---
name: "Leslie Jones"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/leslie-jones"
fi1m_id: "leslie-jones"
imdb_id: "nm0428655"
tmdb_id: 53683
wikidata_id: "Q1964387"
roles: ["Editor"]
born: "1 January 2000"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 6
average_fi1m_score: 76
average_over: 6
updated: "2026-10-03T21:15:46.645247+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."
---

# Leslie Jones

## Identity

Leslie Jones

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/leslie-jones
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** leslie-jones
- **IMDb ID:** nm0428655
- **TMDB ID:** 53683
- **Wikidata ID:** Q1964387
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leslie_Jones_(film_editor), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1964387, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0428655/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/53683

Editor. Born 1 January 2000 in United States.

## Details

- **Work:** Editor
- **Born:** 1 January 2000, United States
- **Active:** 1992–present
- **Frequently works with:** [Daniel Lupi](https://film.one/person/daniel-lupi.md), [Paul Thomas Anderson](https://film.one/person/paul-thomas-anderson.md), [JoAnne Sellar](https://film.one/person/joanne-sellar.md), [Joaquin Phoenix](https://film.one/person/joaquin-phoenix.md), [Philip Seymour Hoffman](https://film.one/person/philip-seymour-hoffman.md)
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar nomination
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 74 (2), 2000s 84 (1), 2010s 81 (2), 2020s 65 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 76 to 72 across 6 titles
- **Score spread:** 3 at 80+, 3 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 6, Comedy 2, Romance 2, Action 1, History 1, Mystery 1
- **Screen time:** 13 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $577m across 5 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leslie_Jones_(film_editor), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1964387, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0428655/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/53683

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*The Master*](https://film.one/film/the-master.md) (84), [*Punch-Drunk Love*](https://film.one/film/punch-drunk-love.md) (84)
- **Netflix:** [*The Piano Lesson*](https://film.one/film/the-piano-lesson.md) (65)

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

## Biography

Leslie Jones is an American film editor. She is the daughter of editor Robert C. Jones and granddaughter of editor Harmon Jones.

Jones began her career as an assistant editor, including on films directed by her father. Her early credits include independent films and *Grumpier Old Men* (1995). She co-edited *Murder at 1600* (1997) and worked on *The Thin Red Line* (1998), for which she received an Academy Award nomination for Best Film Editing alongside Billy Weber and Saar Klein.

Jones has edited several films directed by Paul Thomas Anderson, including *Punch-Drunk Love* (2002), *The Master* (2012) and *Inherent Vice* (2014). Her other credits include *Starsky & Hutch* (2004), *Little Fockers* (2010), *20th Century Women* (2016) and *The Piano Lesson* (2024).

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

## On Fi1m (6)

- *The Piano Lesson* (2024), Fi1m 65, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/the-piano-lesson.md)
- *Inherent Vice* (2014), Fi1m 78, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/inherent-vice.md)
- *The Master* (2012), Fi1m 84, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/the-master.md)
- *Punch-Drunk Love* (2002), Fi1m 84, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/punch-drunk-love.md)
- *The Thin Red Line* (1998), Fi1m 84, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/the-thin-red-line.md)
- *The Bodyguard* (1992), Fi1m 63, Assistant Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/the-bodyguard.md)

## Complete filmography (25)

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

- *Company* (2026), Editor
- *The Piano Lesson* (2024), Editor — Fi1m 65, [page](https://film.one/film/the-piano-lesson.md)
- *Upgraded* (2024), Additional Editor
- *Fool's Paradise* (2023), Editor
- *Dog* (2022), Editor
- *Come from Away* (2021), Editor
- *Tales from the Loop* (2020), series, Editor
- *20th Century Women* (2016), Editor
- *Rules Don't Apply* (2016), Editor
- *Inherent Vice* (2014), Editor — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/inherent-vice.md)
- *In Secret* (2014), Editor
- *The Master* (2012), Editor — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/the-master.md)
- *The Words* (2012), Editor
- *Little Fockers* (2010), Editor
- *Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant* (2009), Editor
- *School for Scoundrels* (2006), Editor
- *Starsky & Hutch* (2004), Editor
- *Punch-Drunk Love* (2002), Editor — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/punch-drunk-love.md)
- *CQ* (2001), Editor
- *Woman on Top* (2000), Editor
- *The Thin Red Line* (1998), Editor — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/the-thin-red-line.md)
- *Murder at 1600* (1997), Editor
- *The Bodyguard* (1992), Assistant Editor — Fi1m 63, [page](https://film.one/film/the-bodyguard.md)
- *See No Evil, Hear No Evil* (1989), Assistant Editor
- *My Darling California*, Editor

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- 1999: Best Film Editing (nominated), for *The Thin Red Line*

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

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