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Joel Cox(I)

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Joel Cox
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Joel Cox was born in 1942 and his film career began at a very early age
  • appearing before the cameras, in fact - as a baby in the film 'Random
Harvest'. Some twenty years later he began work as a mail-room boy with Warner Brothers, the company with whom he has worked ever since, and in 1969 moved into the cutting-room, as an uncredited assistant editor on 'Woodstock' and 'The Wild Bunch'. He was a credited assistant on 'The Outlaw Josey Wales', working for the first time with Clint Eastwood. A durable collaboration followed with Cox cutting all films made by Eastwood since.
BornApril 2, 1942
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BornApril 2, 1942
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    • Won 1 Oscar
      • 5 wins & 21 nominations total

    Known for

    Clint Eastwood, Morgan Freeman, Gene Hackman, and Richard Harris in Unforgiven (1992)
    Unforgiven
    8.2
    • Editor
    • 1992
    Kevin Bacon, Tim Robbins, and Sean Penn in Mystic River (2003)
    Mystic River
    7.9
    • Editor(edited by)
    • 2003
    Flags of Our Fathers (2006)
    Flags of Our Fathers
    7.1
    • Editor
    • 2006
    Bradley Cooper in American Sniper (2014)
    American Sniper
    7.3
    • Editor
    • 2014

    Credits

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    • Rhett Picarazzi, Ivanna Danforth, and Josiah David Warren in Midnight Cry (2025)
      Midnight Cry
      • Editor (edited by)
      • 2025
    • Nicholas Hoult in Juror #2 (2024)
      Juror #2
      7.0
      • Editor
      • 2024
    • Emile Hirsch in Walden (2023)
      Walden
      5.9
      • Editor
      • 2023
    • The Day You Found Me (2022)
      The Day You Found Me
      6.5
      • Editor
      • 2022
    • Clint Eastwood in Cry Macho (2021)
      Cry Macho
      5.7
      • Editor (edited by)
      • 2021
    • Kathy Bates, Sam Rockwell, Jon Hamm, Olivia Wilde, and Paul Walter Hauser in Richard Jewell (2019)
      Richard Jewell
      7.5
      • Editor
      • 2019
    • Clint Eastwood in The Mule (2018)
      The Mule
      7.0
      • Editor
      • 2018
    • Gerard Butler, Maurice Compte, Evan Jones, Mo McRae, Brian Van Holt, Pablo Schreiber, 50 Cent, Kaiwi Lyman, and O'Shea Jackson Jr. in Den of Thieves (2018)
      Den of Thieves
      7.0
      • Editor
      • 2018
    • Jean Reno, Andy Lau, Shu Qi, Yo Yang, and Jingchu Zhang in The Adventurers (2017)
      The Adventurers
      5.6
      • Editor
      • 2017
    • Demetrius Shipp Jr. in All Eyez on Me (2017)
      All Eyez on Me
      5.9
      • Editor (edited by)
      • 2017
    • Bradley Cooper in American Sniper (2014)
      American Sniper
      7.3
      • Editor
      • 2014
    • Jersey Boys (2014)
      Jersey Boys
      6.8
      • Editor
      • 2014
    • Jake Gyllenhaal and Hugh Jackman in Prisoners (2013)
      Prisoners
      8.2
      • Editor
      • 2013
    • Clint Eastwood in Trouble with the Curve (2012)
      Trouble with the Curve
      6.8
      • Editor
      • 2012
    • Leonardo DiCaprio in J. Edgar (2011)
      J. Edgar
      6.5
      • Editor
      • 2011

    Editorial Department



    • Juliette Kida in Why Me? (2020)
      Why Me?
      4.4
      • editorial consultant
      • 2020
    • Ron Perlman, Frank Grillo, David Gyasi, and Michael Aaron Milligan in Hell on the Border (2019)
      Hell on the Border
      4.6
      • consulting editor
      • 2019
    • Amber Shana Williams and Josiah David Warren in Who Am I? (2018)
      Who Am I?
      6.0
      • editorial consultant
      • 2018
    • Johnny Mercer: The Dream's on Me (2009)
      Johnny Mercer: The Dream's on Me
      8.0
      TV Movie
      • editorial consultant
      • 2009
    • Clint Eastwood in The Dead Pool (1988)
      The Dead Pool
      6.3
      • supervising editor
      • 1988
    • Clint Eastwood in Escape from Alcatraz (1979)
      Escape from Alcatraz
      7.6
      • assistant editor
      • 1979
    • March or Die (1977)
      March or Die
      6.3
      • assistant editor
      • 1977
    • Clint Eastwood in The Outlaw Josey Wales (1976)
      The Outlaw Josey Wales
      7.8
      • assistant editor
      • 1976
    • Alan Arkin, Sally Kellerman, Charles Martin Smith, Mackenzie Phillips, and Alex Rocco in Rafferty and the Gold Dust Twins (1975)
      Rafferty and the Gold Dust Twins
      6.4
      • assistant film editor
      • 1975
    • The Terminal Man (1974)
      The Terminal Man
      5.6
      • assistant editor (uncredited)
      • 1974
    • Jon Voight in The All-American Boy (1973)
      The All-American Boy
      5.2
      • assistant editor
      • 1973
    • Shelley Winters and Tamara Dobson in Cleopatra Jones (1973)
      Cleopatra Jones
      5.9
      • assistant editor
      • 1973
    • Woodstock (1970)
      Woodstock
      8.1
      • stand-by editor (uncredited)
      • 1970
    • The Rain People (1969)
      The Rain People
      6.8
      • assistant editor
      • 1969
    • The Wild Bunch (1969)
      The Wild Bunch
      7.9
      • assistant editor (uncredited)
      • 1969

    Music Department



    • John Cusack in Grace Is Gone (2007)
      Grace Is Gone
      6.7
      • music editor
      • 2007

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    Personal details

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    • Alternative name
      • Joel E. Cox
    • Born
      • April 2, 1942
      • Los Angeles, California, USA

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      He credits Ferris Webster and Walter Thompson as being his greatest mentors, followed by Sam O'Steen.
    • Trademark
        Frequently edits the films of Clint Eastwood, beginning with The Outlaw Josey Wales (1976) through Juror #2 (2024)

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