[5] Mostly raised by his father David and his Scottish nanny, Marion Skene,[6] Jones spent time growing up in London, Berlin, and Vevey in Switzerland.

He then pursued a PhD degree at Vanderbilt University in Tennessee, but left before completion to attend London Film School, where he then graduated in 2001.

[12] Jones was one of many cameramen at his father's widely televised 50th birthday party directed by Englishman Tim Pope at Madison Square Garden in 1997 and also at two BowieNet concerts at Roseland Ballroom in New York City in June 2000.

[14][15] The advert debuted in the week ending 20 February 2006 and featured two women (representing fashion and style) fighting and briefly kissing each other.

He directed the Summit Entertainment project Source Code,[16] a science-fiction thriller from Vendome Pictures, which was produced by Mark Gordon.

Jones directed and co-wrote Warcraft, based on the video game series of the same name, which was released in the summer of 2016.

[17] His next film would return to the science fiction genre and be called Mute, starring Alexander Skarsgård and Paul Rudd.

Jones had been developing the project for years and described it as a "spiritual sequel" to Moon, and was inspired by Ridley Scott's Blade Runner.

[18] The film, set in Berlin forty years in the future, follows a mute bartender investigating his lover's disappearance.

[20] Through his social media, Jones announced in July 2018 that his next project would be a science fiction film, based on the 2000 AD Comics character Rogue Trooper.