- Known For
- Editing
- Born
- April 2, 1942
- Place of Birth
- Los Angeles, California, USA
Joel Cox
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 (1975), which was directed by Dick Richards and co-edited by the veteran editor Walter A. Thompson. Cox had just finished working as Thompson's assistant on Rafferty and the Gold Dust Twins (1975), which was also directed by Richards. Cox worked on …
Filmography
movieWithout Blood
2025 · Editor
movieJuror #2
2024 · Editor
movieWalden
2023 · Editor
movieCry Macho
2021 · Editor
movieRichard Jewell
2019 · Editor
movieThe Mule
2018 · Editor
movieDen of Thieves
2018 · Editor
movieThe Adventurers
2017 · Editor
movieAll Eyez on Me
2017 · Editor
movieAmerican Sniper
2014 · Editor
movieJersey Boys
2014 · Editor
moviePrisoners
2013 · Editor
movieTrouble with the Curve
2012 · Editor
movieJ. Edgar
2011 · Editor
Clint Eastwood's West
movieClint Eastwood's West
2011 · Self
movieHereafter
2010 · Editor
movieInvictus
2009 · Editor
movieGran Torino
2008 · Editor
movieChangeling
2008 · Editor
movieThe Long Shadow of Dirty Harry
2008 · Self
movieThe Evolution of Clint Eastwood
2008 · Self
movieThe Craft of Dirty Harry
2008 · Self
movieAn Old Fashioned Love Story: Making 'The Bridges of Madison County'
2008 · Self
movieGrace Is Gone
2007 · Music Editor
movieRed Sun, Black Sand: The Making of 'Letters from Iwo Jima'
2007 · Self
movieLetters from Iwo Jima
2006 · Editor
movieFlags of Our Fathers
2006 · Editor
movieBudd Boetticher: A Man Can Do That
2005 · Editor
movieThe Art of Imagination: A Tribute to Oz
2005 · Self
movieBen-Hur: The Epic That Changed Cinema
2005 · Self
movieMillion Dollar Baby
2004 · Editor
movieMystic River
2003 · Editor
moviePiano Blues
2003 · Editor
tvThe Blues
2003 · Editor
movieEastwood & Co.: Making 'Unforgiven'
2002 · Self
movieAll on Accounta Pullin' a Trigger
2002 · Self
movieBlood Work
2002 · Editor
movieClint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows
2000 · Self - Film Editor
movieSpace Cowboys
2000 · Editor
movieHell Hath No Fury: The Making of The Outlaw Josey Wales
1999 · Self
movieTrue Crime
1999 · Editor
movieMidnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
1997 · Editor
movieAbsolute Power
1997 · Editor
movieThe Stars Fell on Henrietta
1995 · Editor
movieThe Bridges of Madison County
1995 · Editor
movieClint Eastwood: The Man from Malpaso
1994 · Self
movieA Perfect World
1993 · Editor
movieUnforgiven
1992 · Editor
movieThe Rookie
1990 · Editor
movieWhite Hunter, Black Heart
1990 · Editor
moviePink Cadillac
1989 · Editor
movieBird
1988 · Editor
movieHeartbreak Ridge
1986 · Editor
movieRatboy
1986 · Editor
moviePale Rider
1985 · Editor
movieTightrope
1984 · Editor
movieSudden Impact
1983 · Editor
movieHonkytonk Man
1982 · Editor
movieDeath Valley
1982 · Editor
movieBronco Billy
1980 · Editor
movieEscape from Alcatraz
1979 · Assistant Editor
movieEvery Which Way but Loose
1978 · Editor
movieThe Gauntlet
1977 · Editor
movieThe Enforcer
1976 · Editor
movieThe Outlaw Josey Wales
1976 · Assistant Editor
movieFarewell, My Lovely
1975 · Editor
movieRafferty and the Gold Dust Twins
1975 · Assistant Editor
movieThe Terminal Man
1974 · Assistant Editor
movieCleopatra Jones
1973 · Assistant Editor
movieThe Rain People
1969 · Assistant Editor
movieThe Wild Bunch
1969 · Assistant Editor