Jay Cocks
American screenwriter · United States · On the map · Writers · Born 1944 · age 81
John C. "Jay" Cocks Jr. is an American film critic and screenwriter. He is a graduate of Kenyon College. He was a critic for Time, Newsweek and Rolling Stone, among other magazines before shifting to screenplay writing.
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Martin Scorsese Directed American Masters- Barbara De Fina Produced Made in Milan and The Age of Innocence
Irwin Winkler Directed De-Lovely (2004)
James Cameron Produced Strange Days (1995)
Daniel Day-Lewis Jay wrote Gangs of New York (2003)
Liam Neeson Jay wrote Silence (2017)
Timothée Chalamet Produced A Complete Unknown (2024)
Kathryn Bigelow Directed Strange Days (1995)
Harvey Weinstein Produced Gangs of New York (2002)
James Mangold Directed A Complete Unknown (2024)
Jonathan Pryce Jay wrote De-Lovely (2005)
Alexis Smith Jay wrote The Age of Innocence (1993)
Len Blavatnik Produced Silence (2016)
Alberto Grimaldi Produced Gangs of New York (2002)
Alec McCowen Jay wrote Gangs of New York (2003)
Mel Stuart Directed American Masters
Terry Carter Directed American Masters
Tony Palmer Directed American Masters
Fred Berger Produced A Complete Unknown (2024)
Morgan Neville Directed American Masters
Vittorio Cecchi Gori Produced Silence (2016)
Emma Tillinger Koskoff Produced Silence (2016)
Randall Emmett Produced Silence (2016)
Charles Winkler Produced De-Lovely (2004)
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For his work, Cocks has received three Academy Award nominations: two for Best Adapted Screenplay - The Age of Innocence (1993) and A Complete Unknown (2024) - and one for Best Original Screenplay (2002).
