---
name: "Dennis E. Jones"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/dennis-e-jones"
fi1m_id: "dennis-e-jones"
imdb_id: "nm0427915"
tmdb_id: 13621
roles: ["Producer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 5
average_fi1m_score: 64
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 5
updated: "2026-10-05T00:14:11.851669+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Dennis E. Jones

## Identity

Dennis E. Jones

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/dennis-e-jones
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** dennis-e-jones
- **IMDb ID:** nm0427915
- **TMDB ID:** 13621
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0427915/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/13621

Producer. Born in Grimsby, England.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Active:** 1983–1996
- **Average Fi1m score:** 64, as producer, over 5 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 65 (3), 1990s 62 (2)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 72 to 67 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 2 under 60
- **Genres:** Science Fiction 3, Action 2, Fantasy 2, Thriller 2, Adventure 1, Comedy 1
- **Screen time:** 9 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $910m across 5 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0427915/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/13621

## Biography

Dennis E. Jones is a film producer and production manager. Born in Grimsby, England, he graduated from the University of Toronto with a degree in economics and studied radio and television arts at Ryerson Polytechnic Institute. He began his career in Toronto as associate producer on the television series *Towards the Year 2000* before moving to Hollywood in the 1970s, where he worked on independent films including *Death Race 2000* (1975).

Jones has contributed to numerous feature films in production management and producing roles. His credits include unit production manager on *Twilight Zone: The Movie* (1983), *Back to the Future* (1985) and *Eraser* (1996); co-producer on *Short Circuit* (1986), *Pacific Heights* (1990) and *Honey, I Blew Up the Kid* (1992); associate producer on *High Crimes* (2002); and executive producer on *Dawn of the Dead* (2004), *Land of the Dead* (2005) and *Death Race* (2008). He served as coordinating producer and producer of the "Smooth Criminal" segment on *Moonwalker* (1988), which received a Grammy nomination for Best Music Video, Long Form.

*Sources: imdb.com, vivarockvegas.com, grammy.com.*

## On Fi1m (5)

- *Eraser* (1996), Fi1m 58, Unit Production Manager — [page](https://film.one/film/eraser.md)
- *Outbreak* (1995), Fi1m 66, Production Manager — [page](https://film.one/film/outbreak.md)
- *Moonwalker* (1988), Fi1m 40, Producer, Coordinating Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/moonwalker.md)
- *Back to the Future* (1985), Fi1m 92, Unit Production Manager — [page](https://film.one/film/back-to-the-future.md)
- *Twilight Zone: The Movie* (1983), Fi1m 63, Unit Production Manager — [page](https://film.one/film/twilight-zone-the-movie.md)

## Complete filmography (26)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Death Race* (2008), Executive Producer
- *Land of the Dead* (2005), Executive Producer
- *Dawn of the Dead* (2004), Executive Producer
- *High Crimes* (2002), Associate Producer, Unit Production Manager
- *The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas* (2000), Executive Producer
- *HIStory on Film, Volume II* (1997), Producer
- *Eraser* (1996), Unit Production Manager — Fi1m 58, [page](https://film.one/film/eraser.md)
- *Outbreak* (1995), Production Manager — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/film/outbreak.md)
- *Honey, I Blew Up the Kid* (1992), Co-Producer
- *Pacific Heights* (1990), Co-Producer, Production Manager
- *Prime Target* (1989), Producer
- *Moonwalker* (1988), Producer, Coordinating Producer — Fi1m 40, [page](https://film.one/film/moonwalker.md)
- *Short Circuit* (1986), Co-Producer
- *Back to the Future* (1985), Unit Production Manager — Fi1m 92, [page](https://film.one/film/back-to-the-future.md)
- *Mrs. Soffel* (1984), Associate Producer, Production Manager
- *The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension* (1984), Unit Production Manager, Associate Producer
- *Twilight Zone: The Movie* (1983), Unit Production Manager — Fi1m 63, [page](https://film.one/film/twilight-zone-the-movie.md)
- *Fun and Games* (1980), Unit Production Manager
- *Letters from Frank* (1979), Assistant Director
- *My Husband Is Missing* (1978), First Assistant Director
- *Outlaw Blues* (1977), Unit Production Manager, First Assistant Director
- *The Amazing Dobermans* (1976), Assistant Director
- *The Gumball Rally* (1976), Second Assistant Director
- *Trackdown* (1976), First Assistant Director
- *Bobbie Jo and the Outlaw* (1976), Assistant Director
- *Death Race 2000* (1975), Assistant Director

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