Neil Jordan

Neil Jordan

1950-02-25 Sligo, Ireland 43 Credits

Biography

Neil Patrick Jordan (born 25 February 1950) is an Irish filmmaker and novelist. He won the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for The Crying Game (1992). Description above from the Wikipedia article Neil Jordan, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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A Look Through His Lens

A Look Through His Lens

2024

as Self

Acting

Oscar-winning cinematographer Philippe Rousselot offers a master class in image making, with insightful examples from his work on Diva, Hope and Glory...

Marlowe

Marlowe

2023

Director, Screenplay

5.8
Directing Writing

Private detective Philip Marlowe becomes embroiled in an investigation involving a wealthy Californian family after a beautiful blonde hires him to tr...

An Accidental Studio

An Accidental Studio

2019

as Self

6.4
Acting

Charts the early years of HandMade Films seen through the eyes of the filmmakers, key personnel, and the man who started it all: former Beatle George ...

Greta

Greta

2019

Director, Screenplay, Executive Producer

6.6
Directing Writing Producing

A young woman returns a lonely widow’s lost purse, leading to an unlikely relationship between the two — until the young woman discovers the widow mig...

Love Express. The Disappearance of Walerian Borowczyk

Love Express. The Disappearance of Walerian Borowczyk

2018

as Self

Acting

A documentary celebrating the work of Walerian Borowczyk, a director of unparalleled sensitivity, revered in the 1970s, who was later labeled as a mak...

Excalibur: Behind the Movie

Excalibur: Behind the Movie

2013

as Self

Acting

This retrospective documentary looks back on the making of director John Boorman's 1981 movie, Excalibur. Self-described as the toughest film he ever ...

Byzantium

Byzantium

2013

Director

6.3
Directing

Residents of a coastal town learn, with deadly consequences, the secret shared by the two mysterious women who have sought refuge at a local resort.

Ondine

Ondine

2010

Writer, Producer, Director

6.3
Writing Producing Directing

On the coast of Cork, Syracuse is a divorced fisherman who has stopped drinking. His precocious daughter Annie has failing kidneys. One day, he finds ...

A Film with Me in It

A Film with Me in It

2008

as Director

6.1
Acting

A dissolute scriptwriter and a dejected actor become unwittingly drawn into a labyrinthine mess when several people experience bizarre accidental deat...

U2: The Joshua Tree (Bonus DVD)

U2: The Joshua Tree (Bonus DVD)

2007

Director

9.0
Directing

On 20 November 2007, a 20th anniversary edition of The Joshua Tree was released. Three-disc box set came with bonus audio CD and DVD. The bonus DVD fe...

The Brave One

The Brave One

2007

Director

6.6
Directing

A woman struggles to recover from a brutal attack by setting out on a mission for revenge.

Breakfast on Pluto

Breakfast on Pluto

2005

Director, Screenplay, Producer

7.2
Directing Writing Producing

In the 1970s, a young transgender woman called “Kitten” leaves her small Irish town for London in search of love, acceptance, and her long-lost mother...

Imagining Ulysses

Imagining Ulysses

2004

5.0
Acting

This documentary film, with its innovative style and content, looks at the masterpiece that is Ulysses and like the original book takes the form of 18...

Intermission

Intermission

2003

Producer

6.2
Producing

A raucous story of the interweaving lives and loves of small-town delinquents, shady cops, pretty good girls and very bad boys. With Irish guts and gr...

The Actors

The Actors

2003

Story, Producer

5.7
Writing Producing

During the run of a particularly awful interpretation of Richard III, the star, Anthony O'Malley, begins to frequent a rough pub to develop his charac...

The Good Thief

The Good Thief

2002

Screenplay, Director, Executive Producer

6.1
Writing Directing Producing

An aging gambler on a losing streak attempts to rob a casino in Monte Carlo. But someone's already tipped off the cops before he even makes a move.

The Last September

The Last September

2000

Executive Producer

5.2
Producing

In 1920s Ireland, an elderly couple reside over a tired country estate. Living with them are their high-spirited niece, their Oxford student nephew, a...

Not I

2000

Director

5.4
Directing

A young woman sits down in a chair. Only her mouth is visible as she begins to speak at a rapid clip, describing events that she insists did not reall...

In the Shadow of the Vampire: The Making of Interview with the Vampire

In the Shadow of the Vampire: The Making of Interview with the Vampire

2000

as Self

6.0
Acting

A behind-the-scenes documentary of the 1994 film, Interview with the Vampire.

The End of the Affair

The End of the Affair

1999

Director, Producer, Screenplay

6.6
Directing Producing Writing

On a rainy London night in 1946, novelist Maurice Bendrix has a chance meeting with Henry Miles, husband of his ex-mistress Sarah, who abruptly ended ...

