2024 - ongoing

THE ANGELS OF LIGHT

In a historical moment of national transformation, a troupe of psychedelic, costume-clad sexual pranksters turns the political and cultural revolution of the sixties into a new kind of theatre- one without limits.

2024 - 2025

THE CZAR’S MADMAN

Feature film about Jaan Kross's book

2006

JACK SMITH AND THE DESTRUCTION OF ATLANTIS

Awards: Best Documentary prize at Turin's Film Festival (2006), and 2006 Jury Awards both at Tribeca and the Leipzig DokfestTheatrically released and exhibited at Film Forum in New York City, on the Sundance Channel, and on multiple network stations

2005

Featured as one of Filmmaker Magazine’s 25 New Faces

WRITER/DIRECTOR/ PRODUCER/DOP.

JACK SMITH AND THE DESRUCTION OF ATLANTIS

Documentary homage to the art and ideas of the legendary New York King of the Underground, Jack Smith (1932-89). Awarded Honorable Mention, 2006 Tribeca Film Festival, New York Documentary Competition. Theatrical premiere, Film Forum, New York City, April 11, 2007.

Consulting Producer

ALICE NEEL

Alice Neel was one of the great portrait painters of the 20thcentury. She reinvented the genre of portraiture by expressing the inner landscape of her varied sitters, among them Andy Warhol, Annie Sprinkle, Bella Abzug, and Allen Ginsberg. Painting a diverse cross- section of humanity, from Communist Party leaders to art world personalities to her neighbors in Spanish Harlem, Neel created a bodyof work that serves as a social document of New York and America in the 20th Century. The film tells the story of Neel's life, exploring the struggles she faced as a woman artist, a single mother, and a painter who defied convention.

Producer

THE CLOWN

A short film about a young boy who remembers the horrors of his youth and how his parents were killed. He joins a circus caravan and goes back to avenge his parents deaths. WINNER of the Scream Fest, Los Angeles starring Timothee Chalamet and Norman Reedus

Writer/Director/Producer

85

A short experimental film about an all American family in the future who survive on Oxygen tanks. Eventually the family dies due to the lack of human nurturing and love

DIRECTOR/PRODUCER

REVOLVER FILMS

Collaborated with Revolver, working alongside Don Allan and other esteemed directors, to produce a range of television commercials and music videos such as, Leonard Cohen “Closing Time”, Crowded House “Distant Sun”

INDIGO BLUE

Started a company representing a group of talented Film Directors who directed music videos and TV commercials in Sydney. Overseen by Warren Costello and Michael Gudinsky- head of Mushroom Records. Executed a deal to produce their talents in Australia and abroad. Talents as diverse as Chocolate Starfish, Deni Hines, Peter Andre, Tim Finn, Archie Roach, Paul Kelly, Hunters and Collectors, Vika and Linda, Tex Perkins to name but a few. The company held the contract to produce music videos for Mushroom Records. 2002

2009

DOCUMENTAL

Santa Monica, CA. April 2009

2009

ENGINE COLLISION FESTIVAL

Los Angeles, March 2nd 2009

2008

SUMMER FILM SERIES- PATRICK’S CABARET.

Minneapolis, MN. August 2008

SALON DES AMATEURS

Collaboration with local Kunsthalle and Independent BlackBox Cinema. Duesseldorf, Germany. April, 15th, 2008

2007

TORINO INTERNATIONAL GAY AND LESBIAN FILM FESTIVAL

Best Documentary Award. 2007

LONDON LESBIAN AND GAY FILM FESTIVAL

(organized by the British Film Institute) March 21- April 4, 2007.

2006

TRIBECA FILM FESTIVAL

WORLD PREMIERE, Jack Smith and the Destruction of Atlantis, Jury Award, New York Documentary Competition 2006

BFI (BRITISH FILM INSTITUTE)

Official Selection 2006, Jack Smith and the Destruction of Atlantis

2006

COPENHAGEN INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY FILM FESTIVAL

2006

FLAHERTY INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL

Official Selection 2006, Jack Smith and the Destruction of Atlantis

2006

LEIPZIG INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY FILM FESTIVAL

Jack Smith and the Destruction of Atlantis, Jury Award, Extraordinary Documentary Film Talent

