Jordan Roberts | |
---|---|
![]() Roberts in 2021 | |
Born | June 19, 1957 |
Occupations |
|
Years active | 1997–present |
Spouse | Marianne Roberts |
Children | 2 |
Mother | Bobbi Jordan |
Jordan Roberts (born Bruce Robert Jordan; June 19, 1957) is an American screenwriter and film director, known for co-writing the screenplays for the Academy Award-winning animated Disney film Big Hero 6 (2014), for which he was nominated for the Annie Award for Writing in a Feature Production. [1] He also wrote and directed Around the Bend (2004), 3,2,1... Frankie Go Boom (2012), and Burn Your Maps (2016).
Roberts is the son of actress Roberta "Bobbi" Jordan (née Barlett; 1937–2012) [2] and screenwriter and film producer Robert Samuel Jordan, who left the family when Roberts was 3 years old. [3] His stepfather was television screenwriter William "Bill" Jacobson (1919–2011), whom his mother married on October 23, 1968. [4] Roberts had one brother, Scott Jordan, who died in the 1980s of a heroin overdose, [3] and one older stepsister, Jessie Jacobson. [2] Roberts married Marianne Roberts in 1991. They have a son, Cameron Roberts. Roberts also has a nephew, Brandon Jordan.
In 1997, Roberts wrote the script for the comedy film The Debtors , directed by Evi Quaid and starring Michael Caine. [5] However, The Debtors remains unreleased due to legal troubles with the director and her husband, Randy Quaid, who co-starred in the film. [6] Roberts is known for writing and directing the road movie Around the Bend (2004), [7] [8] and the comedy film 3,2,1... Frankie Go Boom (2012). [9]
In 2005, Roberts wrote the narration for the U.S. version of the French documentary March of the Penguins , which won the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature, and for which Roberts was nominated for the Writers Guild of America Award for Best Documentary Screenplay. [10] In 2011, he had a minor role as a Maitre d' in the critically acclaimed independent film Fly Away , directed by Janet Grillo. In 2014, he co-wrote the Hilary Swank-starring drama film You're Not You with Shana Feste. [11] He directed Vera Farmiga, Jacob Tremblay and Virginia Madsen in the comedy-drama adventure film Burn Your Maps . [12] He is also the showrunner of John Carpenter's Suburban Screams , a 2023 anthology series produced for Peacock. [13]
Year | Title | Writer | Producer | Director | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1999 | The Debtors | Yes | No | No | Credited as "Cash Barlett" |
2004 | Around the Bend | Yes | No | Yes | |
2005 | March of the Penguins | Yes | No | No | Narration: US version |
2008 | Where The Water Meets The Sky | Yes | No | No | |
2012 | 3, 2, 1... Frankie Go Boom | Yes | No | Yes | |
2014 | You're Not You | Yes | No | No | |
Big Hero 6 | Yes | No | No | ||
2016 | Burn Your Maps | Yes | No | Yes | |