Tokyo International Film Festival (TIFF) is pleased to announce that award-winning Irish filmmaker Neil Jordan will be the Jury President for the International Competition at the 23rd TIFF. He is one of the most highly acclaimed filmmakers in the world and his films have been honored with numerous awards worldwide including Oscar (The Crying Game) and BAFTAs (The Crying Game, The End Of The Affair).
Company Of Wolves, his second film, was selected for the first year of TIFF's Competition section in 1985.

International Competition President - Neil Jordan / Director


Biography
Born in 1950 in Sligo, Ireland, Neil Jordan began his career as a writer. His first book of stories, Night In Tunisia (1976) won the Guardian Fiction prize. Since then he has published five novels, The Past (1979), The Dream Of A Beast (1983), Sunrise With Sea Monster (1994), Shade (2005). His most recent novel, Mistaken will be published in 2011.
In 1982 Jordan wrote and directed his first feature film, Angel. Since then he has written, directed and produced more than fifteen films, including Company Of Wolves, Mona Lisa, The Crying Game, Interview With The Vampire, The End Of The Affair, The Butcher Boy, Breakfast On Pluto, The Good Thief and most recently, Ondine. His films have been honoured with numerous awards worldwide, including an Oscar, Baftas, Golden Globes, A Golden Lion from The Venice Film festival and a Silver Bear from Berlin. He has been awarded five honorary doctorates and in 1996 he was appointed Officier of the French Ordres des Artes et des Lettres.