First Person

Phil Edgar Jones, Sky Arts director

Phil Edgar Jones Picture: Fergal Phillips

Phil Edgar Jones is director of dedicated arts channel Sky Arts. He recently commissioned the critically acclaimed The Last Hotel, written and directed by Enda Walsh and based on the opera by Donnacha Dennehy and Enda Walsh. His first gig was as writer for a show called Barry’s Joy Pad which featured then unknown performer David Walliams. As creative director of Remarkable Pictures he oversaw Big Brother and the first constructed reality show ...