Jordan Goldnadel
Jordan Goldnadel | |
|---|---|
 Jordan Goldnadel at the Zadar Film Festival, Croatia. | |
| Born | 29 June 1989 |
| Nationality | French |
| Occupation(s) | Actor, Director, Screenwriter, Producer |
Jordan Goldnadel (born on June 29, 1989 in Paris (France)) is a French actor, director, screenwriter, producer and editor.
Childhood and Education
Jordan Goldnadel was born and raised in Paris, where he studied acting at the prestigious Cours Florent. After graduating from High School Goldnadel moved to the US to study filmmaking and production at NYU's Tisch School of the Arts.[1] He also got a master's degree in Public Policy and is a certified international mediator from the United States Peace Institute.[2]
Career
He first directs several short films that screen at numerous film festivals around the world.[3] At the end of his studies, and after having worked at Focus Features, NBCUniversal, he starts his own production company The Third Generation, member of Unifrance, based in Paris and with which he works on international projects.[4]
At 23, he writes, produces, directs and acts in his first feature film, Happy, which premiered at the Montréal World Film Festival, where it received great reviews.[5][6] With a great soundtrack, including some Amanda Palmer songs, the film is sold internationally by Wide Management and receives two nominations at the prestigious 2016 Prix Henri Langlois (Henri Langlois Awards) The film also integrates the Eye on Films European Label and is released in several countries including the US, the UK, Ireland and South Korea.
In 2015, Goldnadel directs And then, Violence, which he co-wrote with Florence Chouraqui Suissa. The short film deals with the rise of violence and racist hate in France in the lights of the Charlie Hebdo shooting and Kosher Supermarket terror attacks in Paris that occurred in January of the same year. The film is selected at numerous festivals and picked up for distribution in the US by 7th Art Releasing. [7]
The following year, he acts in and directs the second unit of the American-Icelandic co-production Autumn Lights, directed by Angad Aulakh. He also co-directs and produces a short film called Lola & Eddie with Lola Bessis et Tom Leeb.
Filmography
As a director
- 2011 : Edem*
- 2012 : Sunny*
- 2013 : The boy & The Chess Player
- 2015 : Happy'
- 2015 : Jacques, enfant de la Guerre (documentary)*
- 2016 : How Lou Orson Killed His Muse*
- 2016 : And then, Violence*
- 2016 : Lola & Eddie (co-directed with Charlotte Karas)*
- 2016 : Autumn Lights de Angad Aulakh (Second Unit Director)
- also editor.
As a screenwriter
- 2011 : Edem
- 2012 : Sunny
- 2013 : The boy & The Chess Player
- 2015 : Happy (with the help of Florence Chouraqui Suissa)
- 2015 : Jacques, enfant de la Guerre (documentary)
- 2016 : How Lou Orson Killed His Muse
- 2016 : And then, Violence (co-written with Florence Chouraqui Suissa)
- 2016 : Lola & Eddie (co-written with Charlotte Karas)
As an actor
- 2012 : Sunny de Jordan Goldnadel
- 2015 : Happy de Jordan Goldnadel
- 2015 : Jacques, enfant de la Guerre (documentaire)
- 2016 : How Lou Orson Killed His Muse
- 2016 : And then, Violence de Jordan Goldnadel
- 2016 : Autumn Lights de Angad Aulakh
- 2016 : Noé et les Autres de David Solal
As a producer
- 2011 : Edem
- 2012 : Sunny
- 2013 : The boy & The Chess Player
- 2015 : Happy
- 2015 : Jacques, enfant de la Guerre (documentary)
- 2016 : How Lou Orson Killed His Muse
- 2016 : And then, Violence
- 2016 : Lola & Eddie
- 2016 : Noé et les Autres directed by David Solal (executive producer)
- 2016 : Thirst Street directed by Nathan Silver
References
- ^ [https://www.facebook.com/NYUTSOAFilmandTV/posts/10153511801798798
- ^ http://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/rank-and-file-1.423906
- ^ http://www.7thart.com/films/And-Then-Violence
- ^ http://en.unifrance.org/directories/company/354645/the-third-generation
- ^ http://www.ffm-montreal.org/en/767-en_happy.html
- ^ http://artsfuse.org/133857/fuse-film-review-the-montreal-world-film-festival-step-by-step/
- ^ http://www.7thart.com/films/And-Then-Violence