In Dreams

In Dreams

1999

Director, Screenplay

5.4
Directing Writing

A suburban housewife learns that she has psychic connections to a serial killer, and can predict this person's motives through her dreams.

The Butcher Boy

The Butcher Boy

1998

Screenplay, Director, Executive Producer

6.8
Writing Directing Producing

Francie and Joe live the usual playful, fantasy filled childhoods of normal boys. However, with a violent, alcoholic father and a manic depressive, su...

Michael Collins

Michael Collins

1996

Director, Writer

6.9
Directing Writing

Michael Collins plays a crucial role in the establishment of the Irish Free State in the 1920s, but becomes vilified by those hoping to create a compl...

Lumière & Company

Lumière & Company

1995

as (segment "John Boorman")

6.3
Acting

40 international directors were asked to make a short film using the original Cinematographe invented by the Lumière Brothers, working under condition...

Interview with the Vampire

Interview with the Vampire

1994

Director

7.4
Directing

A vampire relates his epic life story of love, betrayal, loneliness, and dark hunger to an over-curious reporter.

A Life of Extravaganza - The Genius Frank Zappa

1993

as Self (archive footage)

Acting

The documentary examines Frank Zappa and his music through archive footage, including unique video excerpts from Austrian television archives featurin...

The Crying Game

The Crying Game

1992

Director, Screenplay

6.8
Directing Writing

Irish Republican Army member Fergus forms an unexpected bond with Jody, a kidnapped British soldier in his custody, despite the warnings of fellow IRA...

The Miracle

The Miracle

1991

Writer, Director

5.8
Writing Directing

Two teenagers Jimmy and Rose spend their vacation at the small Irish sea-resort Bray. Out of boredom they observe other people and imagine wild storie...

Red Hot + Blue: A Tribute to Cole Porter

Red Hot + Blue: A Tribute to Cole Porter

1990

Director

Directing

This music special is dedicated to dispelling the prejudices associated with the HIV infection and raising money for AIDS research and relief. Some of...

We're No Angels

We're No Angels

1989

Director

6.1
Directing

Two escaped cons' only prayer to escape is to pass themselves off as priests and pass by the police blockade at the border into the safety of Canada.

High Spirits

High Spirits

1988

Director, Writer

5.8
Directing Writing

When a hotelier attempts to fill the chronic vacancies at his castle by launching an advertising campaign that falsely portrays the property as haunte...

The Courier

The Courier

1988

Executive Producer

Producing

When a courier at the D-Day Courier Service mistakenly finds a pile of money in his regular delivery, he does some digging only to discover that the m...

Hooray For Holyrood

1986

as Self

Acting

Scottish Television's film on the 40th Edinburgh International Film Festival in 1986, starring Robbie Coltrane (a former EIFF chauffeur) and featuring...

Mona Lisa

Mona Lisa

1986

Screenplay, Director

6.9
Writing Directing

George is a small-time crook just out of prison who discovers his tough-guy image is out of date. Reduced to working as a minder/driver for high class...

Shooting from the Heart: Chris Menges, Cameraman

Shooting from the Heart: Chris Menges, Cameraman

1985

as Self

Acting

A look at the career of Oscar-winning cameraman Chris Menges. Filmed on location of 'Comfort and Joy'. Chris Menges discusses his early career in tele...

The Company of Wolves

The Company of Wolves

1984

Director, Screenplay

6.3
Directing Writing

An adaptation of Angela Carter's fairy tales. Young Rosaleen dreams of a village in the dark woods, where Granny tells her cautionary tales in which i...

Night in Tunisia

Night in Tunisia

1984

Writer

Writing

A widower tries to spark his son's interest in music in this period drama set in a seaside holiday setting in Ireland in the early 1960's.

Angel

Angel

1982

Director, Writer

5.6
Directing Writing

Saxophonist Danny witnesses the murder of his band manager and a deaf-mute girl after a gig. Questioned by the police, he remembers only the orthopedi...

Traveller

Traveller

1981

Writer

Writing

Reluctantly-married young Irish travellers Michael and Angela head north of the border at the behest of Angela’s father, to smuggle electrical equipme...

The Making of Excalibur: Myth into Movie

1981

Director

Directing

Neil Jordan goes behind the scenes of the production of John Boorman's 1981 take on the Arthurian legend, "Excalibur." Includes interviews with the ca...

Mobile Homes

1979

Writer

Writing

Shea, a young artist, is fighting for habitants of a trailer parking to have access to essential public commodities.

The Riker's Ghost

N/A

Director

Directing

A convict set for release is forced to break a terrorist out of prison.

The Well of Saint Nobody

N/A

Novel, Director, Screenplay

Directing Writing

Famous concert pianist William retires to a rectory in West Cork, Ireland. There, he hires a local woman, Tara, as a housekeeper, whom he has met thre...