About

Known credits:
80
Birthday:
1936-04-05
Place of birth:
San Antonio, Texas
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Glenn Jordan

Overview

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

Glenn Jordan (born April 5, 1936) is an award-winning American television director and producer.

Born in San Antonio, Texas, Jordan directed multiple episodes of Family and has helmed numerous television movies, several based on real persons as diverse as Benjamin Franklin, George Armstrong Custer, Lucille Ball, Christa McAuliffe, and Karen Ann Quinlan. His directing credits include small-screen adaptions of The Picture of Dorian Gray, Les Misérables, Hogan's Goat, Eccentricities of a Nightingale, A Streetcar Named Desire, O Pioneers!, and A Christmas Memory. Additional television directing credits include Heartsounds, Sarah, Plain and Tall, To Dance with the White Dog, Barbarians at the Gate, The Long Way Home, and Sarah, Plain and Tall: Winter's End.

Jordan has directed three feature films: Only When I Laugh, The Buddy System, and Mass Appeal.

Jordan has been nominated for thirteen Emmy Awards and won four, for producing the miniseries Benjamin Franklin for producing and directing the Hallmark Hall of Fame production Promise and for executive producing the HBO production[ "Barbarians at the Gate"]. He won two New York area Emmys for the PBS series ["Actor's Choice"] and ["New York Television Theater"].He won the Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in a Dramatic Series for Family and was nominated for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Specials or Movies for Television for Les Misérables. Three of his productions ("Benjamin Franklin" "Heartsounds" and "Promise") have won Peabody Awards.

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Known for

Directing
2003 Lucy Directing Director 59
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2001 Midwives Directing Director 59
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1999 Sarah, Plain and Tall: Winter's End Directing Director 59
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1999 Night Ride Home Directing Director 58
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1998 Legalese Directing Director 59
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1998 The Long Way Home Directing Director 59
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1997 A Christmas Memory Directing Director 59
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1996 Mary & Tim Directing Director 59
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1996 After Jimmy Directing Director 58
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1996 Jake's Women Directing Director N/A
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1995 A Streetcar Named Desire Directing Director 59
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1995 My Brother's Keeper Directing Director 58
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1994 Jane's House Directing Director 58
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1993 To Dance with the White Dog Directing Director 59
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1993 Barbarians at the Gate Directing Director 59
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1992 O Pioneers! Directing Director 59
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1991 The Boys Directing Director N/A
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1991 Aftermath: A Test of Love Directing Director 59
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1991 Sarah, Plain and Tall Directing Director 59
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1990 Challenger Directing Director 58
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1989 Home Fires Burning Directing Director 59
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1988 Jesse Directing Director 59
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1987 Echoes in the Darkness Directing Director 59
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1987 Echoes in the Darkness Directing Director N/A
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1986 Promise Directing Director 59
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1986 Something in Common Directing Director 58
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1985 Toughlove Directing Director 59
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1984 Mass Appeal Directing Director 59
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1984 Heartsounds Directing Director 59
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1984 The Buddy System Directing Director 58
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1982 Lois Gibbs and the Love Canal Directing Director 58
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1981 The Princess and the Cabbie Directing Director 59
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1981 Only When I Laugh Directing Director 59
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1980 The Women's Room Directing Director 58
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1979 The Family Man Directing Director N/A
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1979 Son-Rise: A Miracle of Love Directing Director 59
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1978 Les Misérables Directing Director 59
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1977 Sunshine Christmas Directing Director N/A
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1977 The Court-Martial of George Armstrong Custer Directing Director N/A
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1977 In the Matter of Karen Ann Quinlan Directing Director 59
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1977 Delta County, USA Directing Director N/A
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1977 The Displaced Person Directing Director 59
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1976 The Eccentricities of a Nightingale Directing Director 59
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1976 One of My Wives Is Missing Directing Director 59
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1975 Shell Game Directing Director 59
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1975 Rock-a-Die Baby Directing Director N/A
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1975 Song of the Succubus Directing Director N/A
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1974 The Lives of Benjamin Franklin Directing Director N/A
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1973 The Picture of Dorian Gray Directing Director 58
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1973 A Prowler in the Heart Directing Director N/A
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1973 Frankenstein Directing Director 59
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1972 Particular Men Directing Director N/A
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1971 Hogan's Goat Directing Director 59
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1971 The Typists Directing Director N/A
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1971 Paradise Lost Directing Director N/A
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1970 Dragon Country Directing Director 59
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1969 Let Me Hear You Whisper Directing Director N/A
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Production
2001 Midwives Production Producer 59
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1999 Sarah, Plain and Tall: Winter's End Production Producer 59
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1999 Night Ride Home Production Producer 58
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1998 Legalese Production Producer 59
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1998 The Long Way Home Production Producer 59
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1997 A Christmas Memory Production Producer 59
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1996 Mary & Tim Production Producer 59
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1996 After Jimmy Production Producer 58
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1996 Jake's Women Production Producer N/A
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1995 A Streetcar Named Desire Production Producer 59
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1994 Jane's House Production Producer 58
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1993 To Dance with the White Dog Production Producer 59
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1992 O Pioneers! Production Producer 59
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1991 The Boys Production Producer N/A
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1991 Sarah, Plain and Tall Production Producer 59
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1987 Echoes in the Darkness Production Producer 59
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1987 Echoes in the Darkness Production Producer N/A
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1986 Promise Production Producer 59
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1980 The Women's Room Production Supervising Producer 58
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1971 Hogan's Goat Production Producer 59
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1971 Paradise Lost Production Producer N/A
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1970 Dragon Country Production Producer 59
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1969 Let Me Hear You Whisper Production Producer N/A
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