2006

INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL ROTTERDAM

Official Selection 2006, Jack Smith and the Destruction of Atlantis

2006

LOS ANGELES FILM FESTIVAL

Official Selection 2006, Jack Smith and the Destruction of Atlantis

2006

MIAMI GAY & LESBIAN FILM FESTIVAL

Official Selection 2006, Jack Smith and the Destruction of Atlantis

2006

MILWAUKEE LGBT FILM FESTIVAL

Official Selection 2006, Jack Smith and the Destruction of Atlantis

2006

PHILADELPHIA INTERNATIONAL GAY & LESBIAN FILM FESTIVAL

Official Selection 2006, Jack Smith and the Destruction of Atlantis

2006

PROVINCETOWN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL

Official Selection 2006, Jack Smith and the Destruction of Atlantis

2006

32ND ANNUAL SEATTLE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL

Official Selection 2006, Jack Smith and the Destruction of Atlantis

2006

SYDNEY INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL

Official Selection 2006, Jack Smith and the Destruction of Atlantis

2006

CHICAGO LESBIAN & GAY FILM FESTIVAL

Official Selection, Jack Smith and the Destruction of Atlantis

2006

LEEDS INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL

Official Selection, Jack Smith and the Destruction of Atlantis

2006

LONDON FILM FESTIVAL

Official Selection, Jack Smith and the Destruction of Atlantis

2006

FESTIVAL DU NOUVEAU CINEMA

Official Selection, Jack Smith and the Destruction of Atlantis

2006

SAN FRANCISCO INTERNATIONAL LGBT FILM FESTIVAL

Official Selection, Jack Smith and the Destruction of Atlantis

2006

SEATTLE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL

Official Selection, Jack Smith and the Destruction of Atlantis

2006

AVANTO & THE FINNISH FILM ARCHIVE

Cinema Orion, Helsinki, 2006

2006

BRISBANE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL

2006

PACIFIC FILM & TELEVISION COMISSION

2009

ISSUE PROJECT ROOM

May 2009

2008

NUIT BLANCHE

Paris, France. October 2008

2008

GALERIE DANIEL BUCHHOLZ

August 2008

2007

HOUSE OF WORLD CULTURES

New York : States of Mind, Berlin 2007

2007

BRISBANE POWERHOUSE

June 1st-7th, 2007

2007

CENTRE DE CULTURA CONTEMPORÀNEA DE BARCELONA

Bareclona, Spain. March 2007

2006

LOUIS K MEISEL GALLERY

September 17th 2006

2006

MUSEUM LUDWIG OF COLOGNE

“The 8th Square” deals with gender and marginalized sexuality in the fine arts. September 7th, 2006

2005

PERFORMA05

PERFORMA05

2013-2015

THE BOX

Performances: Earth, Hypnotize, Rabbit Ether, CrumbDumb, Eat Matter, Violin for Naked Pussy, Tony Tony Us, Boot Rage

2015

THE STONE, NY

Film and performance projects with Tony Conrad

2015

FUNNY FARM, CANADA WITH LAURA KIKAUKA AND GORDON MONAHAN, AND GORDON W AND LARRY 7

Performance with Tony Conrad, Larry 7, and Laura Kikauka

2014

PERFORMANCE: CANAL ROOM, ISSUE PROJECT

2014

NUIT BLANCHE WITH ARTIST LAURENT GODARD

2013

GREENE NAFTALI GALLERY

New York, Jan 17-Feb16 , 2013, “WiP”

2013

BUFFALO UNIVERSITY, DEPARTMENT OF MEDIA STUDY WITH TONY CONRAD, BUFFALO NY

2012

SHORT FILM WITH TONY CONRAD

2008

THEATRE CONSPIRACY

Fort Meyers, Florida, April 2008

2007

THE BOX— DIRECTOR OF PERFORMANCE ART TROUPE “PARTHENOGENESIS”

Directed Parthenogenesis a performance art troupe of 13-20 artists. Regular performers include Tony Conrad, Greta Gerwig, Tora Lopez, Oskar Tarplee, Sienna Shields, Gaby Cryan, Kate Duyn, Phoebe Dunn

2006

THE CANAL ROOM

Tribeca, NYC

2005

PERFORMA05

2006

MUSEO NAZIONALE DEL CINEMA

2005

JUDITH ROTHCHILD GRANT

2005

THE ROCKEFELLER FOUNDATION’S NEW YORK CITY CULTURAL INNOVATION FUND

2004

AGNES GUND GRANT- AG FOUNDATION

2004

BOOTH FERRIS FOUNDATION

2008

Actress

UNCLE BOB

Directed by Robert Oppel, Produced by Abel Ferrara, 2008

2006

MARIE CLAIRE

Haute Shopping Art event. Use of clothing re cut to a sculptural art piece for completion. 1 of 5 finalists. September 2006

