Neill is CEO of multi-award-winning screen prosthetics company Millennium FX and Director of Gorton Studio, Europe’s original prosthetics and makeup effects training school.

Gorton Studio has led the way in teaching prosthetics for nearly 25 years. As well as offering comprehensive online courses for all skill levels, the studio is partnered with Falmouth University in delivering a master’s degree in Prosthetic Effects. This teaches the hybrid approach to prosthetics, combining traditional and digital techniques in a skill set that’s now used throughout the international film and entertainment industries.

Neill has 13 major industry awards including BAFTA and Royal Television Society gongs. He has worked with directors such as Steven Spielberg, Ridley Scott, Ron Howard, and Alfonso Cuarón, and on famous faces including Sir Kenneth Branagh, Johnny Depp, Anne Hathaway, Benicio del Torro, Pierce Brosnan, Lady Gaga, and Adele.

As an educator, he is an honorary fellow of the Arts University Bournemouth, and a visiting professor at the University of Bolton, where in recognition of his services to the film industry, has was also
awarded an honorary doctorate. 

He published Prosthetics Magazine for eight years and founded The Prosthetics Event in 2014, which he ran until 2021, before passing the torch to the fantastic team at TILT.