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Neil Jordan

Irish director and screenwriter
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Category: Arts & Culture
Born:
February 25, 1950, Sligo, Ireland (age 74)
Awards And Honors:
Academy Award (1993)
Notable Works:
“The Crying Game”
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Neil Jordan (born February 25, 1950, Sligo, Ireland) Irish film director and screenwriter whose atmospheric work often involved violence and explored issues of love and betrayal. Jordan was a novelist and short-story writer when he was hired by John Boorman as a script consultant, an experience he turned into a documentary film. In 1982 he won acclaim for his first feature film, Angel, a drama that starred Stephen Rea, who later appeared in a number of Jordan’s films. The director continued to earn praise for such films as The Company of Wolves (1984) and Mona Lisa (1986). The Crying Game ...(100 of 325 words)

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