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1944-01-12
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Jay Cocks

Overview

​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.

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Known for

Acting

2019 An American Named Kazan Actor Self 59
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2017 Martin Scorsese's Journey Into Silence Actor Self 59
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2008 The Long Shadow of Dirty Harry Actor Self 58
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2008 A Moral Right: The Politics of Dirty Harry Actor Self 59
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2008 The Craft of Dirty Harry Actor Self 59
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2008 The Business End: Violence in Cinema Actor Self 59
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2007 Full Metal Jacket: Between Good and Evil Actor Self 59
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1993 Innocence and Experience: The Making of 'The Age of Innocence' Actor Self 58
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1990 Martin Scorsese Directs Actor Self 59
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1988 Movies Are My Life Actor Self 58
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1970 Street Scenes Actor Self 58
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Writing

2024 A Complete Unknown Writing Screenplay 60
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2016 Silence Writing Screenplay 69
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2004 De-Lovely Writing Writer 59
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2002 Gangs of New York Writing Story 72
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2002 Gangs of New York Writing Screenplay 72
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1995 Strange Days Writing Screenplay 67
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1993 The Age of Innocence Writing Screenplay 66
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1990 Made in Milan Writing Writer 58
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1988 The Last Temptation of Christ Writing Writer 67
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Crew

1988 The Last Temptation of Christ Crew Additional Writing 67
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