Joel Cox

Personal Info

Know For

Editing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1942-04-02 (83 years old)

Place of Birth

Los Angeles, California, USA

Joel Cox

Biography

Joel Cox (born April 2, 1942) is an American film editor. He is best known for collaborating with Clint Eastwood in 33 films. Cox has been working in film since appearing as a baby in Random Harvest (1942). He started in the mailroom at Warner Bros. in 1961. Rudi Fehr, a well-known editor and executive at Warner Bros., made Cox an apprentice editor about 3 years later. As was common in the era, Cox worked as an uncredited assistant for several years. His first credit as an assistant editor was for The Rain People, which was directed by Francis Ford Coppola and edited by Barry Malkin. His first credit as the editor was for Farewell, My Lovely...

Production

1997

1992

Unforgiven

as Editor

2004

2003

Mystic River

as Editor

1986

1975

1989

Pink Cadillac

as Editor

2000

Space Cowboys

as Editor

1976

The Enforcer

as Editor

1983

Sudden Impact

as Editor

1990

The Rookie

as Editor

1988

Bird

as Editor

1984

Tightrope

as Editor

1985

Pale Rider

as Editor

1993

2002

Blood Work

as Editor

2008

Gran Torino

as Editor

1982

Honkytonk Man

as Editor

2011

J. Edgar

as Editor

2013

Prisoners

as Editor

2021

Cry Macho

as Editor

1969

The Rain People

as Assistant Editor

2008

Changeling

as Editor

1976

The Outlaw Josey Wales

as Assistant Editor

1980

Bronco Billy

as Editor

2014

1982

Death Valley

as Editor

1977

The Gauntlet

as Editor

2009

Invictus

as Editor

1979

Escape from Alcatraz

as Assistant Editor

2014

Jersey Boys

as Editor

2017

1969

The Wild Bunch

as Assistant Editor

1999

True Crime

as Editor

2017

2007

Grace Is Gone

as Music Editor

2018

2018

The Mule

as Editor

2025

Without Blood

as Editor

2010

Hereafter

as Editor

1986

Ratboy

as Editor

1973

Cleopatra Jones

as Assistant Editor

2019

1974

The Terminal Man

as Assistant Editor

2003

Piano Blues

as Editor

2024

Juror #2

as Editor

2023

Walden

as Editor

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