Terry Jones (Director)

Reviews of movies from director Terry Jones

Looking for reviews of films directed by Terry Jones? Cinafilm has a total of 1,784 reviews across 8 movies directed by Terry Jones.

Movies from this director have generally received positive reviews and hold an average rating of 67%.

Monty Python and the Holy Grail is Terry Jones's highest rated movie, with a score of 86% based on 795 reviews.

The lowest rated film from Terry Jones is Absolutely Anything, with a score of 47% based on 146 reviews.

Director Biography

Terence Graham Parry Jones was a Welsh comedian, screenwriter, actor, film director, children's author, popular historian, political commentator, and TV documentary host. He is best known as a member of the Monty Python comedy team.

At the age of 4, the Jones family moved to Surrey in England. Jones attended primary school at Esher COE school and later attended the Royal Grammar School in Guildford, where he was school captain in the 1960-61 academic year. He later read English at St Edmund Hall, Oxford, but "strayed into history". While there, he performed comedy with future Monty Python cast-mate Michael Palin in The Oxford Revue.

Jones appeared in the comedy TV series "Twice a Fortnight" with Michael Palin; Graeme Garden; Bill Oddie and Jonathan Lynn, as well as the television series |"The Complete and Utter History of Britain" (1969). He appeared in" Do Not Adjust Your Set" (1967–69) with Michael Palin; Eric Idle and David Jason. He wrote for "The Frost Report" and several other David Frost programmes.

Terry Jones has directed films starring John Cleese, Michael Palin, Eric Idle and Terry Gilliam.

Terry Jones has collaborated with these film directors: Terry Gilliam, Robert Young, Ben Timlett and Bill Jones.