---
name: "Robert C. Jones"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/robert-c-jones"
fi1m_id: "robert-c-jones"
imdb_id: "nm0002717"
tmdb_id: 21012
wikidata_id: "Q1231435"
roles: ["Editor"]
born: "30 March 1936"
died: "2 February 2021"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 7
average_fi1m_score: 66
average_over: 6
updated: "2026-09-20T05:52:14.822012+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."
---

# Robert C. Jones

## Identity

Robert C. Jones

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/robert-c-jones
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** robert-c-jones
- **IMDb ID:** nm0002717
- **TMDB ID:** 21012
- **Wikidata ID:** Q1231435
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_C._Jones, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1231435, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0002717/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/21012

Editor. Born 30 March 1936 in Los Angeles. Died 2 February 2021.

## Details

- **Work:** Editor
- **Born:** 30 March 1936, Los Angeles
- **Died:** 2 February 2021
- **Active:** 1965–1990
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 7: 1 writing, 6 crew
- **Frequently works with:** [Hal Ashby](https://film.one/person/hal-ashby.md), [Stanley Kramer](https://film.one/person/stanley-kramer.md)
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar (1 won · 3 nominated)
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1960s 66 (2), 1970s 70 (4), 1990s 61 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 67 to 61 across 5 titles
- **Score spread:** 0 at 80+, 5 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 6, Romance 4, Sport 2, Action 1, Adventure 1, Comedy 1
- **Screen time:** 12 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $450m across 4 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_C._Jones, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1231435, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0002717/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/21012

## Streaming the US now

- **Pluto TV:** [*Heaven Can Wait*](https://film.one/film/heaven-can-wait.md) (74)
- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Guess Who's Coming to Dinner*](https://film.one/film/guess-whos-coming-to-dinner.md) (70)
- **The Roku Channel:** [*Ship of Fools*](https://film.one/film/ship-of-fools.md) (62)
- **Apple TV:** [*Days of Thunder*](https://film.one/film/days-of-thunder.md) (61)

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

## Biography

Robert C. Jones was an American film editor and screenwriter. Born in Los Angeles on 30 March 1936, he began his career in the shipping room at 20th Century Fox and later worked as an editor in the US Army Pictorial Center. His father, Harmon Jones, was also a film editor.

Jones edited numerous feature films, including *It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World* (1963), *Guess Who's Coming to Dinner* (1967), *Love Story* (1970), *The Last Detail* (1973), *Heaven Can Wait* (1978), *Days of Thunder* (1990) and *Bulworth* (1998). He received three Academy Award nominations for editing. He shared the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for *Coming Home* (1978).

He collaborated frequently with directors Stanley Kramer, Hal Ashby and Warren Beatty. Jones retired from editing in 2001 and taught at the USC School of Cinematic Arts. His daughter, Leslie Jones, is also a film editor. He died in Los Angeles on 1 February 2021.

*Sources: hollywoodreporter.com, catalog.afi.com, latimes.com.*

## On Fi1m (7)

### Wrote (1)

- *Coming Home* (1978), Fi1m 76, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/coming-home.md)

### Crew (6) — the average rests on these

- *Days of Thunder* (1990), Fi1m 61, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/days-of-thunder.md)
- *Heaven Can Wait* (1978), Fi1m 74, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/heaven-can-wait.md)
- *Bound for Glory* (1976), Fi1m 71, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/bound-for-glory.md)
- *Love Story* (1970), Fi1m 57, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/love-story.md)
- *Guess Who's Coming to Dinner* (1967), Fi1m 70, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/guess-whos-coming-to-dinner.md)
- *Ship of Fools* (1965), Fi1m 62, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/ship-of-fools.md)

## Complete filmography (37)

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

- *Le Temps des bêtes : un film de cruauté et de compassion* (2017), as Lui-même
- *On Board the Ship of Fools* (2007), Actor
- *Unconditional Love* (2002), Editor
- *Crazy in Alabama* (1999), Editor
- *Bulworth* (1998), Editor
- *City Hall* (1996), Editor
- *Love Affair* (1994), Editor
- *Beyond the Law* (1993), Editor
- *The Babe* (1992), Editor
- *Married to It* (1991), Editor
- *Days of Thunder* (1990), Editor — Fi1m 61, [page](https://film.one/film/days-of-thunder.md)
- *See No Evil, Hear No Evil* (1989), Editor
- *Twice in a Lifetime* (1985), Editor
- *Beauty and the Beast* (1984), Writer
- *Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs* (1984), Writer
- *Lookin' to Get Out* (1982), Editor
- *Faerie Tale Theatre* (1982), series, Teleplay
- *Heaven Can Wait* (1978), Editor — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/heaven-can-wait.md)
- *Coming Home* (1978), Screenplay — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/film/coming-home.md)
- *Bound for Glory* (1976), Editor — Fi1m 71, [page](https://film.one/film/bound-for-glory.md)
- *Shampoo* (1975), Editor
- *The Crazy World of Julius Vrooder* (1974), Editor
- *The Last Detail* (1973), Editor
- *Man of La Mancha* (1972), Editor
- *The New Centurions* (1972), Editor
- *Cisco Pike* (1972), Editor
- *Love Story* (1970), Editor — Fi1m 57, [page](https://film.one/film/love-story.md)
- *Paint Your Wagon* (1969), Editor
- *I Love You, Alice B. Toklas!* (1968), Editor
- *Guess Who's Coming to Dinner* (1967), Editor — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/film/guess-whos-coming-to-dinner.md)
- *Tobruk* (1967), Editor
- *Don't Worry, We'll Think of a Title* (1966), Editor
- *The Trouble with Angels* (1966), Editor
- *Ship of Fools* (1965), Editor — Fi1m 62, [page](https://film.one/film/ship-of-fools.md)
- *Invitation to a Gunfighter* (1964), Editor
- *It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World* (1963), Editor
- *A Child Is Waiting* (1963), Editor

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 1 won, 3 nominated

- 1979: Best Writing, Original Screenplay (won), for *Coming Home*
- 1977: Best Film Editing (nominated), for *Bound for Glory*
- 1968: Best Film Editing (nominated), for *Guess Who's Coming to Dinner*
- 1964: Best Film Editing (nominated), for *It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World*

### Other awards — 1 won

- American Cinema Editors Career Achievement Award 2014: American Cinema Editors Career Achievement Award (won)

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

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