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Mike Jones (screenwriter)

{{Short description|American screenwriter (born 1971)}}

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| birth_place = San Antonio, Texas, U.S.

| birth_date = {{birth year and age|1971}}

| occupation = Screenwriter, journalist

| years_active = 1995–present

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Mike Jones (born 1971) is an American filmmaker. He serves as a writer and director at Pixar Animation Studios and has co-written the studio's animated feature films Soul and Luca. He also wrote and directed Dream Productions, a 4-part limited series set in the world of Inside Out.{{Cite web|last=Shanfeld|first=Ethan|title='Inside Out' Spinoff Series 'Dream Productions' and Pixar's 'Win or Lose' Set Disney+ Release Dates and Unveil New Footage|url=https://variety.com/2024/tv/news/inside-out-spinoff-dream-productions-disney-release-date-1236154852/|work=Variety|date=September 24, 2024|access-date=October 17, 2024}}

Career

Jones was born in San Antonio, Texas, and graduated from New York University's Tisch School of the Arts for film. He began his career as an entertainment journalist working as Filmmaker Magazine{{'}}s Managing Editor and IndieWire's Executive Editor.{{Cite web|title=Independent Film Channel Mouths Off With ifcRANT {{!}} The Irish Film & Television Network|url=http://www.iftn.ie/?act1=record&aid=73&rid=2742&sr=1&only=1&hl=ttitude&tpl=archnews|access-date=2020-09-16|website=www.iftn.ie}}

His first screenplay, EvenHand, was produced in 2001 and screened at the AFI Film Festival, Tribeca Film Festival, and South by Southwest.

Jones did an uncredited rewrite of City of Ghosts, directed by Matt Dillon,{{Cite web|title=City of Ghosts (2003) - Overview - TCM.com|url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/445043/city-of-ghosts|access-date=2020-09-16|website=Turner Classic Movies|language=en}} and has since written scripts for Columbia Pictures, United Artists, HBO, Warner Bros. Pictures,{{Cite web|last= Fleming|first=Mike Jr.|date=2015-01-27|title=Team Downey Enlists Tate Taylor For USS Indianapolis Shark Attack Ordeal Project|url=https://deadline.com/2015/01/uss-indianapolis-tate-taylor-team-downey-warner-bros-1201360592/|access-date=2020-09-16|website=Deadline|language=en-US}} Sony Pictures Animation,{{Cite web|date=2010-03-23|title=Sony Developing Popeye Computer Animated 3D Movie|url=https://www.slashfilm.com/sony-developing-popeye-computer-animated-3d-movie/|access-date=2020-09-16|website=/Film|language=en-US}} Fox Searchlight,{{Cite web|last=Brooks|first=Brian|date=2012-03-31|title=Mike Jones To Write 'Second Act' For Fox Searchlight|url=https://deadline.com/2012/03/mike-jones-to-write-second-act-for-fox-searchlight-251346/|access-date=2020-09-16|website=Deadline|language=en-US}} and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.{{Cite web|last=Jaafar|first=Ali|date=2015-12-10|title=Mike Jones Closes Deal To Adapt George Saunders' The Very Persistent Gappers Of Frip' For MGM|url=https://deadline.com/2015/12/the-very-persistent-gappers-of-frip-mgm-mike-jones-george-saunders-team-downey-1201664665/|access-date=2020-09-16|website=Deadline|language=en-US}}

During the 2007-2008 Writers Guild of America strike he became the Managing Editor of Film Festivals for Variety, where he covered the film festival and independent film beats in Variety, Daily Variety, and in a blog called The Circuit.

In 2011, his script In the Event of a Moon Disaster was featured on The Black List{{Cite web|date=2011-12-12|title=Black List 2011: The Top 10 hottest scripts in Hollywood|url=https://latimesblogs.latimes.com/movies/2011/12/black-list-2011-the-top-ten.html|access-date=2020-09-16|website=LA Times Blogs - 24 Frames|language=en-US}} and optioned by FilmNation Entertainment.{{Cite web|last= Fleming|first=Mike Jr.|date=2011-08-22|title=FilmNation Grabs Mike Jones Spec 'In The Event Of A Moon Disaster'|url=https://deadline.com/2011/08/filmnation-grabs-mike-jones-spec-in-the-event-of-a-moon-disaster-161441/|access-date=2020-09-16|website=Deadline|language=en-US}}

In 2013–2014, Jones wrote the English adaptations of Studio Ghibli films The Wind Rises{{Citation|title=The Wind Rises (2013) - IMDb|url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2013293/fullcredits|access-date=2020-09-16}} and The Tale of Princess Kaguya,{{Citation|title=The Tale of The Princess Kaguya (2013) - IMDb|url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2576852/fullcredits|access-date=2020-09-16}} as well as a feature adaptation of Sesame Street.{{Cite web|date=2014-09-07|title=Exclusive: Director Shawn Levy on the 'Secret' Sequel to Real Steel|url=https://www.comingsoon.net/movies/news/122716-exclusive-director-shawn-levy-on-the-secret-sequel-to-real-steel|access-date=2020-09-16|website=ComingSoon.net|language=en-US}}

=Filmography=

==Senior creative team==

References

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External links

  • {{IMDb name|428873|Mike Jones}}
  • [http://www.facebook.com/mistermikejones Mike Jones on Facebook]

{{Annie Award for Writing in a Feature Production}}

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Category:1971 births

Category:21st-century American screenwriters

Category:American male screenwriters

Category:American male journalists

Category:Annie Award winners

Category:Living people

Category:Pixar people

Category:Screenwriters from Texas

Category:Tisch School of the Arts alumni