Neil Patrick Jordan ( born 25 February 1950 ) is an Irish film director , screenwriter , novelist and short-story writer . His first book , '' Night in Tunisia '' , won a Somerset Maugham Award and the Guardian Fiction Prize in 1979 . He won an Academy Award ( Best Original Screenplay ) for '' The Crying Game '' ( 1992 ) . He has also won three Irish Film and Television Awards , as well as the Silver Bear for Best Director at the Berlin International Film Festival for '' The Butcher Boy '' ( 1997 )
Berlin International Film Festival
48th Berlin International Film Festival
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