Happy 70th Birthday, Neil Jordan! Born today in 1950 as Neil Patrick Jordan, this Irish short-story writer, novelist, screenwriter and film director's first book, the 1976 fiction novel Night in Tunisia, won a Somerset Maugham Award and the Guardian Fiction Prize in 1979.
In late March 1993, Jordan won an Oscar for Best Original Screenplay. This was for the first film of which he is best known for writing and directing: the 1992 British/Japanese thriller drama/mystry film 'The Crying Game'. Jordan had received the prestigious accolade at the 65th Academy Awards.
The following year, Jordan directed the 1994 American gothic horror drama/fantasy film 'Interview with the Vampire'. The film was based off of American author of gothic fiction, Christian literature, and erotic literature Ann Rice's eponymous debut 1976 horror gothic fantasy fiction vampire literature novel. For the film, Rice had also written the screenplay.
Three years later, Jordan co-wrote and directed the second film of which he is best known: the 1997 Irish tragicomic drama film 'The Butcher Boy'.
Based off of Irish writer Patrick McCabe's eponymous 1992 fiction novel, the film follows Francie Brady, (Eamonn Owens), of whom has a disastrous childhood and retreats into television and movies to escape the pain. His mother, Ma Brady (Aisling O'Sullivan) is suicidal, and his alcoholic father, Da Brady (Stephen Rea), has little to do with him.
Francie's tendency to project violent fantasies onto reality lands him in reform school, where he is sexually abused. Wildly looking to hold someone responsible for all the trauma visited on him, Francie targets his neighbor, Mrs. Nugent (Fiona Shaw). Irish singer-songwriter Sinead O'Connor has a bit part as Our Lady/Colleen.
Jordan has been active from 1979–present.
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