McDowell, Michael, 1950-
McGuinness, Katy
Woolley, Stephen

Neil Jordan was born in County Sligo in 1950. He was educated at St. Pauls College, Raheny and went on to study Irish history and English literature at University College Dublin. In 1974, after graduating from UCD, he co-founded the Irish Writers Co-operative, along with Peter Sheridan, Fred Johnston, Ronan Sheehan and Desmond Hogan. In 1976 he published a collection of his short stories 'Night in Tunisia' through the co-operative. He has also written many novels including 'Sunrise with Sea Monster' (1994), 'Shade' (2004) and 'Mistaken'(2011). In 1982 Jordan wrote and directed his first feature film, 'Angel', which won the London Evening Standards Most Promising Newcomer Award. He went on to release four more films during the 1980s, to a variety of critical acclaim, winning awards for 'The Company of Wolves' (1984) and 'Mona Lisa' (1986). In 1992 Jordan wrote and directed 'The Crying Game', a film which was widely celebrated and won him an Oscar for Best Original Screenplay, as well as numerous other awards. Following the success of 'The Crying Game', Jordan went on to release several film adaptations of novels, including 'Interview with the Vampire' (1994), 'The Butcher Boy' (1997), and 'The End of the Affair' (1999). Jordan also wrote and directed the films 'Michael Collins' (1996), 'The Good Thief' (2002), 'Breakfast on Pluto' (2005), 'The Brave One' (2007), 'Ondine' (2009), 'Byzantium' (2012), 'Greta' (2018) and 'Marlowe' (2022). Jordan has won many awards in his various capacities as writer, director and producer. In 2003 he was given the IFTA Lifetime Achievement Award. He has received many honorary doctorates from Trinity College Dublin, University College Dublin, and Queen's University Belfast.

Physical description: 7 boxes.

Finding Aids: Finding aid available: NLI Manuscripts Collection List No. 138