---
name: "Joel Cox"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/joel-cox"
fi1m_id: "joel-cox"
imdb_id: "nm0185088"
tmdb_id: 384
wikidata_id: "Q840437"
roles: ["Editor"]
born: "2 April 1942"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 18
average_fi1m_score: 74
average_over: 18
updated: "2026-10-09T19:23:53.528697+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."
---

# Joel Cox

## Identity

Joel Cox

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/joel-cox
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** joel-cox
- **IMDb ID:** nm0185088
- **TMDB ID:** 384
- **Wikidata ID:** Q840437
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joel_Cox, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q840437, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0185088/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/384

Editor. Born 2 April 1942 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Editor
- **Born:** 2 April 1942, Los Angeles, California, USA
- **Active:** 1969–present
- **Frequently works with:** [Clint Eastwood](https://film.one/person/clint-eastwood.md), [Robert Lorenz](https://film.one/person/robert-lorenz.md), [Morgan Freeman](https://film.one/person/morgan-freeman.md), [Angelina Jolie](https://film.one/person/angelina-jolie.md)
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar (1 won · 2 nominated)
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1960s 84 (1), 1970s 82 (1), 1980s 69 (3), 1990s 83 (3), 2000s 76 (6), 2010s 70 (2), 2020s 59 (2)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 74 to 72 across 16 titles
- **Score spread:** 8 at 80+, 8 at 60–79, 2 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 14, Thriller 7, Crime 6, Action 3, Mystery 3, Western 3
- **Screen time:** 38 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $2,393m across 17 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joel_Cox, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q840437, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0185088/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/384

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*Million Dollar Baby*](https://film.one/film/million-dollar-baby.md) (86)
- **HBO Max:** [*Juror #2*](https://film.one/film/juror-2.md) (75)
- **Netflix:** [*American Sniper*](https://film.one/film/american-sniper.md) (58)

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

## Biography

Joel Cox is an American film editor born on 2 April 1942 in Los Angeles, California. He began his career in the mailroom at Warner Bros. in 1961 and later worked as an assistant editor before receiving his first editing credit on Farewell, My Lovely (1975).

Cox is best known for his long collaboration with Clint Eastwood, serving as editor or co-editor on more than thirty films beginning with The Outlaw Josey Wales (1976) and continuing through Juror #2 (2024). His credits include Unforgiven (1992), Mystic River (2003), Million Dollar Baby (2004), Gran Torino (2008), American Sniper (2014) and The Mule (2018). He won the Academy Award for Best Film Editing for Unforgiven.

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

## On Fi1m (18)

- *Without Blood* (2025), Fi1m 43, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/without-blood.md)
- *Juror #2* (2024), Fi1m 75, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/juror-2.md)
- *American Sniper* (2014), Fi1m 58, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/american-sniper.md)
- *Prisoners* (2013), Fi1m 81, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/prisoners.md)
- *Invictus* (2009), Fi1m 61, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/invictus.md)
- *Changeling* (2008), Fi1m 68, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/changeling.md)
- *Gran Torino* (2008), Fi1m 76, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/gran-torino.md)
- *Letters from Iwo Jima* (2006), Fi1m 84, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/letters-from-iwo-jima.md)
- *Million Dollar Baby* (2004), Fi1m 86, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/million-dollar-baby.md)
- *Mystic River* (2003), Fi1m 82, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/mystic-river.md)
- *The Bridges of Madison County* (1995), Fi1m 84, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/the-bridges-of-madison-county.md)
- *A Perfect World* (1993), Fi1m 74, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/a-perfect-world.md)
- *Unforgiven* (1992), Fi1m 92, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/unforgiven.md)
- *Pale Rider* (1985), Fi1m 77, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/pale-rider.md)
- *Tightrope* (1984), Fi1m 66, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/tightrope.md)
- *Sudden Impact* (1983), Fi1m 65, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/sudden-impact.md)
- *Escape from Alcatraz* (1979), Fi1m 82, Assistant Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/escape-from-alcatraz.md)
- *The Wild Bunch* (1969), Fi1m 84, Assistant Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/the-wild-bunch.md)

