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Quick facts for kids Jordan Galland
Galland in 2009
Background information
Born	1980 (age 44–45) Farmington, Connecticut, United States.
Genres	Indie pop, indie rock, folk, country, Burlesque
Occupation(s)	Filmmaker, singer-songwriter, writer
Instruments	Guitar, piano, flute
Years active	2001–present
Labels	Allido Records
Associated acts	Domino, Dopo Yume, Sean Lennon, Mark Ronson, Daniel Merriweather, The Ghost of a Saber Tooth Tiger, Cibo Matto

Jordan Galland, born in 1980, is an American filmmaker and musician. He lives and works in New York City.

Early Life and Education

Jordan Galland was born in Farmington, Connecticut. He grew up in New York City. In 2002, he graduated from New York University. There, he studied filmmaking, animation, and mythology.

Jordan Galland as a panel member at Canadian Music Week.

Music Career

When he was eighteen, Jordan Galland started a rock band called Dopo Yume. This band played shows with another group, Phantom Planet. Both bands also had their music featured on the popular TV show The O.C.. Dopo Yume's song The Secret Show was in the episode The Day After Tomorrow.

Later, Galland formed a band called Domino. This band signed with Mark Ronson's record label, Allido Records. Jordan Galland has also worked with his childhood friend, Sean Lennon. He played electric piano on Mark Ronson's album Version. He also helped write songs for Daniel Merriweather's 2010 album, Love & War. This album was also released on Allido Records.

In 2006, Jordan Galland began creating his own music. He worked with friends and former bandmates David Muller and Sam Oates. This led to his first solo album, "Airbrush." In 2008, Galland and Muller continued to work together. They produced Galland's second solo album, "Search Party." This album was recorded in Hampton Bays, New York.

Galland worked with Mark Ronson on a video that honored the video game The Legend of Zelda. He also created music for director Sara Ziff's film Picture Me. Sara Ziff had appeared in one of Galland's earlier music videos, "The Princess Waits."

In 2011, Galland released an EP (a shorter album) called To The Top. The music video for the main song was shown on Glamour.com. It was also featured on AOL's music website, Spinner.com, as the Music Video of the Day. Galland also made a cover version of the song "birthday cake" by Cibo Matto.

Film Career

Jordan Galland has worked on many different types of movies. These include romantic comedy films, horror films, and even Zombie comedy movies.

In 2005, Galland's short film, Smile for the Camera, won an award. It received the best screencraft award at the New York Independent International Film and Video Festival. Galland directed, filmed, and edited this movie himself. He also wrote the movie's main song and music with Sean Lennon and Timo Ellis.

An animated music video for his band Domino, called Green Umbrella, was shown at many film festivals. It was seen in the U.S. and in Madrid, Spain.

Since 1998, Galland has been working on a movie based on Ryu Murakami's book Coin Locker Babies. He is working on this project with Michele Civetta, Peter Kline, and Sean Lennon.

Galland's first full-length movie was Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Undead. This is a vampire film that he wrote and directed. It was filmed in New York City in December 2007. Famous actors like Ralph Macchio, Jeremy Sisto, and Jake Hoffman starred in it. The movie was released in June 2010. It has also been shown on the TV channel Showtime (TV network).

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

Alter Egos, a movie about superheroes, was written and directed by Galland. It came out in November 2012. It stars Kris Lemche and Danny Masterson. Sean Lennon also appears in the movie as "Electric Death" and helped with the music.

Galland's music was featured in two movies at the Tribeca Film Festival in 2012. These were Supporting Characters and Krysten Ritter's movie, L!fe Happens. Jordan also contributed a song called "Hearts on Ice" to the film Life of Crime.

Filmography

Discography

Solo Albums

• Airbrush (2009)
• Search Party (2010)
• To the Top (2011)
• Wind-up Rabbit (2013)

With Dopo Yume

• Yumania (2001)
• In the Bedroom (2002)
• True Romance (2003) (with Sean Lennon and Bijou Phillips)
• The Secret Show (2006)

Other Music Projects

Animation Work

Jordan Galland has done all the animation in his own movies. He studied animation at New York University. He also created animation for promotional posters for the Plastic Ono Band. Recently, Galland did animation for a jewelry ad campaign called "You're My Boo." This was for Waris Ahluwalia's House of Waris.

Charity Work

Galland's band Dopo Yume contributed a song to a CD called "Mystique." This CD helped raise money for AIDS Action. His other band, Domino, was featured on "Mark Ronson Presents Hard Rock." This was sold at Hard Rock Cafes. Part of the money went to Play Pumps, an organization that helps provide clean drinking water in developing countries. Galland has also provided music for many charity art shows. These include shows that benefit the Nest Foundation, which helps children in New York.

Awards and Nominations

• Green Umbrella — Best Musical Form, 2006 Da Vinci Film and Video Festival
• Green Umbrella — Best Animated Short, 2006 Black Earth Film Festival
• Green Umbrella — Music Video Award (animation), second place, 2006 Indie Gathering
• Smile for the Camera — ScreenCraft Award (short film), 2005 New York International Independent Film and Video Festival
• Rozencrantz and Guildenstern are Undead – Comedy Award at DC Independent Film Festival
• 2010 L.A. Comedy Shorts Film Festival Movie Magic Screenwriter Screenplay Competition Semi-finalists: Commercial Affairs
• 2012 Best Narrative feature at Hells Half Mile Festival for Alter Egos