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Books
  
Latter Days: A Novel

Role
  
Director

Name
  
C. Cox


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Born
  
1962
Nevada

Movies
  
Latter Days, Kiss the Bride, Sweet Home Alabama, New in Town, Little Consequences

Similar People
  
Max Sandvoss, Rebekah Johnson, Philipp Karner, Wes Ramsey, Jonas Elmer

Occupation
  
Screenwriter, director

Education
  
Brigham Young University

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C. Jay Cox (born 1962 in Nevada) is an American director and screenwriter.

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Biography

Cox grew up in Eastern Nevada and made his first film when he was eight years old (a two-minute film noir called Vampire Cave). Growing up, he continued writing and creating short films. He graduated with a BA in Journalism from Brigham Young University. He then moved to Los Angeles (where he currently lives) and worked as an actor, performance artist, photographer and other jobs. He began making video shorts, industrial films and documentaries. After he wrote his screenplay for The Thing in Bob's Garage in 1998, he was given a number of jobs rewriting other people's screenplays. His own screenplay, Sweet Home Alabama, became a box office hit when the film, starring Reese Witherspoon, was released in 2002. His next film Latter Days, which he wrote, produced and directed, won him several audience awards at film festivals. The title Latter Days refers to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. His familiarity with the subject matter came from his upbringing as a fifth-generation Mormon. When he moved to Los Angeles he came out as gay. The film is not autobiographical, but it is deeply personal. He directed and produced the 2008 film Kiss the Bride, starring Tori Spelling, and is a screenwriter for the 2009 film New in Town, starring Renée Zellweger and Harry Connick, Jr. He mentioned in a 2004 interview that some of his idols are James L. Brooks, Sydney Pollack and Billy Wilder.

Actor

  • 1987 Nightmare Sisters
  • 1987 The Offspring
  • Director

  • 1996 Get That Girl
  • 1998 Reason Thirteen (Short)
  • 2003 Latter Days
  • 2008 Kiss the Bride
  • Writer

  • 1998 Reason Thirteen (short)
  • 1998 The Governess
  • 1998 The Thing in Bob's Garage
  • 2002 Sweet Home Alabama
  • 2003 Latter Days
  • 2009 New in Town
  • 2013 The Makeover (Hallmark Hall of Fame)
  • Personal life

    Cox has one son, Alo.

    Awards

  • 2003 Outie Award: Audience Award for Outstanding First Narrative Feature, for Latter Days
  • 2003 Philadelphia International Gay & Lesbian Film Festival: Audience Award for Best Feature – Gay Male, for Latter Days
  • 2004 Toronto Inside Out Lesbian and Gay Film and Video Festival: Audience Award for Best Feature Film or Video, for Latter Days
  • References

    C. Jay Cox Wikipedia


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