Writing · age 82

Jay Cocks

Best rated: Gangs of New York (7.5)

Films: 6
Avg rating: 7.17
Peak run: 1995’24
7+ run: 3 films

Films: 6
Avg rating: 7.17
Peak run: 1995’24
7+ run: 3 films

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The career

Jay Cocks, writing career by IMDb rating5-film averagePeak eraLongest 7+ run

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19936 films2024

Current formLast 5: 7.16 vs career 7.17 (−0.01)

As a writer, films with 1,000+ votes

Jay by the numbers

Average

7.17

6 rated films

Vote weighted

7.19

bigger films count more

Median

7.2

half are better

Consistency

±0.30

rating spread

Career

32y

1993 to 2024

Total votes

946K

across every film

Best

7.5

Gangs of New York

Worst

6.6

De-Lovely

Newest first

Filmography

Writing filmography

2024	A Complete Unknown	7.3	123K
2016	Silence	7.2	136K
2004	De-Lovely	6.6	12,427
2002	Gangs of New York	7.5	512K
1995	Strange Days	7.2	86,889
1993	The Age of Innocence	7.2	75,865

Better together?

Jay Cocks's regulars

Martin ScorseseWriter · 3 films · 7.30 avg●−0.04

The number on the right is the lift: their average together minus the average of their two careers.

Takes

On Jay Cocks

3 nominations, 0 wins

Awards record

Best Adapted Screenplay · Academy Awards 2025
Screenplay by James Mangold and Jay Cocks
Nominated
Best Original Screenplay · Academy Awards 2003
Screenplay by Jay Cocks and Steve Zaillian and Kenneth Lonergan; Story by Jay Cocks
Nominated
Best Adapted Screenplay · Academy Awards 1994
Jay Cocks, Martin Scorsese
Nominated

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