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Jordan, Neil

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Jordan, Neil (1950– )

Irish film director, screenwriter, and novelist. He made the gritty crime thriller Mona Lisa (1986) in England. He won an Academy Award for best screenplay for The Crying Game (1992), a subtle story involving an IRA provisional. In 1999 he directed an adaptation of Graham Greene's The End of the Affair.

Jordan made his first film, the fantasy-tinged thriller Angel (1982), in Ireland, followed by the fantasy-dominated The Company of Wolves (1984). He subsequently made the horror fantasy adaptation Interview with the Vampire (1994), the Irish historical biopic Michael Collins (1996), and the crime drama The Brave One (2007).

Jordan has published several books, including the short-story collection Night in Tunisia (1978).



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