Joel Cox

Joel Cox
Born	April 2, 1942 Los Angeles, California, United States
Occupation	Film editor
Years active	1969–present

Joel Cox (Born April 2, 1942) is an American film editor. He is best known for collaborating with Clint Eastwood in over 30 films.

Life and career

Cox has been working in film since appearing as a baby in Random Harvest (1942).^[1] He started in the mailroom at Warner Bros. in 1961.^[2][3]

His first film as an assistant editor was The Wild Bunch (directed by Sam Peckinpah, 1969). Cox has had a notable collaboration with Clint Eastwood that commenced with the 1976 film The Outlaw Josey Wales, for which Cox was Ferris Webster's assistant. Cox and Webster were co-editors on The Gauntlet (1977) and on several more of Eastwood's subsequent films. Starting with Sudden Impact (1983), Cox became Eastwood's principal editor. Cox has been quoted as saying that, over their 30-year partnership, Eastwood has re-cut only a single scene that Cox put together.^[1] Gary D. Roach, who worked as Cox's assistant from the mid-1990s, has become Cox's co-editor on Eastwood's films since Letters from Iwo Jima (2006).

Cox won the 1992 Academy Award for Film Editing for Unforgiven.^[1] He has been elected as a member of the American Cinema Editors.^[4] On November 25, 2008, Clint Eastwood presented Cox the first Ignacy Paderewski Lifetime Achievement Award, which is named in honor of the piano virtuoso who called Paso Robles home, at the first Paso Robles Digital Film Festival.^[5][6][7] He received a nomination for the 2009 BAFTA Award for Best Editing for Changeling^[8] and for the 2015 Academy Award for Film Editing for American Sniper.

Filmography

The 2008 Paso Robles Digital Film Festival provides a full filmography of Joel Cox as part of his Lifetime Achievement Award.^[9]

Editor

Year	Film	Director	Notes
2016	All Eyez on Me	Benny Boom
2014	American Sniper	Clint Eastwood
2014	Jersey Boys	Clint Eastwood
2013	Prisoners	Denis Villeneuve
2012	Trouble with the Curve	Robert Lorenz
2011	J. Edgar	Clint Eastwood
2009	Invictus[10]	Clint Eastwood
2008	Gran Torino[11]	Clint Eastwood
2008	Changeling[12]	Clint Eastwood
2007	American Masters Tony Bennett: The Music Never Ends[13]	Bruce Ricker	(TV) Clint Eastwood Producer
2006	Letters from Iwo Jima[14]	Clint Eastwood
2006	Flags of Our Fathers[15]	Clint Eastwood
2005	Budd Boetticher: A Man Can Do That[16]	Bruce Ricker	(TV)
2004	Million Dollar Baby[17]	Clint Eastwood	Clint Eastwood as Frankie Dunn
2003	The Blues: Piano Blues	Clint Eastwood
2003	Mystic River[18]	Clint Eastwood	Original Music by Clint Eastwood
2002	Blood Work[19]	Clint Eastwood	Clint Eastwood as Terry McCaleb
2000	Space Cowboys[20]	Clint Eastwood	Clint Eastwood as Frank Corvin
1999	True Crime[21]	Clint Eastwood	Clint Eastwood as Steve Everett
1997	Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil[22]	Clint Eastwood
1997	Absolute Power[23]	Clint Eastwood	Clint Eastwood as Luther Whitney
1997	Eastwood After Hours: Live at Carnegie Hall	Bruce Ricker	(TV)
1995	The Stars Fell on Henrietta[24]	James Keach
1995	The Bridges of Madison County[25]	Clint Eastwood	Clint Eastwood as Robert Kincaid
1993	A Perfect World[26]	Clint Eastwood	Clint Eastwood as Chief Red Garnett
1992	Unforgiven[27]	Clint Eastwood	Clint Eastwood as William 'Bill' Munny Won the 1992 Academy Award for Film Editing
1990	The Rookie	Clint Eastwood	Clint Eastwood as Nick Pulovski
1990	White Hunter Black Heart	Clint Eastwood	Clint Eastwood as John Wilson
1989	Pink Cadillac	Buddy Van Horn	Clint Eastwood as Tommy Nowak
1988	Bird	Clint Eastwood
1986	Heartbreak Ridge	Clint Eastwood	Clint Eastwood as Gunnery Sgt. Tom 'Gunny' Highway
1986	Ratboy	Sondra Locke
1985	Pale Rider	Clint Eastwood	Clint Eastwood as Preacher
1984	Tightrope	Richard Tuggle	Clint Eastwood as Capt. Wes Block
1983	Sudden Impact	Clint Eastwood	Clint Eastwood as Harry Callahan
1982	Honkytonk Man	Clint Eastwood	Clint Eastwood as Red Stovall
1982	Death Valley	Dick Richards
1980	Bronco Billy	Clint Eastwood	Clint Eastwood as Bronco Billy McCoy
1978	Every Which Way but Loose	James Fargo	Clint Eastwood as Philo Beddoe
1977	The Gauntlet	Clint Eastwood	Clint Eastwood Ben Shockley
1976	The Enforcer	James Fargo	Clint Eastwood as Insp. 'Dirty' Harry Callahan
1975	Farewell, My Lovely	Dick Richards	co-edited with Walter Thompson

