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Glenn Jordan Biography

Birth Name:Glenn Jordan

Birth Place:San Antonio, Texas, United States

Profession Director, Producer, Writer, Actor

Fast Facts

Won a 1977 Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in a Dramatic Series for "Family," which he shared with the assistant directors of the series
Graduated from Yale Drama School and went on to direct many award-winning television productions
Has directed small-screen adatations of several stories that originated in other media including "The Picture of Dorian Gray," "Les Misérables" and "A Streetcar Named Desire․"
Several of his television movies have been based on real people, including Benjamin Franklin, George Armstrong Custer, Lucille Ball, Christa McAuliffe and Karen Ann Quinlan
Broke from his favored medium of television in the first half of the 1980s to direct three feature films
Two of the Oscar nominated performances he has directed were for the film, "Only When I Laugh․"

1975Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Limited Series: winner
1975Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Directing in a Drama Series: nominated
1977DGA Award-Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Dramatic Series - Night: winner
1979DGA Award-Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Specials/Movies for TV/Actuality: nominated
1979Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Directing in a Limited Series or a Special: nominated
1981Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Drama Special: nominated
1986Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Miniseries: nominated
1987Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Directing in a Miniseries or a Special: winner
1987Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Drama/Comedy Special: winner
1988Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Directing in a Miniseries or a Special: nominated
1991Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Directing in a Miniseries or a Special: nominated
1991Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Drama/Comedy Special and Miniseries: nominated
1993Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Individual Achievement in Directing for a Miniseries or a Special: nominated
1993Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Made for Television Movie: winner
1993Bronze Wrangler-Television Feature Film: winner
1994CableACE-Directing a Movie or Miniseries: nominated
1994CableACE-Movie or Miniseries: nominated
1994Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Made for Television Movie: nominated
1994Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Individual Achievement in Directing for a Miniseries or a Special: nominated