Ben York Jones | |
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Born | Englewood, New Jersey, United States | February 11, 1984
Occupation(s) | Screenwriter, film actor |
Ben York Jones (born February 11, 1984) is an American screenwriter and film actor best known for writing and co-starring in Like Crazy (2011) which won the Dramatic Grand Jury Prize [1] at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival. [2]
Though born on the east coast, Jones grew up in Orange County, California. He attended Woodbridge High School in Irvine, California and graduated with a BFA in Film Production from Chapman University in 2006. [3] [4]
In 2010, the feature film Douchebag premiered in Dramatic Competition at the Sundance Film Festival. Jones starred in and co-wrote the film, though he was given an associate producer credit in lieu of a writing credit. Following the film's premiere, Jones and long time friend Drake Doremus began conceiving Like Crazy. Both he and Doremus had been through similar long-distance relationships, which served to inform the film's plot. [5]
Following Like Crazy, Jones co-wrote the film Breathe In which premiered at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival. In the summer of 2016, production wrapped on Jones' adapted screenplay entitled Ashes in the Snow . The film is based on Ruta Sepetys' New York Times Bestseller Between Shades of Gray . Jones changed the title to avoid any possible confusion with the vastly dissimilar Fifty Shades of Grey franchise.
In 2017, Jones wrote Newness , directed by Doremus, which had its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival. [6] [7]
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2010 | Douchebag | Tom Nussbaum | Associate Producer |
2011 | Like Crazy | Ross | Written by |
2012 | The Beauty Inside | Alex #1 | |
2012 | Safety | Morgan | Short |
2013 | Hollywood & Vines | Short Written by | |
2013 | Breathe In | Written by | |
2017 | Ashes in the Snow | Screenplay by | |
2017 | Newness | Writer, producer | |
2018 | Everything Sucks! | Mr. Stargrove | Creator, writer, producer, actor |