Becoming Jane Austen was the detailed scholarship which provided the inspiration for the film Becoming Jane which appeared in 2007 and on which he was a consultant.
Becoming Jane is a film that reaches beyond the Gothic parodies Jane Austen authored, and investigates her life that led up to her becoming an old, unmarried author.
Jane Austen | Jane Fonda | Jane Goodall | Jane Addams | Jane Eyre | Jane Campion | Jane's Addiction | Jane Yolen | Jane Seymour | Jane Birkin | Jane Byrne | Jane Asher | Lady Jane Grey | Jane Russell | Jane Krakowski | Jane's Fighting Ships | Jane | Thomas Jane | Jane Wyman | Jane Curtin | The Sarah Jane Adventures | Jane Wymark | Jane Wyatt | Jane's Defence Weekly | Jane Dee Hull | Jane and Michael Stern | Fun with Dick and Jane | Calamity Jane | Sarah Jane Smith | Mary Jane Phillips-Matz |
His first two productions were released in 2007: Becoming Jane (2007) by Julian Jarrold, with Anne Hathaway and James McAvoy, and Wind Chill (2006) by Gregory Jacobs, with Emily Blunt, which was co-produced by George Clooney and Steven Soderbergh and In Bruges (2007).
Becoming Jane Austen was researched and written by the Jane Austen scholar Jon Hunter Spence.