Unconventional sexual relationships are a recurring theme in Jordan’s work, and he often finds a sympathetic side to characters that audiences would traditionally consider deviant or downright horrifying. He is also the driving force behind the cable TV series The Borgias. The Company of Wolves becomes a cult favorite.Īs 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. During the 1980s, he directs films that win him acclaim, including The Company of Wolves and Mona Lisa, both made in England. When John Boorman is filming Excalibur in Ireland, he recruits Jordan as a “creative associate.” A year later Boorman is executive producer on Jordan’s first feature, Angel, a tale of a musician caught up in the Troubles, starring Stephen Rea who subsequently appears in almost all of Jordan’s films to date.

Along with Einstein‘s General Theory of Relativity, the invention of God is probably the greatest creation of human thought.” Regarding his current beliefs, he states that “God is the greatest imaginary being of all time. He is raised a Catholic and is quite religious during the early stages of his life. Later, Jordan attends University College Dublin, where he studies Irish history and English literature. He also wins an Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for The Crying Game (1992). His first book, Night in Tunisia, wins a Somerset Maugham Award and the Guardian Fiction Prize in 1979.

Jordan is born in County Sligo on February 25, 1950.

Neil Patrick Jordan, director of The Butcher Boy (1997), is awarded a Silver Bear for Best Director at the 48th Berlin International Film Festival on February 22, 1998.

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