Jordan Galland facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Jordan Galland
photo taken by Jenna Kirkutis, On Madison Green Sept 2009
Background information
Born	1980 (age 40–41) Farmington, Connecticut, U.S.
Genres	Indie pop, indie rock
Occupation(s)	movie-maker, singer-songwriter
Instruments	Guitar, piano, flute
Years active	2001–present
Labels	Allido
Associated acts	Domino

Jordan Galland is a singer-songwriter and an award winning movie-maker from New York City. He has worked with Sean Lennon, and Mark Ronson

• Galland's band, Domino, released an EP in 2006 and signed a contract with Mark Ronson's Allido Records label.

Galland's band Dopo Yume played shows with Jason Schwartzman 's band Phantom Planet.

• Galland was a co-writer on some of Daniel Merriweather's songs on his album Love and War produced by Mark Ronson

In 2005, Galland appeared with actors Lindsay Lohan, Carrie Fisher, and Jordana Brewster in Sean Lennon's independent movie Friendly Fire.

• Galland's first full-length movie, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Undead, was filmed in New York City during December 2007 and debuted at the 2009 Slamdance Film Festival. This movie is premiering in Canada during Canada Music Week.

• Galland used the Red Camera, a new cutting edge technology in movies.

Trivia

• Galland's band Dopo Yume was a semifinalist in a nation wide AOL contest, beating out thousands of applicants
• Actress Milla Jovovich appeared briefly as a boxhead character in his movie "Smile for the Camera"; they had met when Jordan was a teenager and had snuck into a bar.
• in the November 2007 issue of Vogue (magazine),

Jordan and band mate Domino Kirke were part of a feature modeling clothing in a contest featuring up and coming clothing designers.

List of credits

• Galland co-wrote the song "Spectacle", which appeared in Lennon's movie "Friendly Fire".
• Domino's song "Tropical Moonlight" is on the soundtrack of the movie 21.
• Numerous song contributions in National Lampoons' Adam and Eve.
• Another band of Galland's, Dopo Yume, had a song on The O.C., in the episode "The Day After Tomorrow".
• Galland played the electric piano on Mark Ronson's album Version
• Galland's band Domino opened for Lily Allen in New York in 2006

Filmography

Year	Title	Comments
2005	Green Umbrella	Writer/actor
2008	'Day of the Dead (2008 movie)	Writer of the song "Coolest Boy on Earth"
2007	Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are undead	Executive Producer
2008	Coin Locker Babies	Screen Writer
2008	21 (movie)	song on soundtrack by band Domino "Tropical Moonlight"

• Jordan Galland at MySpace

Images for kids

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  Galland at the Premier of Alter Egos at Fantasia Film Festival in Montreal July 24, 2012