Portrait of Kent Jones

Directing

Kent Jones

Career

Active from 1999 to 2026, with up to 1 main title a year.

Average score
GoodWatch score74/100
Highest rated
Poster for Val Lewton: The Man in the Shadows
Val Lewton: The Man in the Shadows
GoodWatch score87/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 9 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 2.5 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.6 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 1.4 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.8 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.8 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.0 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Kent Jones Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Adrenaline
    1.7, average 4.8
  • Crime
    0.6, average 3.6
  • Violence
    1.6, average 4.1
  • Contemporary Realism
    2.9, average 5.4

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • French New Wave 2
  • Documentary 2
  • Film History 2
  • Nostalgic 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

14
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

Upcoming

1 title
A Life of Jesus
A Life of Jesus

Writer

2020s

3 titles ยท average score 63
Late Fame
Late Fame (2026)
GoodWatch score 63

Director

Filmlovers!
Filmlovers! (2025)
GoodWatch score 64

as The American Friend

The Souvenir: Reality / Fiction / Confusion / Inspiration
The Souvenir: Reality / Fiction / Confusion / Inspiration (2022)

as off screen interviewer

2010s

6 titles ยท average score 73
Diane
Diane (2019)
GoodWatch score 78

Director, Writer

Hitchcock/Truffaut
Hitchcock/Truffaut (2015)
GoodWatch score 81

Director, Writer

Clouds of Sils Maria
Clouds of Sils Maria (2014)
GoodWatch score 76

Thanks

Jimmy P.
Jimmy P. (2013)
GoodWatch score 54

Co-Writer

Revolutions Per Second
Revolutions Per Second (2012)

as Narrator

A Letter to Elia
A Letter to Elia (2010)
GoodWatch score 74

Director

2000s

3 titles ยท average score 72
Val Lewton: The Man in the Shadows
Val Lewton: The Man in the Shadows (2007)
GoodWatch score 87

Writer, Director

Lady by the Sea: The Statue of Liberty
Lady by the Sea: The Statue of Liberty (2004)

Director, Screenplay

The Concert for New York City
The Concert for New York City (2001)
GoodWatch score 58

Writer

1990s

1 title ยท average score 87
My Voyage to Italy
My Voyage to Italy (1999)
GoodWatch score 87

Screenplay