Neal Hellman is an American folk musician, music teacher, and performer of the mountain dulcimer. He has performed and recorded acoustic music across the United States and Europe. In collaboration with Joe Weed, Hellman wrote the score for Princess Furball, a children's video by Weston Woods, which received a 1993 American Library Association Commendation. He has released several albums, including Oktober County (1987) and Autumn in the Valley (1993). As founder, director, and one of the primary artists of the Gourd Music record label, he has also produced several albums.