Jordan Horowitz, multi-award winning filmmaker.

Award winning filmmaker, Jordan Horowitz talks of his passion for film and his journey to success.

Stephen Spender, ideaXme arts ambassador: “So who are you?”

Jordan Horowitz, filmmaker: “I am a filmmaker. I write direct and produce movies. I have 2 feature films at the moment. One is a documentary called Angel of Nanjing, released last year and I have a new film, called called Painless which is a narrative film that I wrote and directed. It is finishing its festival run now and will hopefully be coming out soon.”

Watch this in-depth interview with Jordan Horowitz:

Which covers his human story.

His career before making these features:

After college, Jordan spent several years in the camera department of a film company, then directing and producing content for MTV and VH1, and directed the TV pilot “City Lights” for Two Ton Films. His work has been referenced in the book “Making It Big in Shorts: The Ultimate Filmmaker’s Guide to Short Films”, by Kim Adelman.

Jordan’s journey to making his first 2 films.

Detail about the subject matter of these features:

1. Angel of Nanjing

A multi-award winning documentary film, co-directed by Jordan Horowitz and Frank Ferendo.

The Yangtze River Bridge in Nanjing is one of the most famous bridges in China. It is also the most popular place in the world to commit suicide. For the past 11 years Chen Si has been patrolling this bridge, looking to provide aid for those who’ve gone there to end their lives. Incredibly, he has saved over 300 people since he began – nearly one every two weeks. The Angel of Nanjing documents the work of Chen Si.

Angel of Nanjing premiered March 27th 2015 at the Phoenix Film Festival, where it won Best Documentary and took home the first ever Sidney K. Shapiro humanitarian award. It also won Best Documentary at the Roving Eye Film Festival and the Long Island International Film Expo.

2. Painless

A narrative feature film. Written, shot and directed by Jordan Horowitz.

Henry Long, the central character of Painless, desperately seeks a cure for the condition that leaves him unable to feel physical pain.

Painless, is currently being showcased at film festivals.

It has already won awards:

2017: Won, New Vision Award. Cinequest, San Jose Film Festival.

2017: Won, Audience Award. Filmfestival Kitzbuehel.

Frank Ferendo is a long time collaborator of Jordan Horowitz. He started as an editor on shows for VH1 and TV Guide, and quickly moved on to producing and directing. He has directed many short films, television pilots, commercials and music videos. He has worked together, with Jordan Horowitz, on numerous projects (in addition to Angel of Nanjing and Painless) including Shriners Children’s Hospital, Wounded Warriors, Gloria Gemma breast cancer foundation, Boys and Girls club of America.

As part of this interview, Jordan was also asked:

Who he would like to meet?

What question would he like to ask that person?

For more information about Jordan Horowitz:

https://www.jordansfilms.com
[email protected]
https://itunes.apple.com/gb/movie/ang…
http://www.imdb.cf/title/tt3412738/

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