Kirk Jones (born 31 October 1964) is an English film director and screenwriter.
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Early life and education
Kirk Jones was born in Bristol, England and grew up in Long Ashton, Somerset. He attended Backwell School and Filton Technical College. He went to Newport Film School (University of Wales College, Npt.), where he specialised in directing drama, comedy and television commercials, between 1985-87. 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.
Career
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 1990, he was invited to join Xenium Productions as a director. His Absolut Vodka film, which he wrote and directed, was awarded a Silver in 1991 and Jones began directing commercials full-time in London, Europe and the US, working for agencies including Saatchi & Saatchi, Bartle, Bogle and Hegarty and Mother. Jones's producer, Glynis Murray set up Tomboy Films in 1991 and he joined her soon after. Awards at NABS in 1994 and a Silver at the Creative Circle Awards followed, and Jones continued to direct more than one hundred commercials for clients including The National Lottery, Reebok, National Westminster Bank, HSBC, Coca Cola etc. His campaign for Heinz won a Silver Lion at Cannes in ’96 (Best Campaign) and his Reebok campaign won awards at both The Creative Circle and the British TV Advertising Awards in 1998.
