Jay Cocks

Screenwriter, Film writer

1944 –

69

Who is Jay Cocks?

Jay Cocks 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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Born
Jan 12, 1944
United States of America
Also known as
  • John C. Cocks Jr.
  • John C. Cocks, Jr.
Spouses
Nationality
  • United States of America
Profession
Education
  • Kenyon College
Employment
  • Rolling Stone LLC

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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