Alan Jones (film critic)

Alan Jones
Born	United Kingdom
Residence	London, England
Occupation	Writer and film critic
Years active	1977–2001

Alan Jones is a film critic, broadcaster and reporter on the Horror Fantasy genre and has travelled the world to report on movies in production. His first assignment was the original Star Wars in 1977, after which he became London correspondent for Cinefantastique magazine ( 1977–2002) and reviewed for British magazine Starburst from 1980 until 2008. A film critic for Film Review and Radio Times, he has made contributions to the Radio Times Guide to Films, the Radio Times Guide to Science Fiction and Halliwell's Film Guide. He has also served as film critic for BBC News 24, Front Row on BBC Radio 4, and on Sky News programme Sunrise. He has worked for many of the long-established cinema magazines – Empire, Premiere and Total Film, an article in which – The Splat Pack – is credited for the first use of a term that is now part of film industry jargon.

Jones' punk-era reminiscences about close friend Sid Vicious formed the basis of director Alex Cox's screenplay Sid and Nancy and he has spoken about the friendship in several TV and radio documentaries. Jones worked for designer Vivienne Westwood in her shop Sex, was the Sex Pistols' DJ and appeared as a music executive in their film The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle, and today is regarded as something of an expert on all things Punk.

Jones' TV work has included Film Four documentaries about Italian horror directors Mario Bava and Dario Argento and Channel Four's The Top 100 British Box Office Hits. On the BBC, he was involved in the I Love the '70s BBC documentary series, talking about disco music and his arrest for wearing punk tee shirts. In addition to these contributions to British TV, he has made television appearances in countries as diverse as Argentina, Colombia, Italy, Spain, Finland and Russia.

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