2004

DETOUR SHOOT WITH GILLES PERESS

Magnum Photographer July 2004

2003

THOMAS WINTER AKA TOTO THE EEL

Sang for 2 tracks on the album, France 2003

2002

JIGSAW COMPANY

Director for interviews conducted for a film presenting 20 writers of Indian Literature. Paris, France November 2002

2002

MARSALIS MUSIC

Filmed and interviewed Branford Marsalis, September 2002

THE BUHL COLLECTION

one of the world’s most significant privately owned photographcollections, was made up of images exploring the theme of the human hand and hadbeen put together by the visionary philanthropist and collector Henry M. Buhl. Advised and aided the Guggenheim show and collection

BARBARA GLADSTONE GALLERY

Jack Smith Archive, Archive Advisor, New York, Brussels. As an official expert in aiding the acquisition of Jack Smith’s archive

KAU ARTS CENTER

Founded Kau Arts Center with the goal of supporting establishedand emerging artists from outside Estonia. The idea is to expose them to Estonia’sculture and give them a quiet place to work and produce work in an enchanting setting.45 artists have done residencies there from countries such as USA, Canada, UK, Slovenia, China, Japan, France, Germany, India, Africa, Sweden, Norway,Spain and Switzerland.

2000-2001

KALIFLOWER COMMUNE, SAN FRANCISCO

I came back from India and Burma and needed a place to live. I walked around and saw a building I liked. Knocked on the door and this little elf with a long beard answered the door. Irving Rosenthal beat editor and Chicago Review, Big Table. We soon had lunch- it became a very close and dear relationship. I moved in. I lived in the commune and did all types of communal things. Fed the poor, collected books, made art, sewed, cooked vegan, performed, and participated in many of the outreach programs. One was providing literature and books to inmates incarcerated in prison. It was in the commune that I became familiar and fell in love with Jack Smiths works. I decided to move to NY and do a film about him.

2022

ODEON

Business Founder and Interior Designer.Established as a contemporary social club. Located in the heart of the new Tallinn Bohemia: Odeon 's stylish and original interior design by Mary Jordan and Architect Sergio Rebelo 2019. Frame Award 2020 nominated for the longlist of Best Interior Design of the Year, ArchDaily building of the year nominee 2022.

2016

FRANK UNDERGROUND

Business Founder and Interior Designer of Frank Underground which remains dedicated to bringing unrivalled drink quality and service. This is much more than a cocktail bar – this is a whole scene presented like the old social clubs of New York, London or Paris.

2014

FRANK BISTRO

Business Founder and Interior Designer of the Bistro in the heart of Tallinn's Old Town party district. In the historic art deco building, hidden as a secret treasure in the narrow Sauna street FRANK was opened as one of the coolest vibrant metropolitan restaurants in 2014.

2014

MORA WATER SYSTEMS

Senior Advisor to the CEO of Mora Water Systems, Malaga SpainAdvised on the philanthropic arm of the corporate entity and helped with innovation and advancement in tech solutions within the company.

2010-2012

KAU MANOR

Built a manor house from ruins to a finished award winning boutique hotel. 2010-2012. As lead designer I carefully crafted all the design and interior design. It was featured in both Elle Décor and Vogue. It has been running as a prestigious hotel and events space since it opened its doors in 2012. Winner of Boutique Hotel Awards.See press kit.

LITTLE RED HOUSE

Developed and aided design of a 6 story building in downtown NYC. Aided in contracts, hired Architect Winka Dubbeldam, negotiated with tenants to deliver the building empty.

CAPULUS, SAN FRANCISCO

Creative Director for Start up Tech company in Music streaming and distribution.

REAL ESTATE ACQUISITION AND DEVELOPMENT

Property Development

RETAIL VINTAGE CLOTHING

A chain of clothing stores were opened starting from a Wholesale operation to a Retail operation. The stories specialized in vintage clothing, denim and new designs. Shops were located in Australia and Japan. The company was acquired in 2004 by a large retailer in Melbourne Australia.

2001

JIIAN SWORD AND WUSHU MARTIAL ARTS

Trained with Grandmaster Zhang Yuan in the art form.

