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My Take
Neil Jordan is a filmmaker whose range never ceases to amaze me. The Irish writer-director won an Oscar for his screenplay to The Crying Game, a film whose famous twist redefined what mainstream cinema could risk. But I love how he refuses to be boxed in, gliding from the gothic lushness of Interview with the Vampire to the tender wit of The Butcher Boy and the brooding Michael Collins. He started as a prizewinning fiction writer, and that literary sensibility infuses everything he makes. There's a poetic, morally complex streak running through his work that, to me, marks him as a genuine artist rather than a craftsman for hire.
Overview
Neil Patrick Jordan (born 25 February 1950) is an Irish filmmaker and writer. His short story collection, Night in Tunisia, won the Guardian Fiction Prize in 1979. After a stint working at RTÉ, he made his directorial debut with the 1982 film Angel.
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1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Neil Jordan
- Name (Japanese)
- ニール・ジョーダン
- Reading
- にーる・じょーだん
- Born
- February 25, 1950 (age 76)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Pisces / Tiger
- Origin
- Sligo, County Sligo, Ireland
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- film director / writer / screenwriter / film producer / novelist
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- St Paul's College, Raheny
Awards & achievements
- Writers Guild of America Award
- Irish PEN Award
- 1993 Academy Award for Best Writing, Original Screenplay
- 1981 Rooney Prize for Irish Literature
- 2012 Sitges Grand Honorary Award
- 2010 honorary doctorate
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.