Duncan Jones Duncan Jones Duncan Zowie Haywood Jones (born 30 May 1971) is an English film director, producer, and screenwriter. He is best known for directing the science fiction film "Moon" (2009), for which he won the BAFTA Award for Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer. He has also directed "Source Code" (2011), "Warcraft" (2016) and "Mute" (2018). Duncan Zowie Jones was born in 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
The Theory of Everything (2014 film) underscore the utter conventionality of his film biography". Eric Kohn of "Indiewire" added that "James Marsh's biopic salutes the famous physicist's commitment, but falls short of exploring his brilliant ideas". Dennis Overbye of the "New York Times" noted: Writing for "The Guardian"s film blog, Michelle Dean argues that the film does a disservice to Jane Wilde Hawking, by "rearrang[ing] the facts to suit certain dramatic conventions... "The Theory of Everything" is hell-bent on preserving the cliche". The film's producers, writer, director Marsh, and actors Redmayne and Jones were widely favoured for award season success. "The Theory of Everything" received several