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Jay Cocks

Biography

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.

Known For

81%

Series

Mr. Scorsese

2025 · Documentary

60%

Movie

Martin Scorsese's Journey Into Silence

2017 · Documentary

60%

Movie

The Craft of Dirty Harry

2008 · Documentary

43%

Movie

Full Metal Jacket: Between Good and Evil

2007 · Documentary

80%

Movie

The Business End: Violence in Cinema

2008 · Documentary

55%

Movie

Street Scenes 1970

1970 · Documentary

90%

Movie

Martin Scorsese Directs

1990 · Documentary

58%

Movie

The Long Shadow of Dirty Harry

2008 · Documentary

45%

Movie

A Moral Right: The Politics of Dirty Harry

2008 · Documentary

62%

Movie

Standing on the Shoulders of Kubrick: The Legacy of 2001

2007 · Documentary

80%

Movie

The Scorsese Machine

1990 · Documentary

60%

Movie

An American Named Kazan

2019 · Documentary

70%

Movie

Innocence and Experience: The Making of 'The Age of Innocence'

1993 · Documentary

68%

Movie

Movies Are My Life

1988 · Documentary

Full Filmography(25)

Martin Scorsese's Journey Into SilenceSelf

Film

2016SilenceScreenplayFilm

2008A Moral Right: The Politics of Dirty HarrySelfFilm

2008The Business End: Violence in CinemaSelfFilm

2008The Craft of Dirty HarrySelfFilm

2008The Long Shadow of Dirty HarrySelfFilm

2007Full Metal Jacket: Between Good and EvilSelfFilm

2007Standing on the Shoulders of Kubrick: The Legacy of 2001SelfFilm

2004De-LovelyWriterFilm

2002Gangs of New YorkScreenplayFilm

2002Gangs of New YorkStoryFilm

1995Strange DaysScreenplayFilm

1993Innocence and Experience: The Making of 'The Age of Innocence'SelfFilm

1993The Age of InnocenceScreenplayFilm

1990Martin Scorsese DirectsSelfFilm

1990The Scorsese MachineSelfFilm

1990Made in MilanWriterFilm

1988Movies Are My LifeSelfFilm

1988The Last Temptation of ChristAdditional WritingFilm

1988The Last Temptation of ChristWriterFilm

1970Street Scenes 1970SelfFilm