The autobiography of kirk jones

English film director and screenwriter

Kirk Jones is an English film director and screenwriter.

Anna Kendrick

Life and career

Kirk Jones was born in Bristol, England and grew up in Long Ashton, Somerset. He attended Backwell School and Filton Technical College before being offered a place at Newport Film School (University of South Wales) where he specialized in directing drama, comedy and television commercials between He graduated after winning a National Student Film Award and started to work for London-based production company, BFCS as a production runner and later as assistant film editor.

Whilst working in the cutting room, he continued to write and direct his own films and after collecting a Silver award at the Creative Circle Awards for his Mercedes commercial which he wrote and directed in , he was invited to join Xenium Productions as a director. His Absolut Vodka film, which he wrote and directed was awarded a Silver in and Jones began directing comme Richard LaGravenese SOZ