---
name: "James Jones"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/james-jones"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "6 November 1921"
died: "9 May 1977"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 78
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-09-20T04:01:13.837910+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."
---

# James Jones

Writer. Born 6 November 1921 in Robinson, Illinois, USA. Died 9 May 1977.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 6 November 1921, Robinson, Illinois, USA
- **Died:** 9 May 1977
- **Active:** 1953–1998
- **Also known as:** James Ramon Jones
- **Average Fi1m score:** 78, as writer, over 3 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1950s 83 (1), 1960s 68 (1), 1990s 84 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 78 to 73 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 1 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 3, War 3, Action 1, History 1, Romance 1
- **Screen time:** 8 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $179m across 3 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Jones_(author), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q462629, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0428296/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/55868

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*The Longest Day*](https://film.one/film/the-longest-day.md) (68)

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## Biography

James Ramon Jones (1921–1977) was an American novelist. His debut novel *From Here to Eternity* (1951) won the National Book Award and was adapted into a 1953 film. He served in the US Army during the Second World War, witnessing the attack on Pearl Harbor and seeing combat on Guadalcanal.

Jones’s wartime experiences informed his war trilogy, including *The Thin Red Line* (1962), which was adapted into films in 1964 and 1998. He also contributed to the screenplay for the 1962 film *The Longest Day*. Other notable works include the novel *Some Came Running* (1958), adapted into a film the same year.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, britannica.com.*

## On Fi1m (3)

- *The Thin Red Line* (1998), Fi1m 84, Novel — [page](https://film.one/film/the-thin-red-line.md)
- *The Longest Day* (1962), Fi1m 68, Writer, Script Consultant — [page](https://film.one/film/the-longest-day.md)
- *From Here to Eternity* (1953), Fi1m 83, as Undetermined Role (uncredited) — [page](https://film.one/film/from-here-to-eternity.md)

## Complete filmography (10)

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

- *The Case Against Oil* (2022), series, Creator
- *From Here to Eternity* (2014), Novel
- *The Thin Red Line* (1998), Novel — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/the-thin-red-line.md)
- *From Here to Eternity* (1979), series, Novel, Creator
- *The Pistol* (1965), Novel
- *The Thin Red Line* (1964), Novel
- *Aşka Susayanlar* (1964), Novel
- *The Longest Day* (1962), Writer, Script Consultant — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/film/the-longest-day.md)
- *Some Came Running* (1958), as Crew Cut Man Playing Poker (uncredited) · Novel
- *From Here to Eternity* (1953), as Undetermined Role (uncredited) · Novel — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/film/from-here-to-eternity.md)

## Gallery

- ![James Jones](https://film.one/media/person/87623/gallery-2137b978b060.jpg) James Jones — "An SKA jacket design" 

Photograph by Pat Maera, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9f/James_Jones_%28From_Here_to_Eternity_photo%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![James Jones](https://film.one/media/person/87623/gallery-1954f06942b4.jpg) James Jones — Image via TMDB

## Awards

### Other awards — 1 won

- National Book Award 1952: National Book Award (won), for *From Here to Eternity*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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