ASHTANGA YOGA

Studied with Eddie Stern, 30 years of practice

SKYDIVER

PADI

Open Water Diver

GAGA PEOPLE

Active participant in the movement

MEDITATION

Studied various practices, including Vipassana, Zazen, and TM

FOOD LOVER AND COOK

HIKING AND SKIING

MOTORCYCLES AND VESPAS

2024 - ongoing

MANGROVES

In conjunction with UNESCO

2024

SUDAN

Working in South Sudan as a consultant on gender-based violence entails developing safe houses and protection services for survivors. The role involves strategic planning, stakeholder collaboration, and capacity-building to ensure sustainable, community- driven solutions. It demands cultural sensitivity, adaptability, and a deep commitment to advancing human rights in a complex and high-need environmen

2021-2024

AFGHANISTAN

Deployed to work with multiple organizations, journalists, military and governments to evacuate young girls who were under threat of the Taliban. Negotiated with several governments and organizations to provide Visa’s, safe houses, food, medical supplies and successfully evacuated over 2000 girls, women, journalists, human rights workers and AMCITS

2014

ETHIOPIA

Ethiopia ethnographic film about the Hammer people in Ethiopia

2012-2014

USA

The International Center for Human Rights and Tolerance Education, NY

2014

USA

Adoption awareness campaign with the United Nations and Hugh and Deb Jackson awareness about the high number of documented children in the homes and to express awareness for adoption in Australia.

2013-2015

EUROPE

ECLN and ASPIRE Cultural Capital European Union Program, 10 countries in the European Union and lecturing on Cultural Enterprise and cultural communities.

2012

AFRICA

Liberia, Africa Help to sponsor female entrepreneurships and advised on environmental issues as it pertains to water and environment.

2010-2013

USA

ACE Programs for the Homeless, Established by Henry Buhl.

2010

USA

Founder and Creative Director of Word Above the Street, a not-for-profit leveraging the transformational power of art and technology, NY

2006

BOSNIA/USA

Children’s Movement Organization, NY

2005

DIRECTOR/DOP.

TRIBAL MUSIC OF TONGA

Documented tribal music across micro-islands in the Tongan Kingdom. Prod. Michael Gadinski, Mushroom Records, 1996

INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS

Assistant to the Director, New York City, March 2005

THIRD MILLENIUM FOUNDATION

Head of Production and incubator system, New York City, January 2005

Director/Dop

KUMBH MELA FESTIVAL

Filmed and interviewed holy figures as diverse as Holy Babbas to the Dalai Lama

Writer/Director/Producer/Dop

BABA AND ME

Personal growth, the nature of reality and state of our world revealed through conversations with a Hindu Sadhu. Beginning with the world’s largest human pilgrimmage, the Kumbh Mela, Jordan traveled up the Ganges river to visit temples in ancient Hindu sacred cities.

Director/DOP -filmed and interviewed over 40 musical talents from around the globe and including live performance footage

WORLD SACRED MUSIC FESTIVAL

Captured the Sacred World Music Festival in Morocco, featuring interviews with some of the most extraordinary musical talents from around the world

CAN IT! – DIRECTOR/DOP

Documented the success of the Tongan King’s programs to reduce obesity in his Kingdom, which had resulted from a surge of canned foods availability across the islands. Acquired by ABC and SBS, Prod. His Excellency Tupouto’a-Tungi, Kingdom of Tonga, 1995

DOCUMENTARIAN/DOP

BURMESE REFUGEE CAMPS DOCUMENTATION

Documented refugee camp conditions along the Thai-Burmese Border to tell the story of the inhumane standards. Médecins sans Frontières (Doctors without Borders), 1997-98

DIRECTOR/PRODUCER/DOP/WRITER.

QUIET POWERS

Documented the impact of Western culture to the traditional roles of Muslim women across northern Africa from Morocco to Egypt. Acquired by ABC and PBS 1992

2002

Head of Production and incubator system, New York City, January 2005

USA

Kaliflower Commune run by Beat editor Irving Rosenthal, San Francisco. Resided in the commune and participated in soup kitchens, and several service based programs.

2001-2002

INDIA

India a focus on learning about world religions with focus on Hinduism and Buddhism. Worked in Dharmsala for the Tibetan communities with a focus on Buddhist philosophy and his Holiness the Dalai Lama

2001

KUMBH MELA

India The largest human pilgrimage in the world. Documented for SBS/BBC and met His Holiness the Dalai Lama

2000

WRITER/DIRECTOR/PRODUCER.

