This collection contains the papers of Glenn Jordan (born 1936), an American film, television, and theater director and producer. The papers include theater, film, and television production and legal materials, press clippings, promotional materials, and photographs. From 1961-1983 Jordan worked as a stage director and as a director of television movies, specials, and series from 1970-2001. His three feature films were released between 1981 and 1984.

Glenn Jordan is a director and producer of television, film, and theater who was born in San Antonio, Texas, on April 5, 1936. Jordan received a BA from Harvard University in 1957 and attended the Yale Drama School from 1957-1958. He began his career as a stage director (1961-1983) in New York. His theatrical works included "Another Evening with Harry Stoones" (1961), "A Taste of Honey" (1968), Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead" (1969). While still in New York, for "New York Television Theatre," Jordan directed a number of adaptations for public television including "Paradise Lost" (PBS, 1974), "Hogan's Goat" (1971), and "Eccentricities of a Nightingale" (1976). Throughout his career, Jordan has been nominated for fourteen Emmys and won Emmys for three of his made-for-television productions: "The Lives of Benjamin Franklin" (1974), "Promise" (1986), and "Barbarians at the Gate" (1993). Jordan's first feature film, "Only When I Laugh" (Columbia), which was written by Neil Simon, received three Academy Award nominations for best performance. His second feature, "The Buddy System" (20th Century Fox) starred Richard Dreyfuss and Susan Sarandon. His third, "Mass Appeal" (Universal) starred Jack Lemmon, Zeljko Ianek, and Charles Durning.

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