Glenn Jordan
Directing
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
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movieLucy
2003
Director
movieMidwives
2001
Director
movieNight Ride Home
1999
Director
movieLegalese
1998
Director
movieThe Long Way Home
1998
Director
movieA Christmas Memory
1997
Director
movieMary & Tim
1996
Director
After Jimmy
1996
Director
movieJake's Women
1996
Director
movieJane's House
1994
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movieBarbarians at the Gate
1993
Director
movieO Pioneers!
1992
Director
movieThe Boys
1991
Director
movieSarah, Plain and Tall
1991
Director
movieChallenger
1990
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movieHome Fires Burning
1989
Director
movieJesse
1988
Director
movieEchoes in the Darkness
1987
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tvEchoes in the Darkness
1987
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moviePromise
1986
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movieSomething in Common
1986
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tvDress Gray
1986
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movieTough Love
1985
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movieMass Appeal
1984
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movieHeartsounds
1984
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movieThe Buddy System
1984
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movieOnly When I Laugh
1981
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movieThe Women's Room
1980
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movieThe Family Man
1979
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tvFriends
1979
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movieLes Misérables
1978
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movieSunshine Christmas
1977
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movieThe Displaced Person
1977
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tvFamily
1976
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movieShell Game
1975
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movieRock-a-Die Baby
1975
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movieSong of the Succubus
1975
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movieA Prowler in the Heart
1973
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movieFrankenstein
1973
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tvFrankenstein
1973
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movieParticular Men
1972
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movieHogan's Goat
1971
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movieThe Typists
1971
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movieParadise Lost
1971
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movieDragon Country
1970
Director
movieLet Me Hear You Whisper
1969
Director
tvHallmark Hall of Fame
1951
Director
Production26
movieMidwives
2001
Producer
movieNight Ride Home
1999
Producer
movieLegalese
1998
Producer
movieThe Long Way Home
1998
Producer
movieA Christmas Memory
1997
Producer
movieMary & Tim
1996
Producer
After Jimmy
1996
Producer
movieJake's Women
1996
Producer
movieJane's House
1994
Producer
movieO Pioneers!
1992
Producer
movieThe Boys
1991
Producer
movieAftermath: A Test of Love
1991
Supervising Producer
movieSarah, Plain and Tall
1991
Producer
movieEchoes in the Darkness
1987
Producer
tvEchoes in the Darkness
1987
Producer
moviePromise
1986
Producer
movieThe Women's Room
1980
Supervising Producer
movieHogan's Goat
1971
Producer
movieParadise Lost
1971
Producer
movieDragon Country
1970
Producer
movieLet Me Hear You Whisper
1969
Producer
tvHallmark Hall of Fame
1951
Producer