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Jina Jay

Production · follow into films and chains

Biography

Jina Jay is an Emmy Award nominee, a CDG and CSA member with an extensive list of credits, and she is very involved in the educational side of casting as the co-creator of the first casting course of its kind with the National Film and Television School in London.

Notable films

Where to start

Highlights from credits and KinoChain journeys.

The Others

Appears in a KinoChain journey

Shaun of the Dead

Appears in a KinoChain journey

Rogue One: A Star Wars Story

Appears in a KinoChain journey

Dune

Casting

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

Casting

In Bruges

Appears in a KinoChain journey

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

Appears in a KinoChain journey

War Horse

Appears in a KinoChain journey

Chains

KinoChain journeys

Public chains that pass through their films — or name them as a bridge.

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Loyalty Beyond the Last Breath

From the Alaskan wilds to the trenches of war, a journey through films where the bond between soldier and dog faces the ultimate test.

8 films

When a Mother's Love Turns Stranger

A chain of horror films that treat the family home as a stage for maternal dread, from Polanski's Dakota to the doubles of Jordan Peele and the uncanny Other Mo...

8 films

Ghosts in the Machine

From a stuntman's final role to a star's digital encore, these eight films trace cinema's long affair with performing from beyond the grave.

8 films

The Stage on Screen: A Theatrical Journey

From the claustrophobic confines of a cabin to the sprawling sets of a Shakespearean epic, these eight films celebrate the art of theatre translated to cinema.

7 films

20 Home Video Releases Every Film Obsessive Should Own

There was a brief, glorious period in the late 1990s and early 2000s when buying a film on home video felt less like acquiring a product and more like being han...

20 films

The Weight of Command: Eight Faces of Authority

From courtroom to battlefield, from boardroom to the Oval Office, these eight performances explore the many masks of power and the human cost of wearing them.

8 films

The Face Is the First Casualty

From Gotham's newest monster to silent Hollywood's phantom and Cronenberg's surgical twins, a chain about bodies rebuilt by the industries that broke them.

8 films

Love in the Time of Espionage

From Berlin to Buenos Aires, a journey through films where romance and espionage entwine, revealing the human cost of secrets.

7 films

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