Chris Jones (filmmaker)

Chris Jones is a British filmmaker and author,^[1] known for his books about how to become 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 35 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 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]} His upcoming feature is titled Rocketboy.^{[37][38][39][40]}

Jones is the author of several books on film-making, inkluding The Guerilla Filmmakers Handbook.^[37] Having made several feature films on shoestring budgets, Jones has warned that the British film industry needs to cut back on their spending if it is to survive.^[41][42] He teaches a variety of filmmaker courses from his Ealing Studio location.^[43]

Filmography

Feature films

• The Runner – 1992, 90 min Super16 – Director
• White Angel – 1994, 90 min Super16 – Director
• Urban Ghost Story – 1998, 90 min Super16 – Co-writer with Genevieve Jolliffe, Producer & Second Unit Director
• 50 Kisses (2014)
• Rocketboy (forthcoming) – Director

Short films

• Gone Fishing – 2008, 13 min 35mm – Writer and director

Bibliography

• Chris Jones; Genevieve Jolliffe (1996). The Guerilla Film Makers Handbook and the Film Producers Toolkit. Cassell. ISBN 978-0-304-33854-2. 
• Chris Jones (20 June 2003). Guerilla Film Makers Movie Blueprint. A&C Black. ISBN 978-0-8264-1453-3. 
• Chris Jones; Genevieve Jolliffe (2006). The Guerilla Film Makers Handbook. A&C Black. ISBN 978-0-8264-7988-4. Macgregor, James. "The Guerilla Filmmakers Handbook – by Chris Jones & Genevieve Jolliffe". Retrieved 2008-04-17. 
• Chris Jones; Genevieve Jolliffe; Andrew Zinnes (18 March 2010). The Guerilla Film Makers Pocketbook: The Ultimate Guide to Digital Film Making. Bloomsbury Publishing. ISBN 978-1-4411-4705-9. 

Citations

• Fitzherbert Henry Film Critic. "Gone Fishing". The Sunday Express.  |access-date= requires |url= (help)

External links

• Chris Jones at the Internet Movie Database
• Livingspirit website