sentences:  Neilson has more recently moved into directing with his first feature film "The Debt Collector" in 1999 which won the Fipresci (International Critics) Award at the Troia International Film Festival.As his writing work involves collaborations he has a massive directorial role in the creation of his plays but in 2007 he was credited as director of his play "God in Ruins" at the Soho Theatre.At the RSC  he directed the world premiere of "The Drunks" by the Durnenkov Brothers in 2009.