Editorial department

Year	Film	Director	Job	Notes
1988	The Dead Pool	Buddy Van Horn	supervising editor	Clint Eastwood as Insp. 'Dirty' Harry Callahan
1979	Escape from Alcatraz	Don Siegel	assistant editor	Clint Eastwood as Frank Morris
1977	March or Die	Dick Richards	assistant editor
1976	The Outlaw Josey Wales	Clint Eastwood	assistant editor	Clint Eastwood as Josey Wales
1975	Rafferty and the Gold Dust Twins	Dick Richards	assistant editor
1974	The Terminal Man	Mike Hodges	assistant editor
1973	The All-American Boy	Charles Eastman	assistant editor
1973	Cleopatra Jones	Jack Starrett	assistant editor
1969	The Rain People	Francis Ford Coppola	assistant editor
1969	The Wild Bunch	Sam Peckinpah	assistant editor

Sound department

Year	Film	Director	Job	Notes
1969	The Learning Tree	Gordon Parks	sound assistant

Self

Year	Show	Episode	Notes
2006	HBO First Look	A Moment in Time... Flags of Our Fathers
2005	Ben-Hur: The Epic That Changed Cinema		Video
2002	All on Accounta Pullin' a Trigger		Video
2000	American Masters	Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows
1999	Hell Hath No Fury: The Making of 'The Outlaw Josey Wales'		Video
1993	The 65th Annual Academy Awards		Winner: Best Film Editing
1993	Clint Eastwood: The Man from Malpaso
1992	Eastwood & Co.: Making 'Unforgiven'

Awards

Year	Result	Award	Category	Recipient(s)	Notes
2015	Nominated	Oscar	Best Film Editing	American Sniper	Shared with Gary D. Roach
2005	Nominated	Oscar	Best Film Editing	Million Dollar Baby
1993	Won	Oscar	Best Film Editing	Unforgiven
2005	Nominated	Eddie	Edited Feature Film - Dramatic	Million Dollar Baby
2004	Nominated	Eddie	Best Edited Feature Film - Dramatic	Mystic River
1993	Won	Eddie	Best Edited Feature Film	Unforgiven
2006	Won	Hollywood Film Award	Editor of the Year
2006	Nominated	Satellite Award	Best Film Editing	Flags of Our Fathers
2004	Nominated	Golden Satellite Award	Best Film Editing	Mystic River
2009	Nominated	British Academy of Film and Television Arts	BAFTA Award for Best Editing[8]	Changeling	Shared with Gary D. Roach

