Gregor Jordan (born 1966) is an Australian film director.Jordan's films include Two Hands (1999), Buffalo Soldiers (2001), and Ned Kelly (2003). He has also directed the concert video These Days: Live in Concert (2004) by Australian rock band Powderfinger.His film Two Hands won the Australian Film Institute Award for Best Direction and Best Screenplay in 1999. He has most recently directed a film version of The Informers written by Bret Easton Ellis and Nicholas Jarecki and the thriller Unthinkable starring Samuel L. Jackson. 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's return to professional swimming.Jordan is married to a New Zealand actress Simone Kessell. They have one son, Jack, who was born in January 2005 in Los Angeles.Prior to making films Gregor Jordan played Bassanio in The Merchant of Venice for Shakespeare By The Sea (Australia).
I think people in the studios underestimate the intelligence of the population. Movies are getting dumber and dumber because studio executives don't think people can cope with serious material. I think there is a great demand for movies that aren't sequels or involve comic books. I think that we've moved on to a new phase, a time of reflection, so people can take stock of what's gone on since 9/11, and how to move forward ... recognize the mistakes and try to rectify them.
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Warfare is something quite innate in humans ... war was invented way before diplomacy. Today, it is seen as this weird aberration, which only happens when diplomacy breaks down ... and no one really wants war.
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In Australia, we're constantly exposed to American culture, through Hollywood movies and TV. So, it isn't as if we're strangers to that kind of accent. Most Australians can do a passable American accent. But, yeah, the Australian accent can be a bit freaky.
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