Neill worked on his first film at the age of 17 and began supervising prosthetics and creature FX in his 20s, on productions such as Saving Private Ryan, Judge Dredd, and From Hell.

He established Millennium FX in 1999, providing prosthetics, makeup FX and animatronics for film, TV and music promos. Millennium’s recent work includes Silent Hill, Starve Acre, Silo, Doctor Who, and all three seasons of Foundation.

In 2003, Neill opened Gorton Studio, the first specialist prosthetics and makeup FX training school in Europe. As well as offering comprehensive online courses, Gorton Studio is now partnered with Falmouth University in the delivery of 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 widely used across the international film and entertainment industries.

Over the years Neill has won numerous awards including BAFTA and RTS gongs. In the education arena, 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.

Neill published the popular 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 so he could spend more time focussing on his industry and educational work.