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Director, Publisher, Producer
Born Jordan Walker-Pearlman
American film director, screenwriter, film producer, and executive
Born on June 24, 1967 in New York City, New York , United States (57 years)
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Jordan Walker-Pearlman (born June 24, 1967) is an American film director, screenwriter, film producer, and executive.
... Jordan Walker-Pearlman (born June 24, 1967) is an American film director, screenwriter, film producer, and executive.
Early life
Walker-Pearlman was born in New York City, and is the nephew of actor Gene Wilder with whom he lived for a period of time in childhood.
Career
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.
His 2005 film, Constellation, starring Gabrielle Union, Zoe Saldana, 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. It also had a special premiere at the Kwa Mashu Film Festival in South Africa with both director and actress Gabrielle Union present for ten days to open the movie theater at the Arts Centre in the Kwa Mashu Township.
Both films won the Audience Award at the Urbanworld Film Festival in their respective years.
Personal life
In 2015, Walker-Pearlman married screenwriter Elizabeth Hunter.
On February 3, 2020, he wrote an op-ed for the Los Angeles Times calling on the Motion Picture Academy to recognize the "cultural violence" of historical racism in American movies in its new Academy Museum of Motion Pictures in Los Angeles and explained his years earlier decision to decline an invitation to membership in the organization. The op-ed was the first of several that year that appeared to influence AMPAS to dedicate several exhibits to this history.
In 2020, he purchased his late uncle Gene Wilder's house from Elon Musk using owner financing by Musk, and the property was featured in the semi-autobiographical film The Requiem Boogie. However, in August 2024, the house was in foreclosure proceedings due to the alleged difficulties making further additional payments on the private note during the writers strike of 2023; though rumors of political and personal disagreements with the billionaire continue they have all been discounted by Walker-Pearlman.
Walker-Pearlman has reportedly rebuffed all offers from developers with intent to tear down the house, in addition the house is protected by a restrictive covenant conceived by Musk and the film maker, disallowing for its destruction. Walker-Pearlman has also thus far been supportive of Musk and his handling their situation.
He is the co-founder of MoJo Global Arts which he left in June 2021 to become founder of the film production company HarlemHollywood.
Filmography
References
External links
Jordan Walker-Pearlman at IMDb
Jordan Walker-Pearlman's Official Site
... Jordan Walker-Pearlman (born June 24, 1967) is an American film director, screenwriter, film producer, and executive.
Early life
Walker-Pearlman was born in New York City, and is the nephew of actor Gene Wilder with whom he lived for a period of time in childhood.
Career
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.
His 2005 film, Constellation, starring Gabrielle Union, Zoe Saldana, 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. It also had a special premiere at the Kwa Mashu Film Festival in South Africa with both director and actress Gabrielle Union present for ten days to open the movie theater at the Arts Centre in the Kwa Mashu Township.
Both films won the Audience Award at the Urbanworld Film Festival in their respective years.
Personal life
In 2015, Walker-Pearlman married screenwriter Elizabeth Hunter.
On February 3, 2020, he wrote an op-ed for the Los Angeles Times calling on the Motion Picture Academy to recognize the "cultural violence" of historical racism in American movies in its new Academy Museum of Motion Pictures in Los Angeles and explained his years earlier decision to decline an invitation to membership in the organization. The op-ed was the first of several that year that appeared to influence AMPAS to dedicate several exhibits to this history.
In 2020, he purchased his late uncle Gene Wilder's house from Elon Musk using owner financing by Musk, and the property was featured in the semi-autobiographical film The Requiem Boogie. However, in August 2024, the house was in foreclosure proceedings due to the alleged difficulties making further additional payments on the private note during the writers strike of 2023; though rumors of political and personal disagreements with the billionaire continue they have all been discounted by Walker-Pearlman.
Walker-Pearlman has reportedly rebuffed all offers from developers with intent to tear down the house, in addition the house is protected by a restrictive covenant conceived by Musk and the film maker, disallowing for its destruction. Walker-Pearlman has also thus far been supportive of Musk and his handling their situation.
He is the co-founder of MoJo Global Arts which he left in June 2021 to become founder of the film production company HarlemHollywood.
Filmography
References
External links
Jordan Walker-Pearlman at IMDb
Jordan Walker-Pearlman's Official Site
Biography from Wikipedia (see original) under licence CC BY-SA 3.0
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