The British director Kirk Jones He was born on October 31, 1964 in the city of Bristol, England. Jones He attended Newport Film School specializing in film and commercial directing, graduating in 1987 after winning the National Student Film Award. He immediately started working for a London production company, first as a producer and then as an assistant director.
Simultaneously, he continued writing and directing his own films and making commercials. In 1990 he won the Silver Award from the Círculo de Creativos for his Mercedes commercial, and was then invited to join Xenium Productions as director.
In the early 90’s Jones He built his name on advertising thanks to his award-winning Absolut Vodka commercials. His ad campaign for Heinz won the Silver Lion at the 1996 Cannes Film Festival; while with the Reebok advertising he won two awards from the Círculo de Creativos and at the British TV Advertising Awards.
With his first feature film “Walking ned“(1998), who wrote and directed, Kirk won a BAFTA award, as well as other awards in Europe and the United States, including the New York Comedy Film Festival awards, the Grand Jury award at the d’Alp in France and the audience award at the Paris Film Festival .
His next film project was “The magic Nanny“(2005), fantasy and family comedy written by and starring Emma Thompson; followed by”All are alright“(2009). Starring Robert De Niro, this was a remake of the 1990 film directed by Giuseppe Tornatore,” Stanno tutti bene. ”
His last work for this medium was “What to expect when you’re expecting“(2012), a story based on the bestseller” What to expect when you are expecting “written by Heidi Murkoff, considered the” bible of pregnancy “, which featured a cast led by Cameron Diaz, Jennifer Lopez, Brooklyn Decker, Anna Kendrick, Elizabeth Banks, Dennis Quaid, Chris Rock, Chace Crawford, and Rodrigo Santoro.