Duncan Jones

Quick Facts

Full Name	Duncan Jones
Occupation	Director
Date Of Birth	May 30, 1971(1971-05-30)
Age	53
Birthplace	Bromley
Country	United Kingdom
Birth City	England
Horoscope	Gemini

Duncan Jones Biography

Duncan Jones is one of the most popular and richest Director who was born on May 30, 1971 in Bromley, England, United Kingdom. Director of the acclaimed science fiction films Moon and Source Code. He is the son of rock icon David Bowie and Bowie’s first wife Mary Angela Barnett.

His directorial debut Moon, starring Sam Rockwell, won the British Independent Film Award for Best Film as well as the BAFTA Carl Foreman Award, which recognizes an outstanding debut film by a British writer, director or producer.

Duncan Zowie Haywood Jones (born 30 May 1971) is a British film director, producer and screenwriter. He is best known for directing the films Moon (2009), Source Code (2011), Warcraft (2016) and Mute (2018). For Moon, he won the BAFTA Award for Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer. He is the son of English singer-songwriter David Bowie.

Mostly raised by his Scottish nanny, Marion Skene, Jones spent time growing up in London, Berlin, and Vevey in Switzerland. He attended the first and second grade at the Commonwealth American School (now the International School of Lausanne) in Lausanne. When his parents divorced in February 1980, his father was granted custody of eight-year-old Jones (who was then known as “Zowie Bowie” to rhyme with his father’s stage name) and he visited his mother on school holidays until ending contact with her at age 13. At age 14, he enrolled in the Scottish boarding school Gordonstoun. At the age of 12, he decided that he preferred to be called “Joey”, and used this nickname until shortening it to “Joe” in his later teen years. The press reported that he went by “Joe” in 1992 when attending his father’s wedding to fashion model Iman, where he was the best man. He reverted to his birth name around the age of 18.

He spontaneously married photographer Rodene Ronquillo in 2012 on the day she was diagnosed with breast cancer.

Duncan Jones Net Worth

Duncan Jones is one of the richest Director from United Kingdom. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Duncan Jones 's net worth $50 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

His birth inspired his father to write the song “Kooks,” which is included on the 1971 album Hunky Dory.

In 2013, it was announced that he would direct the 2016 film Warcraft, based on the popular video game franchise.

Jones was born in Bromley Hospital, Bromley, London on 30 May 1971, the only child of English singer-songwriter and musician David Bowie and his first wife, Angela “Angie” Bowie (née Barnett), an American model and actress. His maternal grandfather, George, was a United States Army veteran and mining engineer who ran a mill for the Cyprus Mines Corporation, while his maternal grandmother, Helena, was a naturalized Canadian. His mother was born and raised in Cyprus, and has Polish ancestry. His birth prompted his father to write the songs “Kooks” and “Oh! You Pretty Things” for his 1971 album Hunky Dory.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

Duncan Jones height 5 feet 10 inches Duncan weight Not Known & body measurements will update soon.

Who is Duncan Jones Dating?

According to our records, Duncan Jones married to Rodene Ronquillo. As of December 1, 2023, Duncan Jones’s is not dating anyone.

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He directed the Summit Entertainment project Source Code, a science-fiction thriller from Vendome Pictures, which was produced by Mark Gordon. Source Code was released on DVD and Blu-ray on 26 July 2011 in the United States.

Facts & Trivia

Duncan Ranked on the list of most popular Director. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United Kingdom. Duncan Jones celebrates birthday on May 30 of every year.

Jones directed and co-wrote Warcraft, based on the video game series of the same name, which was released in the summer of 2016. Jones next film would return to the science fiction genre and be called 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. The film, set in Berlin forty years in the future, follows a mute bartender investigating his lover’s disappearance. The film was produced and released by Netflix, and became available to stream world-wide in February 2018.

Did Duncan Jones change his name?

The press reported that he went by “Joe” in 1992 when attending his father’s wedding to fashion model Iman, where he was the best man. He reverted to his birth name around the age of 18. Jones is the half-brother of Alexandria “Lexi” Jones (born 2000), the daughter of his father and his father’s second wife, Iman.

Is Duncan Jones David Bowie's son?

Stenton David Jones

What is David Bowie's son doing now?

Zowie is now widely known as Duncan Jones. He is a film director , having made films such as Moon, Source Code and Warcraft. According to the director, he was mostly raised by a Scottish nanny, Marion Skene, and was educated at schools all over the world, including London, Germany and Switzerland.

How old is Duncan Jones?

51 years (May 30, 1971)

Why did David Bowie have 2 different colored eyes?

His eyes were the product not of genes but a teenage fistfight that resulted in anisocoria, a condition in which a person’s eyes have different- size pupils. In the spring of 1962, Bowie got into a fight with his school pal — and, later, lifetime artistic partner — George Underwood.