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.
