Glenn Jordan
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Glenn Jordan (born April 5, 1936) is an award-winning American television director and producer. Born in San Antonio, Texas, Jordan directed multiple episodes of Family and has helmed numerous television movies, several based on real persons as diverse as Benjamin Franklin, George Armstrong Custer, Lucille Ball, Christa McAuliffe, and Karen Ann Quinlan. His directing credits include small-screen adaptions of The Picture of Dorian Gray, Les Misérables, Hogan's Goat, Eccentricities of a Nightingale, A Streetcar Named Desire, O Pioneers!, and A Christmas Memory. Additional television directing credits include Heartsounds, Sarah, Plain and Tall, To Dance with the White Dog, Barbarians at the Gate, The Long Way Home, and Sarah, Plain and Tall: Winter's End. Jordan has directed three feature films: Only When I Laugh, The Buddy System, and Mass Appeal. Jordan has been nominated for thirteen Emmy Awards and won four, for producing the miniseries Benjamin Franklin for producing and directing the Hallmark Hall of Fame production Promise and for executive producing the HBO production[ "Barbarians at the Gate"]. He won two New York area Emmys for the PBS series ["Actor's Choice"] and ["New York Television Theater"].He won the Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in a Dramatic Series for Family and was nominated for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Specials or Movies for Television for Les Misérables. Three of his productions ("Benjamin Franklin" "Heartsounds" and "Promise") have won Peabody Awards. Description above from the Wikipedia article Glenn Jordan, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
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Les Misérables (1978)
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The Long Way Home (1998)
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The Boys (1991)
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Mary & Tim (1996)
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Barbarians at the Gate (1993)
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Jake's Women (1996)
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After Jimmy (1996)
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O Pioneers! (1992)
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A Streetcar Named Desire (1995)
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Tough Love (1985)
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Sarah, Plain and Tall (1991)
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Mass Appeal (1984)
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Particular Men (1972)
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Jane's House (1994)
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A Christmas Memory (1997)
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Sunshine Christmas (1977)
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Sarah, Plain and Tall: Winter's End (1999)
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The Court-Martial of George Armstrong Custer (1977)
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Only When I Laugh (1981)
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Frankenstein (1973)
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Shell Game (1975)
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Promise (1986)
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Challenger (1990)
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Night Ride Home (1999)
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Home Fires Burning (1989)
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Paradise Lost (1971)
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Echoes in the Darkness (1987)
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Heartsounds (1984)
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The Buddy System (1984)
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Midwives (2001)
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Lucy (2003)
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Aftermath: A Test of Love (1991)
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The Picture of Dorian Gray (1973)
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The Family Man (1979)
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Something in Common (1986)
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The Typists (1971)
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The Women's Room (1980)
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Song of the Succubus (1975)
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Jesse (1988)
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My Brother's Keeper (1995)
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Legalese (1998)
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Delta County, USA (1977)
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Hogan's Goat (1971)
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To Dance with the White Dog (1993)
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Lois Gibbs and the Love Canal (1982)
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Son-Rise: A Miracle of Love (1979)
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The Princess and the Cabbie (1981)
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The Displaced Person (1977)
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A Prowler in the Heart (1973)
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One of My Wives Is Missing (1976)
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In the Matter of Karen Ann Quinlan (1977)
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Let Me Hear You Whisper (1969)
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The Eccentricities of a Nightingale (1976)
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Dragon Country (1970)
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Rock-a-Die Baby (1975)
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