
Person
Jay Cocks
Writing · Born 1944-01-12
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

Gangs of New York
Screenplay

Mr. Scorsese
Self

A Complete Unknown
Screenplay

Silence
Screenplay

The Age of Innocence
Screenplay

Strange Days
Screenplay

The Last Temptation of Christ
Additional Writing

Street Scenes 1970
Self

De-Lovely
Writer

Martin Scorsese Directs
Self
Filmography
- 2025Mr. ScorseseSelf
- 2024A Complete UnknownScreenplay
- 2019Jay Cocks and Farran Smith Nehme on 'The Heiress'Self
- 2019An American Named KazanSelf
- 2017Martin Scorsese's Journey Into SilenceSelf
- 2016SilenceScreenplay
- 2008A Moral Right: The Politics of Dirty HarrySelf
- 2008The Long Shadow of Dirty HarrySelf
- 2008The Business End: Violence in CinemaSelf
- 2008The Craft of Dirty HarrySelf
- 2007Full Metal Jacket: Between Good and EvilSelf
- 2007Standing on the Shoulders of Kubrick: The Legacy of 2001Self
- 2004De-LovelyWriter
- 2002Gangs of New YorkScreenplay
- 1995Strange DaysScreenplay
- 1993The Age of InnocenceScreenplay
- 1993Innocence and Experience: The Making of 'The Age of Innocence'Self
- 1990The Scorsese MachineSelf
- 1990Made in MilanWriter
- 1990Martin Scorsese DirectsSelf
- 1988The Last Temptation of ChristAdditional Writing
- 1988Movies Are My LifeSelf
- 1970Street Scenes 1970Self
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