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Director, Producer
Born:
April 5, 1936 in San Antonio, TX
Biography:Yale Drama School graduate and Café La Mama veteran "Glenn Jordan" has been an "A"-list TV director since his work on the 1971 PBS production "Hogan's Goat". Jordan's many prestigious TV-movie assignments have included "Frankenstein" (1973), "Les Miserables" (1978), "Lois Gibbs and the Love Canal" (1982) and "Barbarians at the Gate" (1992) He has also helmed such two-part dramatic specials as "Dress Gray" (1985) and "Echoes of the Darkness" (1987). Jordan's shining hour was the 1991 "Hallmark Hall of Fame" offering "Sarah Plain and Tall", a winner of nine Emmy Awards; earlier, Jordan had personally picked up two Emmies for producing and directing the memorable "James Garner"/"James Woods" TV movie "Promise" (1986). He has also won the Directors Guild of America award for his work on the late-1970s TV series "Family", as well as several Peabody awards for other projects. Surprisingly, "Glenn Jordan" has... Full Biography
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