> By 2010, it had been reported that the film was no longer in production.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://nymag.com/daily/entertainment/2010/10/the_vulture_transcript_neil_ga.html|title=The Vulture Transcript: Neil Gaiman on Comics, Twilight, Twitter Etiquette, Killing Batman, and Sharing Porn With His Son|date=14 October 2010}}</ref>

Seeing Ear Theatre performed two of Gaiman's audio theatre plays, "[[Snow, Glass, Apples]]", Gaiman's retelling of [[Snow White]], and "[[Murder Mysteries]]", a story of heaven before the Fall in which the first crime is committed. Both audio plays were published in the collection ''[[Smoke and Mirrors (story collection)|Smoke and Mirrors]]'' in 1998.<ref>{{cite book|last = Gaiman|first = Neil |title = Smoke and Mirrors: Short Fictions and Illusions|url = https://archive.org/details/smokemirrorsshor00gaim|url-access = registration|publisher = [[Avon (publisher)|Avon]]|year = 1998|page = 384|isbn = 978-0380789023}}</ref>

At [[Guillermo del Toro]]'s request, he rewrote the opening of ''[[Hellboy II: The Golden Army]]'' to make it look more like a fairy tale.<ref>{{cite magazine| url = https://ew.com/movies/hellboy-gave-neil-gaiman-his-start-in-writing-movies-tv/| title = Hellboy gave Neil Gaiman his start in writing for movies and TV| magazine = [[Entertainment Weekly]]}}</ref>

Gaiman's 2009 [[Newbery Medal]] winning book ''[[The Graveyard Book]]'' will be made into a movie, with [[Ron Howard]] as the director.<ref>{{cite magazine |url= https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/ron-howard-talks-direct-disneys-414344|title= Ron Howard in Talks to Direct Disney's ''Graveyard Book''|first= Borys|last= Kit|date= 22 January 2013|magazine= [[The Hollywood Reporter]]|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20131026032403/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/ron-howard-talks-direct-disneys-414344|archive-date=26 October 2013 |url-status= live|access-date= 25 October 2013}}</ref>

