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Glenn Jordan

Glenn Jordan

Known For Directing
Birthday Apr 05, 1936 (89)
Birthplace San Antonio, Texas
Popularity 0.2 (history)
Updated Aug 10, 2025
Entry Date Apr 13, 2024
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Biography

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 Ben ... jamin 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

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Lucy

Lucy

2003

Director

Night Ride Home

Night Ride Home

1999

Director

Legalese

Legalese

1998

Director

The Long Way Home

The Long Way Home

1998

Director

A Christmas Memory

A Christmas Memory

1997

Director

After Jimmy

After Jimmy

1996

Director

Mary & Tim

Mary & Tim

1996

Director

Jake's Women

Jake's Women

1996

Director

A Streetcar Named Desire

A Streetcar Named Desire

1995

Director

My Brother's Keeper

My Brother's Keeper

1995

Director

Jane's House

Jane's House

1994

Director

Barbarians at the Gate

Barbarians at the Gate

1993

Director

O Pioneers!

O Pioneers!

1992

Director

The Boys

The Boys

1991

Director

Sarah, Plain and Tall

Sarah, Plain and Tall

1991

Director

Challenger

Challenger

1990

Director

Home Fires Burning

Home Fires Burning

1989

Director

Jesse

Jesse

1988

Director

Echoes in the Darkness

Echoes in the Darkness

1987

Director

Something in Common

Something in Common

1986

Director

Promise

Promise

1986

Director

Toughlove

Toughlove

1985

Director

The Buddy System

The Buddy System

1984

Director

Mass Appeal

Mass Appeal

1984

Director

Heartsounds

Heartsounds

1984

Director

Only When I Laugh

Only When I Laugh

1981

Director

The Women's Room

The Women's Room

1980

Director

The Family Man

The Family Man

1979

Director

Les Misérables

Les Misérables

1978

Director

Sunshine Christmas

Sunshine Christmas

1977

Director

Delta County, USA

Delta County, USA

1977

Director

The Displaced Person

The Displaced Person

1977

Director

Shell Game

Shell Game

1975

Director

Rock-a-Die Baby

Rock-a-Die Baby

1975

Director

Song of the Succubus

Song of the Succubus

1975

Director

A Prowler in the Heart

A Prowler in the Heart

1973

Director

Frankenstein

Frankenstein

1973

Director

Particular Men

Particular Men

1972

Director

Paradise Lost

Paradise Lost

1971

Director

The Typists

The Typists

1971

Director

Hogan's Goat

Hogan's Goat

1971

Director

Dragon Country

Dragon Country

1970

Director

Let Me Hear You Whisper

Let Me Hear You Whisper

1969

Director

Night Ride Home

Night Ride Home

1999

Producer

Legalese

Legalese

1998

Producer

The Long Way Home

The Long Way Home

1998

Producer

A Christmas Memory

A Christmas Memory

1997

Producer

After Jimmy

After Jimmy

1996

Producer

Mary & Tim

Mary & Tim

1996

Producer

Jake's Women

Jake's Women

1996

Producer

A Streetcar Named Desire

A Streetcar Named Desire

1995

Producer

Jane's House

Jane's House

1994

Producer

O Pioneers!

O Pioneers!

1992

Producer

The Boys

The Boys

1991

Producer

Sarah, Plain and Tall

Sarah, Plain and Tall

1991

Producer

Echoes in the Darkness

Echoes in the Darkness

1987

Producer

Promise

Promise

1986

Producer

The Women's Room

The Women's Room

1980

Supervising Producer

Paradise Lost

Paradise Lost

1971

Producer

Hogan's Goat

Hogan's Goat

1971

Producer

Dragon Country

Dragon Country

1970

Producer

Let Me Hear You Whisper

Let Me Hear You Whisper

1969

Producer

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