Jay Cocks

Jay Cocks (born January 12, 1944) 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 graduating to film writing.

As a screenwriter, he worked on Martin Scorsese's The Age of Innocence and Gangs of New York, as well as Kathryn Bigelow's Strange Days. Cocks performed an uncredited rewrite of Cameron's screenplay for Titanic.

Award Nominations

• Academy Award: Best Adapted Screenplay, The Age of Innocence (1993)
• Academy Award: Best Original Screenplay, Gangs of New York (2002)
• BAFTA Award: Best Original Screenplay, Gangs of New York (2002)

External links

• Jay Cocks at the Internet Movie Database