Chris Jones is a British

United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...

 filmmaker and author.

Chris Jones was a feature film director at the age of 21. He is also the co-author of The Guerilla Filmmakers Handbook

The Guerilla Filmmakers Handbook

The Guerilla Filmmakers Handbook is a bestselling textbook on low-budget and independent film production written by Chris Jones and Genevieve Jolliffe. Currently in its third edition, it consists primarily of interviews with filmmakers and case studies in filmmaking...

. He teaches a variety of filmmaker courses from his Ealing Studio

Ealing Studios

Ealing Studios is a television and film production company and facilities provider at Ealing Green in West London. Will Barker bought the White Lodge on Ealing Green in 1902 as a base for film making, and films have been made on the site ever since...

 location.

He owns a film company called livingspirit. His movies include Gone Fishing

Gone Fishing (film)

Gone Fishing is a short film written and directed by Chris Jones, starring Bill Paterson and James Wilson, that premiered at BAFTA on January 12, 2008.-Short Synopsis:...

and an upcoming feature Rocket Boy.

Early years

Chris Jones’ love for the cinema inspired him as a schoolboy to make 8mm zombie movies. This inexorably propelled him into film school where he met Genevieve Jolliffe. Together they made three films and wrote the The Guerilla Film Makers Handbook.

Feature films

• The Runner - 1992 90min Super16
• White Angel
  White Angel (film)
  White Angel is a 1994 British thriller film directed by Chris Jones and starring Harriet Robinson, Peter Firth and Don Henderson. A crime writer is approached by a serial killer who wishes her to tell his story to the world.-Cast:...
  
  - 1995 90min Super16
• Urban Ghost Story - 1998 90min Super16 - Co-writer with Genevieve Jolliffe
  The Guerilla Filmmakers Handbook
  The Guerilla Filmmakers Handbook is a bestselling textbook on low-budget and independent film production written by Chris Jones and Genevieve Jolliffe. Currently in its third edition, it consists primarily of interviews with filmmakers and case studies in filmmaking...
  
  , Producer & Second Unit Director
• Rocket Boy (forthcoming)

Short films

• Gone Fishing
  Gone Fishing (film)
  Gone Fishing is a short film written and directed by Chris Jones, starring Bill Paterson and James Wilson, that premiered at BAFTA on January 12, 2008.-Short Synopsis:...
  
  2008 13min 35mm - Writer and Director

External links

• Chris Jones entry at the Internet Movie Database
  Internet Movie Database
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• Livingspirit website

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