Jordan Walker-Pearlman
American film director, screenwriter, film producer, and executive
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- Jordan Walker-Pearlman (born June 24, 1967) is an American film director, screenwriter, film producer, and executive.
- He is nephew of actor Gene Wilder with whom he lived for a period of time in childhood.
- His 2005 film, Constellation , starring Gabrielle Union, Zoe Saldaña, and Billy Dee Williams, premiered at the Pan African Film Festival, Roxbury Film Festival, Black Filmmaker Magazine Film Festival, and the Chicago International Film Festival.
- Both films won the Audience Award at the Urbanworld Film Festival in their respective years.
- The op-ed was the first of several that year that appeared to influence AMPAS to dedicate several exhibits to this history.
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WikipediaJordan Walker-Pearlman (born June 24, 1967) is an American film director, screenwriter, film producer, and executive.
Walker-Pearlman was born in New York City to a Russian-Jewish family. He is nephew of actor Gene Wilder with whom he lived for a period of time in childhood.
Walker-Pearlman is best known for the 2000 film The Visit, for which he was nominated for two Independent Spirit Awards (one for directing and one for the screenplay) and the movie itself received four nominations.
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