Gaiman wrote an episode of the long-running BBC science fiction series ''[[Doctor Who]]'', broadcast in 2011 during [[Matt Smith (actor)|Matt Smith]]'s second series as the Doctor.<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.sfx.co.uk/2010/02/06/exclusive_neil_gaiman_confirms_doctor_who_episode/|title = Exclusive Neil Gaiman Confirms ''Doctor Who'' Episode|work = [[SFX (magazine)|SFX]]|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130819135539/http://www.sfx.co.uk/2010/02/06/exclusive_neil_gaiman_confirms_doctor_who_episode/|archive-date = 19 August 2013|url-status = dead|access-date = 17 March 2010}}</ref> Shooting began in August 2010 for this episode, the original title of which was "The House of Nothing"<ref>{{cite news|url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment_and_arts/10146657.stm|title = Neil Gaiman reveals power of writing ''Doctor Who''|first = Tim|last = Masters|date = 24 May 2010|work= BBC News|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20130318033931/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/10146657|archive-date= 18 March 2013|url-status= live| access-date= 24 May 2010}}</ref> but which was eventually transmitted as "[[The Doctor's Wife]]".<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.sfx.co.uk/2011/03/28/doctor-who-title-of-the-neil-gaiman-episode-revealed/|title=Doctor Who: Title Of the Neil Gaiman Episode Revealed|work=SFX|date=28 March 2011|access-date=6 May 2011}}</ref> The episode won the 2012 [[Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form|Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation (Short Form)]].<ref name="Davis">{{cite web|first=Lauren|last=Davis|url=http://io9.com/5900047/the-2012-hugo-nominations-have-been-announced|title=The 2012 Hugo Nominations have been announced!|publisher=[[io9]]|date=7 April 2012|access-date=7 April 2012|archive-date=10 February 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130210095208/http://io9.com/5900047/the-2012-hugo-nominations-have-been-announced|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name=autogenerated3>{{cite web | url = http://blogs.publishersweekly.com/blogs/genreville/?p=2092 | title = Hugo Awards Liveblog | first = Rose | last = Fox | date = 2 September 2012 | access-date = 2 September 2012 | work = [[Publishers Weekly]] | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20131013143317/http://blogs.publishersweekly.com/blogs/genreville/?p=2092 | archive-date = 13 October 2013 | df = dmy-all }}</ref> Gaiman made his return to ''Doctor Who'' with an episode titled "[[Nightmare in Silver]]", broadcast on 11 May 2013.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/DWMtweets/status/316494714994040832|title=Tweet|publisher=Twitter|work=[[Doctor Who Magazine]]|date=26 March 2013|access-date=16 April 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|first=Morgan|last=Jeffery|url=http://www.digitalspy.com/british-tv/s7/doctor-who/news/a436955/doctor-who-writer-neil-gaiman-i-want-to-make-cybermen-scary-again.html|title=''Doctor Who'' writer Neil Gaiman: 'I want to make the Cybermen scary again'|work=Digital Spy|date=9 November 2012|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20121111175924/http://www.digitalspy.com/british-tv/s7/doctor-who/news/a436955/doctor-who-writer-neil-gaiman-i-want-to-make-cybermen-scary-again.html|archive-date= 11 November 2012|url-status= live|df= dmy-all|access-date=16 April 2013}}</ref>
Gaiman returned to the [[Whoniverse]] in 2020 for the web series ''[[Doctor Who: Lockdown]]''; he wrote the mini-episode "Rory's Story" which saw [[Arthur Darvill]] reprise his role of [[Rory Williams]].  Also in 2011, it was announced that Gaiman would be writing the script to a new film version of ''[[Journey to the West]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://journal.neilgaiman.com/2011/03/quick-in-and-out.html |title=Neil Gaiman's Journal: A quick in and out |work=Journal.neilgaiman.com |date=12 March 2011 |access-date=26 July 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://variety.com/2011/film/markets-festivals/neil-gaiman-to-script-journey-1118033705/ | work=Variety | first=Clifford | last=Coonan | title=Neil Gaiman to script 'Journey' | date=10 March 2011 | url-status=live | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110313060152/http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118033705 | archive-date=13 March 2011 | df=dmy-all }}</ref> Gaiman appeared as himself on ''[[The Simpsons]]'' episode "[[The Book Job]]", which was broadcast on 20 November 2011.<ref>{{Cite news |url= https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-12180166|title= Author Neil Gaiman to guest star on ''The Simpsons''|journal= BBC News|date= 13 January 2011|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20111230095521/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-12180166|archive-date= 30 December 2011|url-status= live|access-date= 13 January 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= http://spinoff.comicbookresources.com/2011/11/19/neil-gaiman-on-his-simpsons-appearance-teen-lit-and-trolls/|title= Neil Gaiman on His Simpsons Appearance, Teen Lit and Trolls|first= Josie|last= Campbell|date= 19 November 2011|website= Comic Book Resources|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20131005215624/http://spinoff.comicbookresources.com/2011/11/19/neil-gaiman-on-his-simpsons-appearance-teen-lit-and-trolls/|archive-date= 5 October 2013|url-status= dead|access-date= 26 October 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= http://journal.neilgaiman.com/2011/11/hey-hey-were-er-on-simpsons.html|title= Hey Hey We're, er, on ''The Simpsons''|first= Neil|last= Gaiman|date= 20 November 2011|publisher= Neil Gaiman's Journal|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120124151056/http://journal.neilgaiman.com/2011/11/hey-hey-were-er-on-simpsons.html|archive-date= 24 January 2012|url-status= dead|access-date= 26 October 2013|df= dmy-all}}</ref>

In 2015, [[Starz]] greenlighted a [[American Gods (TV series)|series adaptation]] of Gaiman's novel ''[[American Gods]]''. [[Bryan Fuller]] and [[Michael Green (writer)|Michael Green]] wrote and were  showrunners for  the series.<ref>{{cite magazine|url= https://www.ew.com/article/2015/06/16/neil-gaimans-american-gods-coming-starz|title= Neil Gaiman's ''American Gods'' gets series order at Starz|first= Dana Rose|last= Falcone|date= 16 June 2015|magazine= [[Entertainment Weekly]]|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150905055349/http://www.ew.com/article/2015/06/16/neil-gaimans-american-gods-coming-starz|archive-date= 5 September 2015|url-status= live|df= dmy-all}}</ref>  Gaiman received a  [[Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation#Long Form|Best Dramatic Presentation, Long Form]] Hugo Award in 2020 for the [[Good Omens (TV series)|TV miniseries adaptation of ''Good Omens'']], for which he wrote the screenplay.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.tor.com/2020/07/31/announcing-the-2020-hugo-award-winners/| title = Announcing the 2020 Hugo Award Winners| date = August 2020}}</ref> He voiced [[Gef]] in the [[black comedy film]] ''[[Nandor Fodor and the Talking Mongoose]]'', one of the film's titular characters, in 2023.<ref name="Gef">{{cite web |last=Grobar |first=Matt |date=1 December 2022 |title=Dark Comedy 'Nandor Fodor' Finds Its 'Talking Mongoose' In 'The Sandman's Neil Gaiman |url=https://deadline.com/2022/12/neil-gaiman-cast-in-dark-comedy-nandor-fodor-and-the-talking-mongoose-1235185442/ |accessdate=24 May 2023 |website=Deadline Hollywood}}</ref>