Background
Jimenez, Neal Randall was born on May 22, 1960 in Sacramento, California, United States. Son of Joseph and Marcille Yvonne (Gass) Jimenez.
Jimenez, Neal Randall was born on May 22, 1960 in Sacramento, California, United States. Son of Joseph and Marcille Yvonne (Gass) Jimenez.
Jimenez attended University of California, Los Angeles School of Theater, Film and Television.
He is best known for the writing of his macabre 1980"s film River"s Edge. In 1984, while a film student, he went hiking with some friends and slipped on a rock, falling twenty feet into a shallow pool below. He was initially a paralyzed from the neck down but subsequent surgeries restored movement to his upper body and he has been a paraplegic since.
The film The Waterdance, which he wrote and co-directed, was partly based on his experience in rehabilitation.
He was a member of the dramatic jury at the Sundance Film Festival in 1994.
Married Beheroze Shroff, November 15,1986.