Joel Cox


Editor

Biography

Leading film editor has worked on most of Clint Eastwood's directorial efforts and other Eastwood projects since "The Enforcer" (1976). Cox began his career as a production assistant on Francis Coppola's "The Rain People" (1969). He moved to editing with "Farewell, My Lovely" (1975), and has since been one of Eastwood's core crew members, even working on former lover Sondra Locke's direc...

Biography

Leading film editor has worked on most of Clint Eastwood's directorial efforts and other Eastwood projects since "The Enforcer" (1976). Cox began his career as a production assistant on Francis Coppola's "The Rain People" (1969). He moved to editing with "Farewell, My Lovely" (1975), and has since been one of Eastwood's core crew members, even working on former lover Sondra Locke's directorial debut "Rat Boy" (1986). As Eastwood's style has changed with his subject matter from film to film, so has Cox's editing, adapting with precision to the demands of the different genres--from the percussive, quick-paced actioners "The Enforcer" and "The Rookie" (1990) to the cool ease of the dark Charlie Parker biopic, "Bird" (1988) to the laconic Western classicism of "Unforgiven" (1992). The latter earned Cox his first Oscar.

Filmography

 

Cast (Feature Film)

Fog City Mavericks (2007)

Editing (Feature Film)

Richard Jewell (2019)
Editor
Den of Thieves (2018)
Editor
The Mule (2018)
Editor
The Adventurers (2017)
Editor
All Eyez on Me (2017)
Editor
Jersey Boys (2014)
Editor
American Sniper (2014)
Editor
Prisoners (2013)
Editor
Trouble with the Curve (2012)
Editor
Hereafter (2010)
Editor
Invictus (2009)
Editor
Changeling (2008)
Editor
Gran Torino (2008)
Editor
Tony Bennett: The Music Never Ends (2007)
Editor
Letters From Iwo Jima (2006)
Editing
Flags of Our Fathers (2006)
Editor
Million Dollar Baby (2005)
Editing
Mystic River (2003)
Editing
Blood Work (2002)
Editor
Space Cowboys (2000)
Editor
True Crime (1999)
Editor
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil (1997)
Editor
Absolute Power (1997)
Editor
The Bridges of Madison County (1995)
Editor
The Stars Fell On Henrietta (1995)
Editor
A Perfect World (1993)
Editor
Unforgiven (1992)
Editor
The Rookie (1990)
Editor
White Hunter Black Heart (1990)
Editor
Pink Cadillac (1989)
Editor
The Dead Pool (1988)
Executive Editor
Bird (1988)
Editor
Heartbreak Ridge (1986)
Editor
Ratboy (1986)
Editor
Pale Rider (1985)
Editor
Tightrope (1984)
Editor
Sudden Impact (1983)
Editor
Honkytonk Man (1982)
Editor
Death Valley (1981)
Editor
Bronco Billy (1980)
Editor
Every Which Way but Loose (1978)
Editor
The Gauntlet (1977)
Editor
The Enforcer (1976)
Editor
Farewell, My Lovely (1975)
Editor

Music (Feature Film)

Grace is Gone (2007)
Music Editor

Film Production - Main (Feature Film)

The Rain People (1969)
Participating in production

Life Events

1969

First film credit, as a production assistant on "The Rain People"

1975

First film credit as an editor, "Farewell, My Lovely"

1976

First work on a Clint Eastwood vehicle, "The Enforcer"

1977

First collaboration with Eastwood directing, "The Gauntlet"

Bibliography