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Neil Jordan

Neil Jordan at the German premiere of The Brave One, 2007
Born Neil Patrick Jordan
February 25, 1950 (1950-02-25) (age 58)
Sligo, Ireland
Occupation filmmaker
Spouse(s) Brenda Rawn (2004 - present)

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Biography

As a writer/director, Jordan has a highly idiosyncratic body of work, ranging from mainstream hits like Interview with the Vampire to commercial failures like We're No Angels to a variety of more personal, low-budget arthouse pictures. Interview with the Vampire is a Vampire Novel by Anne Rice written in 1973 and published in 1976 We're No Angels is a 1989 Comedy film directed by Neil Jordan. An Art film (also called an “art cinema” “art movie” or in the U

Jordan was born in County Sligo. County Sligo ( is a county in the province of Connacht in the west of Ireland. He was educated at St. Paul's College, Raheny and was raised Catholic. St Paul’s College in Raheny, Dublin is a Catholic secondary school for boys under the trusteeship of the Vincentian Fathers – priests I was brought up a Catholic and was quite religious at one stage in my life, when I was young. But it left me with no scars whatever; it just sort of vanished [1], and then in University College Dublin, where he studied Irish history and English literature. University College Dublin (UCD (An Coláiste Ollscoile Baile Átha Cliath - formally known as University College Dublin - National University of Ireland Dublin (An When John Boorman was filming Excalibur in Ireland, he recruited Jordan as a script consultant, which led to his doing second unit work. John Boorman (born January 18, 1933) is an English filmmaker currently based in Ireland best known for his feature films such as Point Excalibur is a 1981 Fantasy film which retells the legend of King Arthur. His first feature Angel, a tale of a musician caught up in the Troubles, starred Stephen Rea who has subsequently appeared in almost all of Jordan's films to date. Stephen Rea (born Graham Rea on October 31, 1946) is an Irish Actor, who was nominated for an Academy Award for his

Unconventional sexual relationships are a recurring theme in Jordan's work, and he often finds a sympathetic side to characters audiences would traditionally consider deviant or downright horrifying. His film The Miracle, for instance, followed two characters who struggled to resist a strong, incestuous attraction, while The Crying Game made complicated, likable characters out of an IRA terrorist and a transgendered woman. The Crying Game is a 1992 film written and directed by Neil Jordan. The Provisional Irish Republican Army (Óglaigh na hÉireann ( IRA; also referred to as the PIRA, the Provos, or by some of its supporters as the Terrorism is the systematic use of terror especially as a means of coercion Transgender (trænzˈdʒɛndɚ from ( Latin) derivatives Vampire, like the Anne Rice book it was based on, focused on the intense homosexual relationship of two undead men who murder humans nightly (although the pair never have sex, they are clearly lovers of a sort), accompanied by an equally lusty vampire woman who is eternally trapped in the body of a little girl. Anne Rice (born Howard Allen O'Brien on October 4, 1941) is a best-selling American Author of gothic and religious-themed While Lestat (Tom Cruise) is depicted in an attractive but villainous manner, his lover Louis (Brad Pitt) and the child vampire Claudia (Kirsten Dunst) are meant to capture the audience's sympathy despite their predatory nature. Thomas Cruise Mapother IV ( born July 3 1962 better known by his screen name Tom Cruise, is an American Actor and Film producer William Bradley "Brad" Pitt Pitt received a Golden Globe Award and an Academy Award nomination for his role in the 1995 film Twelve Monkeys Kirsten Caroline Dunst (born April 30 1982 is an American actress and singer

In addition to the unusual sexuality of Jordan's films, he frequently returns to the Troubles of Northern Ireland. Northern Ireland (Tuaisceart Éireann Ulster Scots: Norlin Airlann) is a Country within the United Kingdom, lying in the northeast of The Crying Game and Breakfast on Pluto both concern a transgendered character (played by Jaye Davidson and Cillian Murphy, respectively), both concern the Troubles, and both feature frequent Jordan leading man Stephen Rea. Breakfast on Pluto is a 2005 Irish Comedy-drama film directed by Neil Jordan and based on the novel of the same name by Jaye Davidson (born Alfred Amey, March 21 1968) is an American -born British Oscar -nominated former Actor Stephen Rea (born Graham Rea on October 31, 1946) is an Irish Actor, who was nominated for an Academy Award for his The two films, however, are very different, with Crying Game a realistic thriller/romance and Breakfast on Pluto a much more episodic, stylized, darkly comic biography. Jordan also frequently tells stories about children or young people, such The Miracle and The Butcher Boy. The Butcher Boy is a 1992 Novel by Patrick McCabe. It was shortlisted for the 1992 Booker Prize and won the 1992 Irish Times While his pictures are most often grounded in reality, he occasionally directs more fantastic or dreamlike films, such as The Company of Wolves, High Spirits, Interview with the Vampire and In Dreams. The Company of Wolves is a 1984 gothic fantasy - Horror film directed by Neil Jordan, and starring Sarah Patterson and High Spirits is an 1988 comedy film directed by Neil Jordan. Set in a remote Irish castle High Spirits is a topsy-turvy comedy with

The critical success of Jordan's early pictures led him to Hollywood, where he directed High Spirits and We're No Angels; both were critical and financial failures. High Spirits is an 1988 comedy film directed by Neil Jordan. Set in a remote Irish castle High Spirits is a topsy-turvy comedy with He later returned home to make the more personal The Crying Game. That film was nominated for six Academy Awards. Jordan won the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for the film. Its unexpected success led him back to American studio filmmaking, where he directed Interview with the Vampire. He has not had a major hit since Vampire, although several of his recent films have done well by arthouse standards and have been generally popular with critics.

Despite the unconventional and often non-heterosexual relationships depicted in his films, Jordan himself has been twice married to women and has several children.


He was related to one of the victims of the Dublin and Monaghan Bombings in 1974. This does not cite its references or sources. You can help Wikipedia by introducing appropriate citations

He resides primarily in Dublin, Ireland. Dublin (ˈdʌblɨn/ /ˈdʊblɨn or /ˈdʊbəlɪn/, bˠalʲə aːha klʲiəh or cliə(ɸ is both the largest city and capital of Ireland.

Selected filmography

Novels

External links

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