Jay Corcoran is a documentary filmmaker. His films, Life and Death on the A-List, Undetectable, New York Diary and Rock Bottom have been broadcast on PBS Independent Lens, NHK, CBC, Here! networks and Thirteen/WNET. He has had screenings at the Museum of Modern Art, Lincoln Center, Guggenheim Museum, Boston’s Museum of Fine Arts, the Kitchen, and at over 100 national and international film festivals. His films have made the critic’s choice lists in The New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Weekly, Boston Globe, New York Magazine, and many other publications. Excerpts from his work have been featured on ABC’s Dateline, Oprah, MTV, Good Morning America and CNBC.
He is a recipient of the New York State Artists Grant Award and a Shine Award for Best Documentary (Undetectable). Undetectable was also the festival winner of the Council of Foundations Film and Video Festival.
He has a BA from Catholic University in Washington, DC, is a graduate of the American Repertory Theater’s Advanced Theater Training at Harvard and has an MS from The Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.