Editing Duncan Jones (section)

==Career==
[[File:Duncan Jones and David Bowie at the premiere of Moon.jpg|thumb|Jones with his father at the premiere of ''[[Moon (2009 film)|Moon]]'' in 2009]]
Jones visited the film set of ''[[Labyrinth (1986 film)|Labyrinth]]'' while his father was filming, and worked for the [[Jim Henson Creature Shop]] afterwards. <ref>{{Cite web |date=2012-04-05 |title=Starman: How Duncan Jones made it on his own |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/showbiz/starman-how-duncan-jones-made-it-on-his-own-6751150.html |access-date=2024-09-29 |website=Evening Standard |language=en}}</ref>

Jones was one of many cameramen at his father's widely televised 50th birthday party directed by Englishman [[Tim Pope]] at [[Madison Square Garden]] in 1997 and also at two [[BowieNet]] concerts at [[Roseland Ballroom]] in New York City in June 2000. He was also the in-game cinematics director for the political simulator ''[[Republic: The Revolution]]'', as well as scripting elements of the game.<ref>{{cite web|last=Adams |first=Sam |url= https://www.avclub.com/duncan-jones-1798224969 |title=Duncan Jones |publisher=[[The A.V. Club]] |date=8 April 2011 |access-date=12 December 2021}}</ref>

Jones directed the 2006 campaign for the [[French Connection (clothing)|French Connection]] fashion label. The concept of 'Fashion vs Style' was to re-invigorate the brand and move it away from the former incarnation of FCUK, which style pundits believed had become tired and overused.<ref name=fcukoff>{{cite news | last = Akbar | first = Arifa | title = FCUK, off: fashion label decides to rest 'tired' logo | work = The Independent, UK | date = 16 August 2004 | url = https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/this-britain/fcuk-off--fashion-label-decides-to-rest-tired-logo-556767.html| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110117081705/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/this-britain/fcuk-off--fashion-label-decides-to-rest-tired-logo-556767.html| url-status = dead| archive-date = 17 January 2011| location=London}}</ref><ref name=byebeattie>{{cite news | last = Sweney | first = Mark | title = French Connection and Beattie part company | work = [[The Guardian]] | date = 6 July 2006 | url = https://www.theguardian.com/media/2006/jul/06/advertising| location=London}}</ref> The advert debuted in the week ending 20 February 2006 and featured two women (representing fashion and style) fighting and briefly kissing each other. The advertisement generated 127 complaints to the [[Advertising Standards Authority (United Kingdom)|Advertising Standards Authority]].<ref name=byebeattie />

Jones's first feature film, ''[[Moon (2009 film)|Moon]]'', was nominated for seven [[British Independent Film Awards 2009|British Independent Film Awards]] in 2009, and won two, Best British Independent Film, and the Douglas Hickox Award for Best British Director on their debut feature.<ref name="Profile"/> It was also nominated for two [[British Academy Film Awards|BAFTA Awards]] at the 2010 ceremony, winning Jones the [[BAFTA Award for Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer]]. The film has received 19 other nominations from film festivals and societies, including the BAFTA [[Carl Foreman]] Award.

He directed the [[Summit Entertainment]] project ''[[Source Code]]'',<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dreadcentral.com/news/34456/will-jake-gyllenhaal-crack-duncan-jones-source-code|title=Will Jake Gyllenhaal Crack Duncan Jones' ''Source Code''?|date=8 June 2012|publisher=[[DreadCentral]]}}</ref> a science-fiction thriller from Vendome Pictures, which was produced by [[Mark Gordon (film)|Mark Gordon]]. ''Source Code'' was released on DVD and Blu-ray on 26{{nbsp}}July 2011 in the United States.

Jones directed and co-wrote [[Warcraft (film)|''Warcraft'']], based on the [[Warcraft|video game series of the same name]], which was released in the summer of 2016.<ref name="The Hollywood Reporter">{{cite web|author=Borys Kit |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/warcraft-movie-lands-source-code-416956 |title='Warcraft' Movie Lands 'Source Code' Director (Exclusive) |work=The Hollywood Reporter |date=30 January 2013 |access-date=12 January 2016}}</ref> His next film would return to the science fiction genre and be called ''[[Mute (2017 film)|Mute]]'', starring [[Alexander Skarsgård]] and [[Paul Rudd]]. Jones had been developing the project for years and described it as a "spiritual sequel" to ''Moon'', and was inspired by [[Ridley Scott]]'s ''[[Blade Runner]]''.<ref>[https://www.empireonline.com/movies/news/exclusive-duncan-jones-talks-mute/ "Duncan Jones Talks Mute"]. Empire. Retrieved 14 January 2016</ref> The film, set in [[Berlin]] forty years in the future, follows a mute bartender investigating his lover's disappearance.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://deadline.com/2015/11/paul-rudd-alexander-skarsgard-board-duncan-jones-mute-lotus-afm-ant-man-warcraft-moon-1201605098/ |title=Paul Rudd & Peter Skarsgard To Star in Duncan Jones' 'Mute' |website=[[Deadline Hollywood]] |date=3 November 2015 |access-date=4 November 2015}}</ref> The film was produced and released by [[Netflix]], and became available to stream world-wide in February 2018.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.netflix.com/title/80119233|title=Mute|website=Netflix|access-date=15 March 2018}}</ref>

Through his social media, Jones announced in July 2018 that his next project would be a [[science fiction film]], based on the [[2000 AD (comics)|2000 AD Comics]] character [[Rogue Trooper]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://screenrant.com/rogue-trooper-movie-director-duncan-jones/ |title=Rogue Trooper Movie Coming From Warcraft Director Duncan Jones |publisher=Screenrant.com |date=15 July 2018 |access-date=16 December 2018}}</ref> In July 2019 he told ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'', "The script is really looking pretty good now. It's getting to the point where we're going to have to start casting and making the thing."<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Collis |first1=Clark |title=Director Duncan Jones gives Rogue Trooper update |url=https://ew.com/movies/2019/07/22/rogue-trooper-duncan-jones-2/ |access-date=31 July 2019 |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |date=22 July 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2024/film/global/aneurin-barnard-hayley-atwell-jack-lowden-duncan-jones-rogue-trooper-1235889907/|title=Aneurin Barnard, Hayley Atwell, Jack Lowden Join Duncan Jones' Science Fiction Movie 'Rogue Trooper' (EXCLUSIVE)|date=29 January 2024 |publisher=Variety}}</ref>