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Neil Jordan Biography (1950-)

Full name, Neil Patrick Jordan; born February 25, 1950, in Sligo, Ireland; son of Michael (a professor) and Angela (a painter; maiden name, O'Brien) Jordan; married Vivienne (divorced); children: (with Vivienne) Sarah, Anna; (withMary) Ben; (with Brenda Rawn) Daniel and 2 others. Addresses: Office:c/o Jenne Casarotto/Casarotto Co. Ltd., National House 60/66 Wardour St., London WIV 3HP, England.; Agent: International Creative Management, 8942 Wilshire Blvd., Beverly Hills, CA 90211; William Morris Agency, 151 El Camino Dr., Beverly Hills, CA 90212.

Nationality

Irish

Gender

Male

Occupation

Director, writer

Birth Details

February 25, 1950

Sligo, Ireland

Famous Works

• CREDITS
• Film Director
• Angel, Motion Picture Co., 1982, released as Danny Boy, Triumph Films, 1984
• The Company of Wolves, Cannon, 1984
• Mona Lisa, Island Pictures, 1986
• High Spirits, TriStar, 1988
• We're No Angels, Paramount, 1989
• The Miracle, Miramax, 1991
• The Crying Game, Miramax, 1992
• Interview with the Vampire (also known as Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles), Warner Bros., 1994
• Michael Collins, Warner Bros., 1996
• The Butcher Boy, Warner Bros., 1997
• In Dreams, DreamWorks, 1999
• The End of the Affair, Columbia, 1999
• The Good Thief, Fox, 2002
• Also director of a documentary on the making of Excalibur.
• Film Executive Producer
• (With others) The Courier, Vestron Pictures, 1987
• The Butcher Boy, Warner Bros., 1997
• The Last September, Trimark Pictures, 1999
• The Good Thief, Fox, 2002
• Film Producer
• The End of the Affair, Columbia, 1999
• The Actors, Miramax, 2003
• Intermission, Buena Vista, 2003
• Film Appearances
• (Segment "John Boorman"), Lumiere et compagnie (also known as Lumiere and Company and Lumiere y compania), 1995
• Television Director
• Specials
• "Miss Otis Regrets/Just One of Those Things," Red, Hot, and Blue,ABC, 1990
• Not I, PBS, Channel 4, 2001
• Television Appearances
• Episodic
• The View, ABC, 2003
• Specials
• Independent Spirit: Close Up, Bravo, 1993
• WRITINGS
• Screenplays
• Traveller, 1981
• Angel, Motion Picture Co., 1982, released as Danny Boy, Triumph Films, 1984
• (With Angela Carter) The Company of Wolves (based on a story by Carter), Cannon, 1984
• (With David Leland) Mona Lisa, Island Pictures, 1986, published byFaber, 1986
• High Spirits, TriStar, 1988
• The Miracle (based on his story "Night in Tunisia"), Miramax, 1991
• The Crying Game, Miramax, 1992
• Michael Collins, Warner Bros., 1996
• The Butcher Boy, Warner Bros., 1997
• In Dreams, DreamWorks, 1999
• The End of the Affair, Columbia, 1999
• The Good Thief, Fox, 2002
• The Actors, Miramax, 2003
• Television Movies
• Mr. Solomon Wept, BBC, 1978
• Seduction, RTE, 1978
• Tree, RTE, 1978
• Miracles and Miss Langan, RTE, 1979
• Night in Tunisia (also known as Channel Crossing; based onhis story "Night in Tunisia"), RTE, 1980
• Radio Plays
• Miracles and Miss Langan, RTE, 1977
• Other
• Night in Tunisia and Other Stories, Co-Op Books, 1976, Braziller,1980
• The Past (novel), J. Cape/Braziller, 1979
• The Dream of a Beast (novel), Chatto & Windus, 1983, Random House, 1988
• A Neil Jordan Reader (stories), Vintage, 1993
• Sunrise with Sea Monster, Chatto & Windus, 1994, published inthe U.S. as Nightlines, Random House, 1995
• Works are also represented in anthologies including Paddy No More,Longship Press, 1978; and New Writing and Writers 16, Humanities, 1979; contributor of poems to magazines.

Further Reference

OTHER SOURCES

Periodicals

• American Film, January, 1990, p. 36
• Chicago Tribune, April 22, 1985; November 21, 1988
• Cineaste, fall, 1996, p. 20
• Film Comment, January/February, 1990, p. 9
• Interview, December, 1989, p. 75
• Los Angeles Times, November 19, 1980; April 19, 1985; June 20, 1985; November 18, 1988
• Newsweek, May 6, 1985; June 16, 1986
• New Yorker, June 16, 1986
• New York Times, May 18, 1984; April 19, 1985; June 13, 1986; November 18, 1988
• New York Times Magazine, January 9, 1994, p. 22
• People Weekly, June 16, 1986
• Time International, February 23, 1998, p. 52
• Village Voice, May 29, 1984; April 30, 1985; June 17, 1986
• Washington Post, November 9, 1988