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Julia Jordan is an award-winning American playwright, television and screenwriter. She is a graduate of Barnard College, class of 1989, and received a master's degree from Trinity, Dublin.
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Julia jordan
Personal life
Jordan was born in Chicago and spent much of her early life in Minnesota. Later she would settle in New York City to pursue a life as a painter, however this did not come to fruition. Upon graduating college, she briefly worked as a CNN copywriter. While attending Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theater for acting, she was inspired to begin writing for the stage.
Professional life
Several of Jordan's plays were staged during the late 1990s and early 2000s earning critical praise. In 2000, her short film "The Hat", which she co-directed with Terry Stacey, debuted at the Sundance Film Festival and subsequently ran on IFC in 2001-2002. Her second short, which she wrote and famed photographer Glen Luchford directed, won best short film at the Jackson Hole Film Festival in 2008.
She is a Lortel Fellow, Juilliard Playwright Fellow, Manhattan Theater Club Fellow, Member of the Dramatists Guild of America Council and New Dramatists. Jordan is represented by The Gersh Agency.
Due to her achievements in theater she was asked to participate in Barnard College's "Great Writers at Barnard" conference in 2006.