---
name: "James D. Wilcox"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/james-wilcox"
fi1m_id: "james-wilcox"
imdb_id: "nm0928219"
tmdb_id: 2244976
wikidata_id: "Q59163329"
roles: ["Editor"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-03T01:19:43.171841+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# James D. Wilcox

## Identity

James D. Wilcox

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/james-wilcox
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** james-wilcox
- **IMDb ID:** nm0928219
- **TMDB ID:** 2244976
- **Wikidata ID:** Q59163329
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_D._Wilcox, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q59163329, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0928219/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2244976

Editor. Born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S..

## Details

- **Work:** Editor
- **Also known as:** James Wilcox
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_D._Wilcox, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q59163329, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0928219/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2244976

## Streaming the US now

- **Netflix:** [*Hillbilly Elegy*](https://film.one/film/hillbilly-elegy.md) (38)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

James D. Wilcox is an American film and television editor and director. He began his career in broadcast journalism in Atlanta, Georgia, in 1982 after studying mass communications broadcast management at Clark Atlanta University. He worked in television news and sports before moving into scripted series, commercials and features.

Wilcox is known for editing the feature films *Hillbilly Elegy* (2020) and *Thirteen Lives* (2022), the miniseries *Roots* (2016) and episodes of *Ahsoka* (2023). He has collaborated with director Ron Howard on *Hillbilly Elegy* and the series *Genius*, for which he received an American Cinema Editors Eddie award. He has also edited episodes of *CSI: Miami* and *Hawaii Five-0*.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, cinemontage.org, provideocoalition.com, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Hillbilly Elegy* (2020), Fi1m 38, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/hillbilly-elegy.md)

## Complete filmography (8)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Ahsoka* (2023), series, Editor
- *Thirteen Lives* (2022), Editor
- *Hillbilly Elegy* (2020), Editor — Fi1m 38, [page](https://film.one/film/hillbilly-elegy.md)
- *Roots* (2016), series, Editor
- *Steve Harvey: One Man* (1997), Editor
- *Sex, Censorship and the Silver Screen* (1996), series, Editor
- *Depraved* (1996), Editor
- *Science Fiction: A Journey Into the Unknown* (1994), Editor

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