Chris Jones (filmmaker) explained

Chris Jones
Birth Place:Higher End, Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, Greater Manchester, England
Occupation:Filmmaker, author, film director, screenwriter, educator
Website:http://jonesfilm.co.uk/
Years Active:1992 - present

Chris Jones is a British filmmaker, author, film director, screenwriter and educator,[1] who has written books on becoming 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 55 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 2009 Jones was attached to British thriller Exam as associate producer.

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] and began work on Rocketboy.[37] [38] [39]

In 2015 Jones co-produced the feature documentary The First Film about Louis Le Prince who is credited as a Leeds-based inventor of film. [40]

In 2016, Jones launched Create50, an initiative to connect creative people to collaborate and produce works, such as books and feature films, that enter the mainstream marketplace. Create50's first major project was Twisted50.

In 2016 Jones trained to become a firewalk instructor to help creative people break through barriers and began his own firewalk company called The Firewalk Experience.

In 2018 Jones produced the crowd created feature film, Impact50, the opening being written by Joe Eszterhas and starring Olivia Williams as the US president. The story revolves around the social impact of a catastrophic meteor strike. Due to the pandemic, the film was delayed, but released on June 3rd 2022.

In 2023 Jones executive produced the four part docuseries The Enfield Poltergeist for Apple TV+.

In 2023 Jones joined the Paramount Pictures M:I 7 and 8 team to direct splinter unit on Mission: Impossible Dead Reckoning and also .

Jones is the author of several books on film-making, including The Guerilla Filmmakers Handbook.[41] Having made several feature films on shoestring budgets, Jones has warned in 2010 that the British film industry needed to cut back on its spending if it was to survive.[42] [43] Jones teaches a variety of filmmaker courses from his Ealing Studio location,[44] and founded the London Screenwriters’ Festival as creative director in 2010.

