C. Jay Cox
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| Born | 1962 Nevada |
| Occupation | Screenwriter, director |
C. Jay Cox (born 1962 in Nevada) is an American director and screenwriter.
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[edit] Biography
He grew up on in Eastern Nevada, and made his first film when he was eight years old (a two minute film noir called Vampire Cave). As he grew older, he continued writing and creating short films. He graduated with a BA in Journalism from Brigham Young University. He moved to Los Angeles (where he also currently lives) and worked as an actor, performance artist, photographer and some random jobs. He began making video shorts, industrial films and documentaries. After he wrote his screenplay for The Thing in Bob's Garage in 1998, he was given a number of jobs, in rewriting other people's screenplays. [1] His own screenplay, Sweet Home Alabama, became a box office hit when the film, starring Reese Witherspoon, was released in 2002. His next film Latter Days, which he wrote, produced and directed, won him several audience awards at film festivals. The title Latter Days refers to the The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He was familiar with the subject of the film, having grown up a fifth-generation mormon, and being a missionary. Back then when he moved to Los Angeles, he came out as gay, is considered an abomination by the church. After it was made very clear to him that a person could either be gay or they could be Mormon, he left the church. The film is not autobiographical, but it is deeply personal.[2] He directed and produced the 2008 film Kiss the Bride starring Tori Spelling, and is a screenwriter for the 2009 film Chilled in Miami, starring Renée Zellweger and Harry Connick, Jr. He has mentioned in a 2004 interview that some of his idols are James L. Brooks, Sydney Pollack and Billy Wilder. [1]
[edit] Filmography
[edit] Actor
- 1987 Nightmare Sisters
- 1987 The Offspring
[edit] Director
- 2008 Kiss the Bride
- 2003 Latter Days
- 1998 Reason Thirteen (Short)
- 1996 Get That Girl
[edit] Writer
- 2009 Chilled in Miami
- 2003 Latter Days
- 2002 Sweet Home Alabama
- 1998 Reason Thirteen (short)
- 1998 The Governess
- 1998 The Thing in Bob's Garage
[edit] Awards
- 2004 Toronto Inside Out Lesbian and Gay Film and Video Festival: Audience Award for Best Feature Film or Video, for Latter Days
- 2003 Outie Award: Audience Award for Outstanding First Narrative Feature, for Latter Days
- 2003 Philadelphia International Gay & Lesbian Film Festival: Audience Award for Best Feature - Gay Male, for Latter Days
[edit] References
- ^ a b Housman, Steven M. (January 2004). "C. Jay Cox: Man With A Mission". Steven Houseman - Music Journalist.
- ^ Phillips, Rebecca. "'A Topic Deeply Buried'". beliefnet.
