Neil Jordan is an Irish novelist and film director.
He attended St. Pauls School in Clontarf, Dublin
His father, a university professor, would never let him read comic books, but read them himself so he knew what children would be interested in.
He has five children: Anna and Sarah from his marriage to solicitor Vivienne Shields; Dashiel Jordan and Daniel Jordan from his current marriage to Brenda Rawn and Ben a child from a brief relationship with architect Mary Donohoe.
Is the award-winning author of a number of acclaimed novels and collections of stories. Nearly all his stories are set in Ireland and most deal with the subjects of children, family relationships and childhood memories.
Good friends and fellow Dubliners Bono and Ali Hewson named their first daughter, Jordan Hewson , who was born in 1989, after him.
Member of the jury at the Venice Film Festival in 1992.
Directed 4 actors in Oscar nominated performances: Bob Hoskins , Stephen Rea , Jaye Davidson , and Julianne Moore.
When he was younger, he played classical guitar, piano, and saxophone.
A film director is a person who rushes to make the decision before,anyone else.
The country I come from - even the dogs bless themselves.
I would have loved to have been a proficient musician. When I was a kid,I used to play classical guitar, and when I was about 24, 25, I used to,play various thing - piano, saxophone. And I fell in love with Charlie,Parker.
I hoped that grief was similar to the other emotions. That it would end, the way happiness did. Or laughter.
I am afraid of him now. The one I love most in the world.
You are intelligent, you are diplomatic, you are beautiful, and you are and always will be. . . [he kisses her]. . . MINE. . .
A prince may be seen happy today and ruined tomorrow without having shown any chance in his character. For the prince who relies entirely on fortune is lost when it changes. . .
