Gregor Jordan is an Australia

Australia

Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

n film director.

Jordan's films include Two Hands (1999), Buffalo Soldiers (2001), and Ned Kelly

Ned Kelly (2003 film)

Ned Kelly is an Australian drama film directed by Gregor Jordan. The film portrays the life of Ned Kelly — a legendary bushranger in northeast Victoria. Ned Kelly, his brother Dan, and two other men — Steve Hart and Joe Byrne — formed a gang of Irish Australians in response to Irish and...

(2003). He has also directed the concert video These Days: Live in Concert (2004) by Australian rock band Powderfinger

Powderfinger

Powderfinger was an Australian rock band that formed in Brisbane in 1989. From 1992 until their breakup the band lineup consisted of vocalist Bernard Fanning, guitarists Darren Middleton and Ian Haug, bassist John Collins, and drummer Jon Coghill....

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His film Two Hands won the Australian Film Institute Award for Best Direction

Australian Film Institute Award for Best Direction

The Australian Film Institute Award for Best Direction is an award in the annual Australian Film Institute Awards.-Previous winners:*1971 – Homesdale *1972 – Stork...

 and Best Screenplay in 1999. He has most recently directed a film version of The Informers written by Bret Easton Ellis

Bret Easton Ellis

Bret Easton Ellis is an American novelist and short story writer. His works have been translated into 27 different languages. He was regarded as one of the so-called literary Brat Pack, which also included Tama Janowitz and Jay McInerney...

 and Nicholas Jarecki

Nicholas Jarecki

Nicholas Jarecki is an American writer and filmmaker, best known for his 2005 documentary The Outsider.A native of New York City, Jarecki attended New York University's film school and graduated at age 19....

 and the thriller Unthinkable

Unthinkable

Unthinkable is an American suspense thriller film directed by Gregor Jordan and starring Samuel L. Jackson, Michael Sheen and Carrie-Anne Moss. It was released direct-to-video on June 14, 2010.-Plot:...

starring Samuel L. Jackson

Samuel L. Jackson

Samuel Leroy Jackson is an American film and television actor and film producer. After becoming involved with the Civil Rights Movement, he moved on to acting in theater at Morehouse College, and then films. He had several small roles such as in the film Goodfellas before meeting his mentor,...

. He has finished production on a live concert DVD of Powderfinger's final concert tour 'Sunsets' and is in production on a documentary about Ian Thorpe

Ian Thorpe

Ian James Thorpe OAM , nicknamed the Thorpedo and Thorpey, is an Australian swimmer who specialises in freestyle, but also competes in backstroke and the individual medley. He has won five Olympic gold medals, the most won by any Australian, and with three gold and two silver medals, was the most...

's return to professional swimming. He is also developing several feature films as well as an interactive film making website called smashcut.com.

Gregor is married to a New Zealand

New Zealand

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 actress Simone Kessell

Simone Kessell

Simone Kessell is a New Zealand actress who has starred in several films and television series.-Personal life:Kessell is married to Australian director Gregor Jordan...

. They have one son, Jack, who was born in January 2005 in Los Angeles

Los Ángeles

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Prior to making films Gregor Jordan played Bassanio in The Merchant of Venice

The Merchant of Venice

The Merchant of Venice is a tragic comedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written between 1596 and 1598. Though classified as a comedy in the First Folio and sharing certain aspects with Shakespeare's other romantic comedies, the play is perhaps most remembered for its dramatic...

for Shakespeare By The Sea (Australia)

Shakespeare By The Sea (Australia)

Shakespeare by the Sea is a summer outdoor event held at Balmoral Beach in Sydney's northern suburbs, using a band rotunda as a backdrop.Started in 1987 by David MacSwan, 2006 marked Shakespeare by the Sea's 20th anniversary....

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Filmography

• Two Hands (1999) Also Writer
• Buffalo Soldiers
  Buffalo Soldiers (2001 film)
  Buffalo Soldiers is a 2001 film, based on the 1993 novel by Robert O'Connor, which follows the rogue activities of a group of US soldiers based in West Germany during 1989 when the fall of the Berlin Wall is imminent...
  
  (2001) Also Writer
• Ned Kelly
  Ned Kelly (2003 film)
  Ned Kelly is an Australian drama film directed by Gregor Jordan. The film portrays the life of Ned Kelly — a legendary bushranger in northeast Victoria. Ned Kelly, his brother Dan, and two other men — Steve Hart and Joe Byrne — formed a gang of Irish Australians in response to Irish and...
  
  (2003)
• These Days: Live in Concert (2004)
• The Informers (2009)
• Sunsets: Powderfinger's Farewell Tour (2010)
• Unthinkable
  Unthinkable
  Unthinkable is an American suspense thriller film directed by Gregor Jordan and starring Samuel L. Jackson, Michael Sheen and Carrie-Anne Moss. It was released direct-to-video on June 14, 2010.-Plot:...
  
  (2010)
• The Swimmer (in production)

External links

• Gregor Jordan's Agent
• Gregor Jordan at finch