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Glenn Jordan | |
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| Born | (1936-04-05)April 5, 1936 (age 89) San Antonio, Texas, U.S. |
| Occupation | Film director |
| Years active | 1955–2003 |
Glenn Jordan (born April 5, 1936) is a retired American television director[1] and producer.
Born inSan Antonio, Texas, Jordan directed multiple episodes ofFamily and numeroustelevision movies, several based on real persons as diverse asBenjamin Franklin,George Armstrong Custer,Lucille Ball,Christa McAuliffe, andKaren Ann Quinlan. His directing credits include small-screen adaptions ofThe Picture of Dorian Gray,Les Misérables,Hogan's Goat,Eccentricities of a Nightingale,The Women's Room,A Streetcar Named Desire,O Pioneers!, andA Christmas Memory. Additional television directing credits includeHeartsounds,Botticelli,Sarah, Plain and Tall,To Dance with the White Dog,Barbarians at the Gate,The Long Way Home,Sarah, Plain and Tall: Winter's End,The Boys, andJane's House.
Jordan directed three feature films:Only When I Laugh,The Buddy System, andMass Appeal.
Jordan was nominated for thirteenEmmy Awards and won four, for producing theminiseriesBenjamin Franklin, for producing and directing theHallmark Hall of Fame productionPromise, and for executive producing the HBO productionBarbarians at the Gate. He won two New York area Emmys for the PBS seriesActor's Choice andNew York Television Theatre. He won theDirectors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in a Dramatic Series forFamily and was nominated for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Specials or Movies for Television forLes Misérables. Three of his productions (Benjamin Franklin,Heartsounds, andPromise) have won Peabody Awards.
