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February 2006
 Eric
Jordan has produced two television movies concerned
with discrimination toward Native Americans in Canada, Cowboys
and Indians: The J.J. Harper Story (2003) and Where the
Spirit Lives (1989), which won the 1990 Gemini Award for Best
TV Movie. He co-directed the television series Spirit Bay
(1982 - 1987), produced for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation,
which dramatized the lives and adventures of Native children on
a northern reserve. Jordan has produced two feature films featuring
Canadian actress Sarah Polley, Beowulf and Grendel (2005),
filmed in Iceland, and Love Come Down (2000), winner of
three Genie awards. He co-produced The Arrow, a TV drama
about Canadian fighter planes, starring Dan Ackroyd, that won
six awards at the 1997 Gemini awards. Jordan's career began at
IBM, creating in-house videos and promotional films. In the early
1980s he joined his lifelong friend, Paul Stephens, to form a
production company, The Film Works, in Toronto, Ontario. Jordan
received a BA in philosophy at the University of Toronto.
"When I'm evaluating new projects I look for great characters
in a powerful story, particularly one that I feel is worth telling
for social or political reasons. If we can make a good film and
stir up some interest or controversy around an important subject,
that's ideal."
Screened by NMAI
Image credits: Eric
Jordan - courtesy of the filmmaker
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