MY AFTERLIFE

Documents the perseverance of a Tibetan Monk and Nun, who through their dedication to His Holiness the Dalai Lama, overcome the horrors of Chinese political oppression and human rights abuses. Prod. Michael Perlman. World2be

1994

BURMA

Thamanya Sayadaw U Vinaya was a prominent and influential Burmese Buddhist monk of Pa-O descent, best known for his doctrinal emphasis on metta. He was first ordained as a novice at the age of 13 and received higher ordination on 3 June 1932 at the age of 20. Documentation of the feeding program and his actions in Meta and thissa.

1994

THAILAND

Dr Cynthia Maung is a Karen medical doctor and founder of Mae Tao Clinic that has been providing free healthcare services for internally displaced persons (IDP) and migrant workers on the Thai-Burmese border for three decades. Maung received Southeast Asia's Ramon Magsaysay Award for community leadership and she was listed as one of 2003 Time magazine's Asian Heroes. Altogether she has received six international awards for her work. In 1999, she was the first recipient of the Jonathan Mann Award, sponsored by Swiss and US health organisations.

1993

BURMA

Médecins sans Frontières (Doctors Without Borders)Worked and lived in two notable refugee camps: Ratchaburi and Kanchanaburi provinces in Thailand. These were later consolidated into one camp called Tham Hin. Tham Hin had a very limited amount of space and is one of the most closed camps on the border. The work there was difficult long with many hardships. Water and access was always a pressing issue as was land mine victims.

1992-1994

SOUTH EAST ASIA

Traveled and worked in Indonesia, Burma, India, Thailand for various causes including human rights, women’s issues, child education, with a focus on anthropological issues such as: rites of passage, tribal communities, gender issues, religion, rituals, and shamanism

1991

OH FATHER

Nursed my dying father of a brain tumor and documented my conversations with him until he died less than a year later.

1990'S

ACHUAR VOICES: AMAZON DREAMS, SACRED PLANTS, AND THE POLITICS OF OIL

A Documentary film directed by Larry Lansburgh. Sections shot and directed by Mary Jordan, November, 1999

1986-1992

NORMAN ELDER MUSEUM, TORONTO, CANADA

Worked closely with Norman Elder, Anthropologist who was the Director of the Explorers Club Canadian Chapter. Assisted talks, events and meetings. Also took care of his animals, including 10 chinchillas, 2 Madagascar Lemurs, 5 lizards, 1 bird, and various other insects and snakes.

1986-87

AFRICA

Travelled to Africa and documented female circumcision in Sudan, Somalia and also visited Kenya, Nigeria, Chad, and most parts of North Africa

2011

ARVO PART

Married by Sacred Music composer Arvo Part in a ceremony with him playing keyboards along with the Vox Choir and dancers from Ballet Preljocaj from Paris at the ancient Church Toomkirik in Estonia

2009

JAVA

Created and directed an Indonesian ceremony with 7 shamans in Borobudur-Java. Curated a ceremony with 45 friends in attendance with 244 performers. Photographed by Stanley Greene (Noor) and Alex Majoli (Magnum)

2011

FESTIVAL OF IDEAS, NEW YORK CITY

2011

POLICYLINK EQUITY SUMMIT, DETROIT

2012

13TH INTERNATIONAL ARCHITECTURE EXHIBITION

la Biennale di Venezia:Theory Seminar at the Biennale in Venice "Common Ground“

2013

SOCIAL GOOD SUMMIT, NEW YORK

2014

Architetto e Imprenditore sociale-Advised the Programma Sviluppo-Cittadellarte / Fondazione Pistoletto-Matera, Basilicata, Italy

2015

TED TALK

The Water Tank Project and the importance of art and activism.

2015

SWSW

Water Conservation and Sustainability

2015

ARTE TV FRANCE: SHOW ON ART AND FILM FEATURING MARY JORDAN

Film on Art and Activism

2014

UNITED NATIONS SCHOOLS WITH GENERATION HUMAN RIGHTS ORGANIZATION, NEW YORK

Offering innovative ways to engage audiences emotionally and intellectually. In addressing complex issues like water conservation using art to transcend barriers, creating a universal language that inspires empathy, understanding, and action.

2014

ONE CANVAS, GAZA AND ISRAEL

ADDITIONAL SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS

Guest Lecturer at institutions NYU, Columbia, New School, University of Delhi, University of Toronto, Western University, University of NSW, University of Sydney