Jay Cocks
| Jay Cocks | |
| Born | January 12, 1944 |
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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.
- 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)
- Jay Cocks at the Internet Movie Database
