Glenn Jordan

Directing·Apr 5, 1936·San Antonio, Texas

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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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Glenn Jordan, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia

Film	Credit
Lucy2003 · Director	Director
Midwives2001 · Producer, Director	Producer, Director
Sarah, Plain and Tall: Winter's End1999 · Producer, Director	Producer, Director
Night Ride Home1999 · Director, Producer	Director, Producer
Legalese1998 · Director, Producer	Director, Producer
The Long Way Home1998 · Director, Producer	Director, Producer
A Christmas Memory1997 · Director, Producer	Director, Producer
Mary & Tim1996 · Director, Producer	Director, Producer
AAfter Jimmy1996 · Director, Producer	Director, Producer
Jake's Women1996 · Director, Producer	Director, Producer
A Streetcar Named Desire1995 · Director, Producer	Director, Producer
MMy Brother's Keeper1995 · Director, Producer	Director, Producer
Jane's House1994 · Producer, Director	Producer, Director
To Dance with the White Dog1993 · Director, Producer	Director, Producer
Barbarians at the Gate1993 · Director	Director
O Pioneers!1992 · Director, Producer	Director, Producer
The Boys1991 · Director, Producer	Director, Producer
Aftermath: A Test of Love1991 · Director	Director
Sarah, Plain and Tall1991 · Director, Producer	Director, Producer
Challenger1990 · Director	Director
Home Fires Burning1989 · Director	Director
Jesse1988 · Director	Director
Echoes in the Darkness1987 · Producer, Director	Producer, Director
Promise1986 · Producer, Director	Producer, Director
Something in Common1986 · Director	Director
Tough Love1985 · Director	Director
Mass Appeal1984 · Director	Director
Heartsounds1984 · Director	Director
The Buddy System1984 · Director	Director
Lois Gibbs and the Love Canal1982 · Director	Director
TThe Princess and the Cabbie1981 · Director	Director
Only When I Laugh1981 · Director	Director
The Women's Room1980 · Director	Director
The Family Man1979 · Director	Director
Son-Rise: A Miracle of Love1979 · Director	Director
Les Misérables1978 · Director	Director
Sunshine Christmas1977 · Director	Director
The Court-Martial of George Armstrong Custer1977 · Director	Director
In the Matter of Karen Ann Quinlan1977 · Director	Director
DDelta County, USA1977 · Director	Director
The Displaced Person1977 · Director	Director
The Eccentricities of a Nightingale1976 · Director	Director
One of My Wives Is Missing1976 · Director	Director
Shell Game1975 · Director	Director
Rock-a-Die Baby1975 · Director	Director
Song of the Succubus1975 · Director	Director
The Picture of Dorian Gray1973 · Director	Director
A Prowler in the Heart1973 · Director	Director