
Joel Cox
Born
1942-04-02
Place of birth
Los Angeles, California, USA
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 firs...
Known for

Clint Eastwood: The Man from Malpaso
Self

Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows
Self - Film Editor

Ben-Hur: The Epic That Changed Cinema
Self

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

Eastwood & Co.: Making 'Unforgiven'
Self

The Long Shadow of Dirty Harry
Self

The Evolution of Clint Eastwood
Self

The Craft of Dirty Harry
Self

All on Accounta Pullin' a Trigger
Self

The Art of Imagination: A Tribute to Oz
Self

Hell Hath No Fury: The Making of The Outlaw Josey Wales
Self
Clint Eastwood's West
Self

Red Sun, Black Sand: The Making of 'Letters from Iwo Jima'
Self