Michael Caton-Jones (born Michael Jones; 15 October 1957) is a Scottish
director
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and
producer of film and television.
Biography
Caton-Jones grew up in
Broxburn
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, near Edinburgh. He moved to London and
squatted
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in
Stoke Newington
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.
He attended the National Film and Television School.
He was instrumental in casting Leonardo DiCaprio in his first major film role in This Boy's Life (1993).
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 (magazine), 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.
[Jackson McHenr]
"Director Says Harvey Weinstein Recast the Lead in His Film Because the Actress Wasn't 'F*ckable'"
Vulture.com, 17 October 2017.
Filmography
Film
Executive producer
* ''Rob Roy'' (1995)
* ''After the Wedding (2019 film), After the Wedding'' (2019)
Television
Miniseries
* ''Brond (TV series), Brond'' (1987)
* ''World Without End (miniseries), World Without End'' (2012)
TV series
Awards and nominations
References
External links
*
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1957 births
Living people
People educated at Wellington College, Berkshire
Alumni of the National Film and Television School
Scottish film directors
People from Broxburn, West Lothian
20th-century squatters