## Complete filmography (58)

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

- *Without Blood* (2025), Editor — Fi1m 43, [page](https://film.one/film/without-blood.md)
- *Juror #2* (2024), Editor — Fi1m 75, [page](https://film.one/film/juror-2.md)
- *Walden* (2023), Editor
- *Cry Macho* (2021), Editor
- *Richard Jewell* (2019), Editor
- *The Mule* (2018), Editor
- *Den of Thieves* (2018), Editor
- *The Adventurers* (2017), Editor
- *All Eyez on Me* (2017), Editor
- *American Sniper* (2014), Editor — Fi1m 58, [page](https://film.one/film/american-sniper.md)
- *Jersey Boys* (2014), Editor
- *Prisoners* (2013), Editor — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/film/prisoners.md)
- *Trouble with the Curve* (2012), Editor
- *J. Edgar* (2011), Editor
- *Hereafter* (2010), Editor
- *Invictus* (2009), Editor — Fi1m 61, [page](https://film.one/film/invictus.md)
- *Gran Torino* (2008), Editor — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/film/gran-torino.md)
- *Changeling* (2008), Editor — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/film/changeling.md)
- *Grace Is Gone* (2007), Music Editor
- *Letters from Iwo Jima* (2006), Editor — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/letters-from-iwo-jima.md)
- *Flags of Our Fathers* (2006), Editor
- *Budd Boetticher: A Man Can Do That* (2005), Editor
- *Million Dollar Baby* (2004), Editor — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/film/million-dollar-baby.md)
- *Mystic River* (2003), Editor — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/mystic-river.md)
- *Piano Blues* (2003), Editor
- *The Blues* (2003), series, Editor
- *Blood Work* (2002), Editor
- *Space Cowboys* (2000), Editor
- *True Crime* (1999), Editor
- *Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil* (1997), Editor
- *Absolute Power* (1997), Editor
- *The Stars Fell on Henrietta* (1995), Editor
- *The Bridges of Madison County* (1995), Editor — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/the-bridges-of-madison-county.md)
- *A Perfect World* (1993), Editor — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/a-perfect-world.md)
- *Unforgiven* (1992), Editor — Fi1m 92, [page](https://film.one/film/unforgiven.md)
- *The Rookie* (1990), Editor
- *White Hunter, Black Heart* (1990), Editor
- *Pink Cadillac* (1989), Editor
- *Bird* (1988), Editor
- *Heartbreak Ridge* (1986), Editor
- *Ratboy* (1986), Editor
- *Pale Rider* (1985), Editor — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/film/pale-rider.md)
- *Tightrope* (1984), Editor — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/film/tightrope.md)
- *Sudden Impact* (1983), Editor — Fi1m 65, [page](https://film.one/film/sudden-impact.md)
- *Honkytonk Man* (1982), Editor
- *Death Valley* (1982), Editor
- *Bronco Billy* (1980), Editor
- *Escape from Alcatraz* (1979), Assistant Editor — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/escape-from-alcatraz.md)
- *Every Which Way but Loose* (1978), Editor
- *The Gauntlet* (1977), Editor
- *The Enforcer* (1976), Editor
- *The Outlaw Josey Wales* (1976), Assistant Editor
- *Farewell, My Lovely* (1975), Editor
- *Rafferty and the Gold Dust Twins* (1975), Assistant Editor
- *The Terminal Man* (1974), Assistant Editor
- *Cleopatra Jones* (1973), Assistant Editor
- *The Rain People* (1969), Assistant Editor
- *The Wild Bunch* (1969), Assistant Editor — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/the-wild-bunch.md)

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 1 won, 2 nominated

- 2015: Best Film Editing (nominated), for *American Sniper*
- 2005: Best Film Editing (nominated), for *Million Dollar Baby*
- 1993: Best Film Editing (won), for *Unforgiven*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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