Chris Jones (filmmaker)
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| Chris Jones | |
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| Born | Higher End, Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, Greater Manchester |
| Occupation | film director, screenwriter and educator |
Chris Jones is a British filmmaker and author,[1] known for his books about how to become a film-maker.[2] Jones was educated at Bournemouth Film School,[3] and made his feature film director debut at the age of 21 with The Runner (1992). He owns the film company called Living Spirit.[4]
His films include the 1994 British thriller film White Angel starring Peter Firth and Don Henderson,[5][6][7] and Urban Ghost Story (1998), a horror film set in Glasgow starring Jason Connery.[8][9][10][11]
Jones wrote and directed the short film Gone Fishing starring Bill Paterson,[12][13] that premiered at BAFTA on 12 January 2008.[14] Gone Fishing won 35 prizes at the film festival circuit including the Grand Prize at the 2008 Bahamas International Film Festival,[15][16] and the 2008 Rhode Island International Film Festival,[17] and it won the Grand Jury Prize at the 2009 Edmonton International Film Festival.[18][19] At the 2009 Beverly Hills Film Festival and the 2009 Method Fest Independent Film Festival it took home the Audience Award,[20] and it received the Golden Honu Award at the 2009 Big Island Film Festival.[21][22] Gone Fishing further won both the Director's Choice Award and the Audience Award at the 2009 Sedona Film Festival,[23][24] the Achievement Award for screenwriting at the 2009 Newport Beach Film Festival,[25] and the prizes for Best Short at both the 2009 Indianapolis International Film Festival[26] and the 2009 Palm Beach International Film Festival,[27] as well as receiving the prize for Best Narrative Short by the Producers Guild of America.[28][29] The film was among the final 10 long-listed shorts for the 2009 Academy Awards.[30][31][32]
In 2014, he released a film, 50 Kisses, in collaboration with a large number of people organized through the London Screenwriters' Festival.[33][34][35][36] His upcoming feature is titled Rocketboy.[37][38][39][40]
Jones is the author of several books on film-making, inkluding The Guerilla Filmmakers Handbook.[37] Having made several feature films on shoestring budgets, Jones has warned that the British film industry needs to cut back on their spending if it is to survive.[41][42] He teaches a variety of filmmaker courses from his Ealing Studio location.[43]
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Filmography
Feature films
- The Runner – 1992, 90 min Super16 – Director
- White Angel – 1994, 90 min Super16 – Director
- Urban Ghost Story – 1998, 90 min Super16 – Co-writer with Genevieve Jolliffe, Producer & Second Unit Director
- 50 Kisses (2014)
- Rocketboy (forthcoming) – Director
Short films
- Gone Fishing – 2008, 13 min 35mm – Writer and director
Bibliography
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Citations
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External links
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