Jay Cocks
Writing

Jay Cocks

Born 1944-01-12

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.   Jay Cocks (born January 12, 1944) is a film critic and motion picture screenwriter. He is a graduate of Kenyon College. He was a critic for Time, Newsweek, and Rolling Stone, among other magazines, before moving into film writing. As a screenwriter, he worked on Martin Scorsese's The Age of Innocence and Gangs of New York -- a screenplay he started working on in 1976 -- as well as Kathryn Bigelow's Strange Days. Cocks also performed an uncredited rewrite of James Cameron's screenplay for Titanic. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jay Cocks, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known for

Gangs of New York★ 7.3
Gangs of New York
2002
Strange Days★ 7
Strange Days
1995
The Last Temptation of Christ★ 7.2
The Last Temptation of Christ
1988
Silence★ 7.1
Silence
2016
The Age of Innocence★ 7
The Age of Innocence
1993
De-Lovely★ 6.2
De-Lovely
2004
A Complete Unknown
A Complete Unknown
2023
Movies Are My Life★ 6
Movies Are My Life
1978
The Business End: Violence in Cinema★ 8
The Business End: Violence in Cinema
2008
Full Metal Jacket: Between Good and Evil★ 7
Full Metal Jacket: Between Good and Evil
2007
Innocence and Experience: The Making of 'The Age of Innocence'★ 5
Innocence and Experience: The Making of 'The Age of Innocence'
1992
Martin Scorsese Directs★ 9
Martin Scorsese Directs
1990
Made in Milan★ 6
Made in Milan
1990
Street Scenes 1970★ 5.4
Street Scenes 1970
1970
Martin Scorsese's Journey Into Silence★ 6
Martin Scorsese's Journey Into Silence
2017
The Long Shadow of Dirty Harry★ 5.8
The Long Shadow of Dirty Harry
2008
An American Named Kazan★ 6
An American Named Kazan
2019
The Craft of Dirty Harry★ 6
The Craft of Dirty Harry
2008
A Moral Right: The Politics of Dirty Harry★ 6
A Moral Right: The Politics of Dirty Harry
2008