Michael Caton-Jones (born Michael Jones; 15 October 1957) is a
Scottish director and producer of film and television. His credits
have included the World War II film Memphis Belle, the romantic comedy
Doc Hollywood, the biographical drama This Boy's Life, the historical
epic Rob Roy, the action thriller The Jackal, and the erotic thriller
sequel Basic Instinct 2. He also helmed the Channel 4 minseries World
Without End.Caton-Jones attended the National Film and Television
School.In October 2017, Michael Caton-Jones revealed that he had
chosen Sophie Okonedo, to star in B. Monkey. However, the producer,
Harvey Weinstein, decided the actress was not "f**kable". Caton-Jones
and Weinstein discussed the matter heatedly, and Caton-Jones said,
"'Don’t screw up the casting of this film because you want to get
laid', whereupon he went mental." Weinstein then leaked to Variety
that Caton-Jones had left the production due to "creative
differences". Asia Argento, who replaced Okonedo, was one of three
women who in 2017 were reported in The New Yorker to have been raped
by Weinstein; she said that she submitted to Weinstein because, "I
felt I had to, because I had the movie coming out and I didn’t want
to anger him."
Scottish director and producer of film and television. His credits
have included the World War II film Memphis Belle, the romantic comedy
Doc Hollywood, the biographical drama This Boy's Life, the historical
epic Rob Roy, the action thriller The Jackal, and the erotic thriller
sequel Basic Instinct 2. He also helmed the Channel 4 minseries World
Without End.Caton-Jones attended the National Film and Television
School.In October 2017, Michael Caton-Jones revealed that he had
chosen Sophie Okonedo, to star in B. Monkey. However, the producer,
Harvey Weinstein, decided the actress was not "f**kable". Caton-Jones
and Weinstein discussed the matter heatedly, and Caton-Jones said,
"'Don’t screw up the casting of this film because you want to get
laid', whereupon he went mental." Weinstein then leaked to Variety
that Caton-Jones had left the production due to "creative
differences". Asia Argento, who replaced Okonedo, was one of three
women who in 2017 were reported in The New Yorker to have been raped
by Weinstein; she said that she submitted to Weinstein because, "I
felt I had to, because I had the movie coming out and I didn’t want
to anger him."
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