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.

Personal Facts

Known For

Writing

Gender

male

Known Credits

24

Birth Date

1944-01-12 00:00:00

Known For

• 

  A Complete Unknown
• 

  Gangs of New York
• 

  Silence
• 

  Strange Days
• 

  The Age of Innocence
• 

  The Last Temptation of Christ

Credits

• actors (15 credits)

  • Mr. Scorsese

    Self

    actor

    actors

    - Method Director (2025) ... Self actor actors

    - Total Cinema (2025) ... Self actor actors

    - Saint/Sinner (2025) ... Self actor actors

    - All This Filming Isn't Healthy (2025) ... Self actor actors

    - Stranger in a Strange Land (2025) ... Self actor actors
    2025
  • Jay Cocks and Farran Smith Nehme on 'The Heiress'

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2019
  • An American Named Kazan

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2019
  • Martin Scorsese's Journey Into Silence

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2017
  • A Moral Right: The Politics of Dirty Harry

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2008
  • The Long Shadow of Dirty Harry

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2008
  • The Business End: Violence in Cinema

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2008
  • The Craft of Dirty Harry

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2008
  • Standing on the Shoulders of Kubrick: The Legacy of 2001

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2007
  • Full Metal Jacket: Between Good and Evil

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2007
  • Innocence and Experience: The Making of 'The Age of Innocence'

    Self

    actor

    actors
    1993
  • The Scorsese Machine

    Self

    actor

    actors
    1990
  • Martin Scorsese Directs

    Self

    actor

    actors
    1990
  • Movies Are My Life

    Self

    actor

    actors
    1988
  • Street Scenes 1970

    Self

    actor

    actors
    1970

• writing (8 credits)

  • A Complete Unknown

    screenplay

    writing
    2024
  • Silence

    screenplay

    writing
    2016
  • De-Lovely

    writer

    writing
    2004
  • Gangs of New York

    story

    writing
    2002
  • Strange Days

    screenplay

    writing
    1995
  • The Age of Innocence

    screenplay

    writing
    1993
  • Made in Milan

    writer

    writing
    1990
  • The Last Temptation of Christ

    writer

    writing
    1988

• crew (1 credits)

  • The Last Temptation of Christ

    additional writing

    crew
    1988