---
name: "Mike Jones"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/mike-jones"
fi1m_id: "mike-jones"
imdb_id: "nm0428873"
tmdb_id: 2808625
wikidata_id: "Q5834572"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "1 June 1971"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 5
average_fi1m_score: 74
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-10-03T02:11:18.339130+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."
---

# Mike Jones

## Identity

Mike Jones

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/mike-jones
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** mike-jones
- **IMDb ID:** nm0428873
- **TMDB ID:** 2808625
- **Wikidata ID:** Q5834572
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Jones_(screenwriter), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5834572, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0428873/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2808625

Writer. Born 1 June 1971 in San Antonio, Texas, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 1 June 1971, San Antonio, Texas, USA
- **Active:** 2020–present
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 5: 3 writing, 2 other
- **Average Fi1m score:** 74, as writer, over 3 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 84 (1), 2010s 68 (1), 2020s 74 (3)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 74 to 71 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Animation 3, Family 3, Comedy 2, Drama 2, Fantasy 2, Adventure 1
- **Screen time:** 5 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $327m across 3 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Jones_(screenwriter), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5834572, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0428873/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2808625

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*Soul*](https://film.one/film/soul.md) (80), [*Luca*](https://film.one/film/luca.md) (78), [*Elio*](https://film.one/film/elio.md) (64)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Mike Jones is an American screenwriter and director. Born in 1971 in San Antonio, Texas, he graduated from New York University's Tisch School of the Arts. He began his career in entertainment journalism as managing editor of *Filmmaker Magazine* and executive editor of *indieWIRE*.

Jones wrote the screenplay for the independent film *EvenHand* (2002). He later joined Pixar Animation Studios, where he has co-written the screenplays for *Soul* (2020), *Luca* (2021) and *Elio* (2025). He also wrote and directed the limited series *Dream Productions* (2024). He has served on the senior creative team for multiple other Pixar features.

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

## On Fi1m (5)

### Wrote (3) — the average rests on these

- *Elio* (2025), Fi1m 64, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/elio.md)
- *Luca* (2021), Fi1m 78, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/luca.md)
- *Soul* (2020), Fi1m 80, Story, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/soul.md)

### Also credited (2) — thanks, archive footage, uncredited

- *Finding Dory* (2016), Fi1m 68, Thanks — [page](https://film.one/film/finding-dory.md)
- *The Blair Witch Project* (1999), Fi1m 84, Thanks — [page](https://film.one/film/the-blair-witch-project.md)

## Complete filmography (8)

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

- *Elio* (2025), Screenplay — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/film/elio.md)
- *Dream Productions* (2024), series, Director, Writer, Creator
- *Christmas Ransom* (2022), Executive Producer
- *Luca* (2021), Screenplay — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/luca.md)
- *Soul* (2020), Story, Screenplay — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/soul.md)
- *Finding Dory* (2016), Thanks — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/film/finding-dory.md)
- *EvenHand* (2002), Writer
- *The Blair Witch Project* (1999), Thanks — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/the-blair-witch-project.md)

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© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL. Canonical: https://film.one/person/mike-jones