- Born
- Birth nameJohn Curran Cocks Jr.
- Jay Cocks was born on December 1, 1944 in New York City, New York, USA. He is a writer, known for Silence (2016), A Complete Unknown (2024) and Strange Days (1995). He was previously married to Verna Bloom.
- SpouseVerna Bloom(July 15, 1972 - January 9, 2019) (her death, 1 child)
- Like Paul Schrader and Steven Zaillian, he's one of the few recurrent screenwriters to work with Martin Scorsese in more than one film.
- Was present the day George Lucas began writing the first draft of Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977). Although he does not remember it, everyone present that day claims he came up with the infamous line "In a galaxy far, far away..." when Lucas asked how he should begin the script.
- Introduced a young filmmaker to an up and coming actor over dinner. The filmmaker was Martin Scorsese and the actor was Robert De Niro.
- Did uncredited rewriting of James Cameron's Titanic (1997) script, transforming the director's "scriptment" into a screenplay and contributing about a third of the dialog.
- Former film critic for Rolling Stone.
- Did uncredited work on the script for "The Last Temptation of Christ" (1988).
- [on Pauline Kael, 1974]: You may not have noticed, but since Pauline Kael departed the "New Yorker" this spring on her annual hiatus, her name has been popping up in ads for movies she didn't review.
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