Joel Cox

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 (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 two more of...

Known For

Ben-Hur: The Epic That Changed Cinema

The Art of Imagination: A Tribute to Oz

Hell Hath No Fury: The Making of The Outlaw Josey Wales

Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows

An Old Fashioned Love Story: Making 'The Bridges of Madison County'

The Evolution of Clint Eastwood

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