Jay Cocks

Known for

Writing

Born

January 12, 1944 (age 82)

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.

Best known work

Gangs of New York

2002

Silence

2016

Strange Days

1995

A Complete Unknown

2024

The Age of Innocence

1993

The Last Temptation of Christ

1988

De-Lovely

2004

Mr. Scorsese

2025

Full Metal Jacket: Between Good and Evil

2007

Made in Milan

1990

Filmography

2025
Mr. ScorseseTV
as Self (5 episodes)
2024
A Complete Unknown
Screenplay
2019
Jay Cocks and Farran Smith Nehme on 'The Heiress'
as Self
2019
An American Named Kazan
as Self
2017
Martin Scorsese's Journey Into Silence
as Self
2016
Silence
Screenplay
2008
A Moral Right: The Politics of Dirty Harry
as Self
2008
The Long Shadow of Dirty Harry
as Self
2008
The Business End: Violence in Cinema
as Self
2008
The Craft of Dirty Harry
as Self
2007
Full Metal Jacket: Between Good and Evil
as Self
2007
Standing on the Shoulders of Kubrick: The Legacy of 2001
as Self
2004
De-Lovely
Writer
2002
Gangs of New York
Screenplay, Story
1995
Strange Days
Screenplay
1993
The Age of Innocence
Screenplay
1993
Innocence and Experience: The Making of 'The Age of Innocence'
as Self
1990
The Scorsese Machine
as Self
1990
Made in Milan
Writer
1990
Martin Scorsese Directs
as Self
1988
The Last Temptation of Christ
Additional Writing
1988
Movies Are My Life
as Self
1970
Street Scenes 1970
as Self