Jay Cocks

Known for: Writing
Born: January 12, 1944
Movies: 21

John C. "Jay" Cocks Jr. (born January 12, 1944) is an American film critic and screenwriter. He is a graduate of Kenyon College. Before shifting to screenplay writing, he was a critic for Time, Newsweek, and Rolling Stone, among other magazines.

Best-Known Movies

7.3

Gangs of New York

2002

7.1

Silence

2016

7.0

Strange Days

1995

7.1

A Complete Unknown

2024

7.0

The Age of Innocence

1993

6.1

De-Lovely

2004

4.3

Full Metal Jacket: Between Good and Evil

2007

6.1

Made in Milan

1990

5.5

Street Scenes 1970

1970

6.2

Standing on the Shoulders of Kubrick: The Legacy of 2001

2007

Filmography

2019	Jay Cocks and Farran Smith Nehme on 'The Heiress'	Self
2019	An American Named Kazan	Self
2017	Martin Scorsese's Journey Into Silence	Self
2008	A Moral Right: The Politics of Dirty Harry	Self
2008	The Long Shadow of Dirty Harry	Self
2008	The Business End: Violence in Cinema	Self
2008	The Craft of Dirty Harry	Self
2007	Full Metal Jacket: Between Good and Evil	Self
2007	Standing on the Shoulders of Kubrick: The Legacy of 2001	Self
1993	Innocence and Experience: The Making of 'The Age of Innocence'	Self
1990	The Scorsese Machine	Self
1990	Martin Scorsese Directs	Self
1988	Movies Are My Life	Self
1970	Street Scenes 1970	Self

Directing, Writing & Producing

2024	A Complete Unknown	Screenplay
2016	Silence	Screenplay
2004	De-Lovely	Writer
2002	Gangs of New York	Screenplay
1995	Strange Days	Screenplay
1993	The Age of Innocence	Screenplay
1990	Made in Milan	Writer

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