Neil Raphael

Neil Raphael is an English photographer-turned-writer from London.

In the early 1980s he photographed rock bands (Fairport Convention, John Martyn, Marianne Faithfull, Ry Cooder, 10cc, Annie Lennox and more) in concert and for press work. His photos appeared in Melody Maker and Sounds.
His work appeared in 2 books on Fairport Convention, both written by Patrick Humphries - A History of Fairport Convention (1982) and Meet On The Ledge (1997).

In 1984 he began writing comedy sketches for the theatre group Newsrevue followed by stand-up material for impressionists Rory Bremner and Jessica Martin. Neil Raphael wrote for many radio/tv shows including Week Ending, Huddlines, Roy Castle's Recordbreakers, Naked Video and Spitting Image: as well as a BBC Radio sitcom, 'Mission Investigates'.

In 2001, Neil Raphael script-doctored the German WWII drama, The Edelweiss Pirates which was produced and released in 2004 by Palladio Films.

In 2005, Neil Raphael promoted the first-ever UK concerts of the US singer-songwriter Stephen Bishop at The Band Room in North Yorkshire.