Jay Cocks

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.

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Known For

Gangs of New York

2002 • Screenplay

Gangs of New York

2002 • Story

A Complete Unknown

2024 • Screenplay

The Age of Innocence

1993 • Screenplay

Silence

2016 • Screenplay

Mr. Scorsese

2025 • as Self

Filmography

2025

Mr. Scorsese

as Self

TV - Released: 10/16/2025

2019

Movie

Jay Cocks and Farran Smith Nehme on 'The Heiress'

as Self

Movie - Released: 5/7/2019

An American Named Kazan

as Self

Movie - Released: 3/10/2019

2017

Martin Scorsese's Journey Into Silence

as Self

Movie - Released: 3/28/2017

2008

A Moral Right: The Politics of Dirty Harry

as Self

Movie - Released: 7/23/2008

The Business End: Violence in Cinema

as Self

Movie - Released: 6/3/2008

The Craft of Dirty Harry

as Self

Movie - Released: 6/3/2008

The Long Shadow of Dirty Harry

as Self

Movie - Released: 7/23/2008

2007

Full Metal Jacket: Between Good and Evil

as Self

Movie - Released: 10/23/2007

Standing on the Shoulders of Kubrick: The Legacy of 2001

as Self

Movie - Released: 10/23/2007

1993

Innocence and Experience: The Making of 'The Age of Innocence'

as Self

Movie - Released: 9/1/1993

1990

Martin Scorsese Directs

as Self

Movie - Released: 6/16/1990

The Scorsese Machine

as Self

Movie - Released: 9/9/1990

1988

Movies Are My Life

as Self

Movie - Released: 4/17/1988

1970

Street Scenes 1970

as Self

Movie - Released: 9/14/1970