References

1. Kallay, William (2005-03-03). "American Cinema Editors: 2004 Oscar Nominees Discuss Their Craft At The Egyptian Theatre". From Script To DVD. Retrieved 2008-02-23.
2. "Santa Clara University Hosts Academy Award Winning Editor, Joel Cox." (Press release). Santa Clara University. 2005-05-16. Retrieved 2008-02-25.
3. Ohanian, Thomas (April 1998). Digital Nonlinear Editing: Editing Film and Video on the Desktop, Second Edition. Focal Press. pp. 122–123. ISBN 0-240-80225-X.
4. "Directory Members". American Cinema Editors. Retrieved 2008-02-23.
5. Fox, Matthew (2008-08-05). "Film festival comes to Paso Robles". Paso Robles Press. Retrieved 2008-08-06.
6. "Paso Robles Digital Film Fest will honor film-editor Joel Cox". FilmFestivals.com. 2008-08-13. Retrieved 2008-08-27.
7. Linn, Sarah (2008-11-22). "Local film editor honored: Clint Eastwood kicks off paso robles film festival". The San Luis Obispo Tribune. Retrieved 2008-11-23.
8. "The full list of nominations for the Orange British Academy Film Awards in 2009". British Academy of Film and Television Arts. 2009-01-15. Retrieved 2009-01-15.
9. "The Paso Robles Digital Film Festival announces the first Ignace Paderewski Lifetime Achievement Award for Contribution to the World of Music and Movies, goes to Academy Award winning editor Joel Cox" (Press release). Paso Robles Digital Film Festival November 20–25. Retrieved 2008-09-22.
10. "Clint Eastwood's "Invictus" Will Open Nationwide on December 11, 2009". Reuters. 2008-06-04. Retrieved 2009-08-16.
11. "County Roundup". SanLuisObispo.com. 2008-08-17. Retrieved 2008-08-17.
12. Scott Foundas (2007-12-19). "Clint Eastwood: The Set Whisperer". LA Weekly. Retrieved 2008-01-30.
13. "Press Release: American Masters Tony Bennett: The Music Never Ends". Thirteen/WNET New York. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
14. McCarthy, Todd (2006-12-07). "Letters from Iwo Jima". Variety. Retrieved 2008-01-30.
15. McCarthy, Todd (2006-10-09). "Flags of Our Fathers". Variety. Retrieved 2008-01-30.
16. "Budd Boetticher: A Man Can Do That". Turner Classic Movies. Retrieved 2008-09-22.
17. Honeycutt, Kirk (2004-12-06). "Million Dollar Baby". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on 2007-10-11. Retrieved 2008-02-01.
18. Honeycutt, Kirk (2002-08-05). "Mystic River". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2008-02-01.
19. McCarthy, Todd (2003-10-09). "Review: Blood Work". Variety. Retrieved 2008-02-01.
20. "Storyline: Space Cowboys". Warner Bros. Retrieved 2008-02-01.
21. McCarthy, Todd (1999-03-15). "Review: True Crime". Variety. Retrieved 2008-02-01.
22. McCarthy, Todd (1997-11-21). "Review: Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil". Variety. Retrieved 2008-02-01.
23. McCarthy, Todd (1997-02-07). "Review: Absolute Power". Variety. Retrieved 2008-02-03.
24. Turan, Kenneth (1995-09-15). "Movie Review: The Stars Fell on Henrietta". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on May 18, 2011. Retrieved 2008-02-04.
25. "Review: The Bridges of Madison County". Variety. 1995-01-01. Retrieved 2008-02-13.
26. McCarthy, Todd (1993-11-29). "Review: A Perfect World". Variety. Retrieved 2008-02-13.
27. Canby, Vincent (1992-08-07). "Review/Film: Unforgiven; A Western Without Good Guys". The New York Times. Retrieved 2008-02-13.

External links

• Joel Cox at the Internet Movie Database
• Joel Cox at The Hollywood Reporter