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Yoram Allon. Del Cullen. Hannah Patterson. Contemporary British and Irish Film Directors: A Wallflower Critical Guide. 2001. Wallflower Press. 978-1-903364-21-5. 169–.
  2. Web site: Director's TV show on livestream. https://web.archive.org/web/20160420225436/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-224126049.html. dead. 2016-04-20. Wigan Observer (Wigan, England) . HighBeam. 2015-09-15. 2010-04-15.
  3. Book: Film. c. 1992. British Federation of Film Societies. 51–63. ... White Angel, from a former Bournemouth Film School student, Chris Jones ....
  4. Book: Film Review. 1991. Orpheus Pub.. 198–. ... Youth Business Trust chipped in £3,000, which provided the photocopier and fax machine that gave birth to Living Spirit. But the ... Living Spirit spent five days in the woods of Nantwich shooting their trailer for The Runner. ... Top: Ford and persuasive director Chris Jones were mainly the Nantwich cottage and its garage..
  5. Book: Robert Cettl. Serial Killer Cinema: An Analytical Filmography with an Introduction. 2003. McFarland & Company. 978-0-7864-1292-1.
  6. Book: A Paranormal File. john pinkney. 142–. GGKEY:6PQ1NHJ1285.
  7. Book: Kim Newman. Nightmare Movies: Horror on Screen Since the 1960s. 18 April 2011. A&C Black. 978-1-4088-0503-9. 327–.
  8. Book: Adam Lukeman. Fangoria's 101 Best Horror Movies You've Never Seen: A Celebration of the World's Most Unheralded Fright Flicks. 10 August 2011. Crown/Archetype. 978-0-307-52347-1. 357–.
  9. Book: Mike Mayo. The Horror Show Guide: The Ultimate Frightfest of Movies. 1 April 2013. Visible Ink Press. 978-1-57859-420-7. 440–.
  10. Book: John Flowers. Paul Frizler. Psychotherapists on Film, 1899-1999: M-Z. 1 January 2004. McFarland. 978-0-7864-1908-1. 614.
  11. Book: Jim Craddock. Videohound's Golden Movie Retriever. 2006. Thomson Gale. 978-0-7876-8980-3. 908.
  12. Web site: Appeals for aid to finish movie. wigantoday.net.
  13. Web site: Gone Fishing, Soft take prizes in Kodak's Short Film Competition. Mitchell. Wendy. Screen Daily. 2008-08-05. 2015-09-10.
  14. Web site: Netribution article on the premiere of Gone Fishing. 2022-06-20.
  15. Web site: News : Press Item : Bahamas International Film Festival. bintlfilmfest.com.
  16. Web site: BAHAMAS INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL ANNOUNCE WINNERS. Filmmaker Magazine. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20151203210604/http://filmmakermagazine.com/835-bahamas-international-film-festival-announce-winners/. 2015-12-03.
  17. Web site: RIIFF Awards 2008. film-festival.org.
  18. Web site: Edmonton International Film Festival 2009 : Gone Fishing. 16 September 2015. 4 March 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304073703/http://edmonton.festivalgenius.com/2009/films/gonefishing_edmonton2009. dead.
  19. Web site: I Heart Edmonton: EDvent: Edmonton International Film Festival '09, Part III. Emil Tiedemann. iheartedmonton.org.
  20. Web site: One Day University. onedayu.com. 2015-09-16. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304110916/https://www.onedayu.com/events/detail/147. 2016-03-04. dead.
  21. Web site: Big Island Film Festival - Success Stories. bigislandfilmfestival.com.
  22. Web site: Big Island Film Festival 'Golden Honu' Awards. Hawaii 24/7. 24 May 2009.
  23. Web site: The Sedona International Film Festival Closes on Another Successful Year. Helen Stephenson. Prescott eNews.
  24. Web site: SINY FILM FEST CLOSE-UP: Chris Jones on "Gone Fishing". SILive.com. 2009-06-03.
  25. Web site: Newport Beach Film Festival 2009 Awards. newportbeachfilmfest.com. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20130116004127/http://www.newportbeachfilmfest.com/awards09.html. 2013-01-16.
  26. Web site: And the winners are... - THE FILM YAP. Christopher Lloyd. 25 July 2009. THE FILM YAP.
  27. Web site: Another win! Palm Beach in Florida!. Make Film Teach Film. 2009-04-30.
  28. Web site: RIIFF News & Updates: 'Gone Fishing' wins the Producers Guild Of America Awards. rifilmfest.blogspot.dk.
  29. Book: Lucy Hay. Writing & Selling - Thriller Screenplays. 10 September 2013. Oldcastle Books, Limited. 978-1-84243-972-2. 194–.
  30. Book: Chris Jones. Andrew Zinnes. Genevieve Jolliffe. The Guerilla Film Makers Pocketbook: The Ultimate Guide to Digital Film Making. 18 March 2010. A&C Black. 978-1-4411-8078-0. 309–.
  31. Web site: Gone Fishing with Chris Jones Yet? " Trippin the Movie. deviantpictures.com.
  32. Web site: Gympie's Heart of Gold film festival expands to five days. NewsComAu. 2009-03-13.
  33. Web site: How to Crowdsource a Film: Chris Jones on the Omnibus Movie, 50 Kisses. Astle. Randy. Filmmaker. 2014-03-11. 2015-09-10.
  34. Web site: Huddersfield film producer Judy Goldberg launches 50 kisses film project in London. Louise Cooper. 14 February 2014. huddersfieldexaminer.
  35. Web site: Hanworth film-makers journey to the red carpet. Salina Patel. 27 February 2014. getwestlondon.
  36. Web site: East Grinstead opticians is the set of international movie. East Grinstead Courier.
  37. Book: Lucy V. Hay. Writing and Selling Drama Screenplays. 24 October 2014. Oldcastle Books, Limited. 978-1-84344-413-8. 143–.
  38. Book: Chris Jones. Guerilla Film Makers Movie Blueprint. 20 June 2003. A&C Black. 978-0-8264-1453-3. 213–.
  39. Web site: How To Write A Script Report … And Why It's Good For Your Writing. London Screenwriters' Festival. 2013-11-15.
  40. Web site: GUERILLA GROUP. The First Film. 2023-04-21.
  41. Web site: Chris Jones. Cooper. Sarah. Screen Daily. 2010-10-07. 2015-09-10.
  42. News: UK film-makers 'frittering away millions'. Alberge. Dalya. The Observer. 2010-10-02. 2015-09-10.
  43. Book: Adam P. Davies. UK Film Finance Handbook 2005/06: How To Fund Your Film. May 2005. Netribution. 978-0-9550143-0-7. 57–.
  44. Web site: Whats On - Sessions - Script To Screen Live Silence of the Lambs - London Screenwriters' Festival. London Screenwriters' Festival.

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