Duncan Zowie Jones (born 30 May 1971), also known as Zowie Bowie or Joey Bowie, is an English film director, best known for directing the 2009 film Moon. He is the son of rock star David Bowie.
Duncan is the only child from the marriage of David Bowie (legal name David Robert Jones) and his first wife, the former American model Mary Angela Barnett. He was born at Beckenham Hospital in South London. His son’s birth prompted Bowie to write the song “Kooks” for his 1971 album Hunky Dory. Duncan Jones is the half-brother of Alexandria “Lexi” Jones (born 2000), from his father’s second marriage to the fashion model Iman, and Stacia Larranna Celeste Lipka (born 1980), from his mother’s relationship with musician Drew Blood (né Andrew Lipka). He also has a stepsister, Zulekha Haywood (born 1978), who is the daughter of Iman and former NBA basketball player Spencer Haywood, Iman’s second husband.
As a child, Jones spent time growing up in Berlin, London, and Vevey, Switzerland… read more
Duncan Zowie Jones (born 30 May 1971), also known as Zowie Bowie or Joey Bowie, is an English film director, best known for directing the 2009 film Moon. He is the son of rock star David Bowie.
Duncan is the only child from the marriage of David Bowie (legal name David Robert Jones) and his first wife, the former American model Mary Angela Barnett. He was born at Beckenham Hospital in South London. His son’s birth prompted Bowie to write the song “Kooks” for his 1971 album Hunky Dory. Duncan Jones is the half-brother of Alexandria “Lexi” Jones (born 2000), from his father’s second marriage to the fashion model Iman, and Stacia Larranna Celeste Lipka (born 1980), from his mother’s relationship with musician Drew Blood (né Andrew Lipka). He also has a stepsister, Zulekha Haywood (born 1978), who is the daughter of Iman and former NBA basketball player Spencer Haywood, Iman’s second husband.
As a child, Jones spent time growing up in Berlin, London, and Vevey, Switzerland where he attended the first and second grade at the Commonwealth American School. When David and Angela divorced in February 1980, David Bowie was granted custody of 9-year-old Jones (who was then known as Zowie), and he visited his mother on his school vacations. At age 14, he enrolled in the prestigious Scottish boarding school, Gordonstoun.
Following on from the success of Moon, Jones is currently planning a follow-up which will serve as an epilogue. “Sam (Rockwell) has agreed to do a little cameo in the next film,” says Jones, who ultimately hopes to do three films in the Moon series. Later, he said that he will be doing “another science fiction film, called Mute, which takes place in a future Berlin. It’s a Blade Runner-inspired piece, a little love letter to that film.” The premise is that in future Berlin, a woman’s disappearance causes a mystery for her partner, a mute bartender. He must go up against the city’s gangsters to solve the mystery. The film takes place in the same timeline as Jones’ Moon, and will feature Sam Rockwell in a cameo as his character Sam Bell.
It was announced in 2009 that he will direct the feature film adaptation of Escape from the Deep: The Epic Story of a Legendary Submarine and Her Courageous Crew by Alex Kershaw.
He will direct Summit Entertainment project Source Code, a science-fiction thriller from Vendome Pictures, which will be produced by Mark Gordon. Actor Jake Gyllenhaal will play the lead role in the film. —wikipedia
