Neil Jordan

The director, screenwriter, and author Neil Jordan was born in Sligo, Ireland, in 1950. He has published the novels: "The Past," 1980, "The Dream of a Beast," 1983, "Sunrise with Sea Monster," 1984, "Shade," 2004, and "Mistaken," 2011 (Irish Book Award, Kerry Group Irish Fiction Award). His short story collection "Night in Tunisia," 1976, won The Guardian Fiction Prize. Jordan's first film, "Angel" (1982), was described by the London Times as "one of the most accomplished first films by an English-speaking director outside America." His subsequent films, almost all based on his own scripts, include: - "The Company of Wolves," 1984 - "Mona Lisa," 1986 (BAFTA Award, Golden Globe, Best Actor Award at the Cannes Film Festival, and Oscar nomination for Bob Hoskins) - "High Spirits," 1988 - "We're No Angels," 1989 - "The Miracle," 1990 - "The Crying Game," 1992 (Oscar for Best Original Screenplay and Oscar nomination for Best Director) - "Interview with the Vampire," 1994 (based on the first novel in Anne Rice's "The Vampire Chronicles," nominated for two Oscars) - "Michael Collins," 1996 (Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival) - "The Butcher Boy," 1997 (based on the novel by Patrick McCabe) - "The End of the Affair," 1999 (based on the novel by Graham Greene, nominated for two Oscars) - "In Dreams," 1999 - "Not I" (short film), 2000 - "The Good Thief," 2002 - "Breakfast on Pluto," 2005 (based on the novel by Patrick McCabe) - "The Brave One," 2007 - "Ondine," 2009 - "The Borgias," 2011 (BBC television series starring Jeremy Irons) - "Byzantium," 2013 (a contemporary vampire thriller, unrelated to Byzantium) His website is: www.neiljordan.com.