Neil Jordan

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.

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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)

Origin

Sligo, County Sligo, Ireland

Occupation

film director / writer / screenwriter / film producer / novelist

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Pisces / Tiger

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

• Official sitehttps://www.neiljordan.com/
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neil%20Jordan
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%8B%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A7%E3%83%BC%E3%83%80%E3%83%B3
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q55428

Tags

• County Sligo
• film director
• writer
• screenwriter

Last updated

September 18, 2026

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