Description:
Director Neil Jordan started out by writing short stories and in 1976 his story A Night in Tunisia won a Guardian Fiction prize leading to film director John Boorman to hire him to make a documentary about the making of his film Excalibur which in turn got Neil into making films.
Birthday
February 25, 1950
Born In
Sligo, Ireland
Spouse/Ex-
Brenda Rawn June 30, 2004 - present (2 children),Vivienne Shields 1974 - 1982 (divorced)
Trivia
Directed 4 actors in Oscar nominated performances: Bob Hoskins, Stephen Rea, Jaye Davidson, and Julianne Moore.
Quotes
I'm fascinated by monsters [and] monstrous people and fascinated with illogic and irrationality.
Salaries
€1,655,500
Trademarks
Stephen Rea features in many of his films
