Michael Caton-Jones

For other people named Michael Jones, see Michael Jones (disambiguation).

Michael Caton-Jones (born Michael Jones; 15 October 1957^[1]) is a Scottish director and producer of film and television.

Michael Caton-Jones
Born	Michael Jones (1957-10-15) 15 October 1957 (age 68) Broxburn, West Lothian, Scotland
Occupations	Director producer

Biography

Caton-Jones grew up in Broxburn, near Edinburgh. He moved to London and squatted in Stoke Newington.^[2] He attended the National Film and Television School.^[3]

He was instrumental in casting Leonardo DiCaprio in his first major film role in This Boy's Life (1993).^[4]

In October 2017, Caton-Jones told BuzzFeed News that he was forced from the production of the 1998 crime drama film B. Monkey when he refused to fire lead actress Sophie Okonedo, who producer Harvey Weinstein had deemed was not "fuckable". Weinstein told Variety that Caton-Jones left the production due to "creative differences". Michael Radford was hired to replace Caton-Jones and Okonedo was replaced by Asia Argento. Argento was one of three women who in 2017 told The New Yorker she had been raped by Weinstein.^[5]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Director	Producer	Notes
1986	The Riveter	Yes	Yes	Short film; Also editor
1989	Scandal	Yes	No
1990	Memphis Belle	Yes	No
1991	Doc Hollywood	Yes	No	Cameo as "Maitre D'"
1993	This Boy's Life	Yes	No
1995	Rob Roy	Yes	No
1997	The Jackal	Yes	Yes	Cameo as "Man in Video"
2002	City by the Sea	Yes	Yes	Cameo as "Man in Subway Train"
2005	Shooting Dogs	Yes	No
2006	Basic Instinct 2	Yes	No
2015	Urban Hymn	Yes	No
2018	Asher	Yes	No
2019	Our Ladies[6][7]	Yes	Yes	Also writer

Executive producer

• Rob Roy (1995)
• After the Wedding (2019)

Television

Miniseries

• Brond (1987)
• World Without End (2012)

TV series

Year	Title	Notes
1988	Screen Two	Episode "Lucky Sunil"
1998	Trinity	Episode "Pilot"
2010	Spooks	2 episodes

Awards and nominations

Year	Association	Category	Work	Result
1986	Torino Film Festival	Best Short Film	The Riveter	Nominated
1989	European Film Academy	Young European Film of the Year	Scandal	Nominated
1991	Fantasporto	Best Film	Memphis Belle	Nominated
2006	British Independent Film Awards	Best Director	Shooting Dogs	Nominated
2007	Golden Raspberry Awards	Worst Director	Basic Instinct 2	Nominated
2016	Giffoni Film Festival	Golden Gryphon - Generator +18	Urban Hymn	Won
	Ale Kino! International Young Audience Film Festival	Audience Award		Won
		The Organiser's Prize		Won
2022	BAFTA Scotland	Best Feature Film	Our Ladies	Nominated