Kent Jones grew up in Berkshire County, Massachusetts before attending McGill University in the late 1970s. He then transferred to New York University where he studied filmmaking. Jones later recalled, "I had a very romantic notion of studying film with Nick Ray, who was a teacher at NYU, but Nick died before I had the chance to take his class and I eventually dropped out of school."[1]
He worked at New Video, the first video store in Manhattan, before writing professionally as a film critic. He would later become a correspondent for Cahiers du Cinéma and his criticism would later be published in Bookforum, Artforum, and Cinema Scope. His writing would also appear in Film Comment beginning in 1996, and he later became the publication's editor-at-large. A collection of his work was later published as Physical Evidence: Selected Film Criticism in 2007.[1][2]
Jones co-wrote Arnaud Desplechin's film Jimmy P: Psychotherapy of a Plains Indian, and though it did screen at the New York Festival, Jones recused himself from the selection process to avoid a conflict of interest.[2] He directed Hitchcock/Truffaut (2015) about François Truffaut's celebrated book on Alfred Hitchcock before making his narrative feature debut with Diane (2018). The following year, the Film Society announced that Jones had decided to step down as the director of the New York Film Festival and as the chairman of the festival's selection committee. Jones would later cite his own ambitions to make more films as the basis for his decision.[4]
Referencesedit
^ abcd"Go Behind the NYFF Scenes with Kent Jones, Its Passionate Chief" (PDF). journalism.nyu.edu. September 27, 2013.
^ abc"Movies and Their Making". bombmagazine. September 28, 2017.
kent, jones, critic, kent, jones, born, 1960, american, film, critic, filmmaker, kent, jonesoccupationfilm, critic, editor, film, directornationalityamericanalma, matermcgill, university, york, universitybiography, editkent, jones, grew, berkshire, county, mas. Kent Jones born 1960 1 is an American film critic and filmmaker Kent JonesOccupationFilm critic editor film directorNationalityAmericanAlma materMcGill University New York UniversityBiography editKent Jones grew up in Berkshire County Massachusetts before attending McGill University in the late 1970s He then transferred to New York University where he studied filmmaking Jones later recalled I had a very romantic notion of studying film with Nick Ray who was a teacher at NYU but Nick died before I had the chance to take his class and I eventually dropped out of school 1 He worked at New Video the first video store in Manhattan before writing professionally as a film critic He would later become a correspondent for Cahiers du Cinema and his criticism would later be published in Bookforum Artforum and Cinema Scope His writing would also appear in Film Comment beginning in 1996 and he later became the publication s editor at large A collection of his work was later published as Physical Evidence Selected Film Criticism in 2007 1 2 In the early 1990s Jones worked as a video archivist for Martin Scorsese at his offices in the Brill Building He eventually worked on many of Scorsese s documentaries on film history and he later co directed several including A Letter to Elia 2010 and directed his own such as Val Lewton The Man in the Shadows 2007 He also programmed with Bruce Goldstein a repertory series at Film Forum on 1970s American films before joining the Film Society of Lincoln Center as an associate director programming in 1998 He then joined the selection committee for the New York Film Festival in 2002 and he later succeeded Richard Pena as the director of the New York Film Festival and as the chairman of the festival s selection committee overseeing his first programming slate in 2013 1 2 Jones would also be awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship for his scholarly work in 2012 3 Jones co wrote Arnaud Desplechin s film Jimmy P Psychotherapy of a Plains Indian and though it did screen at the New York Festival Jones recused himself from the selection process to avoid a conflict of interest 2 He directed Hitchcock Truffaut 2015 about Francois Truffaut s celebrated book on Alfred Hitchcock before making his narrative feature debut with Diane 2018 The following year the Film Society announced that Jones had decided to step down as the director of the New York Film Festival and as the chairman of the festival s selection committee Jones would later cite his own ambitions to make more films as the basis for his decision 4 References edit a b c d Go Behind the NYFF Scenes with Kent Jones Its Passionate Chief PDF journalism nyu edu September 27 2013 a b c Movies and Their Making bombmagazine September 28 2017 John Simon Guggenheim 2012 Cohn Gabe September 19 2019 The Director of the New York Film Festival Is to Step Down The New York Times Retrieved 17 April 2021 Further reading editPhysical Evidence Selected Film Criticism Wesleyan University Press Middletown CT 2007 nbsp This biographical article about an American film critic is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Kent Jones critic amp oldid 1184495209, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
