Robert C. Jones

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Robert C. Jones
Born March 30, 1936
Los Angeles, California
Occupation screenwriter
film editor
Professor at USC
Spouse Sylvia Hirsch Jones

Robert C. Jones (born March 30, 1936), sometimes credited as Robert Jones, is a screenwriter and film editor. He received an Academy Award for the screenplay of the film Coming Home (1978). As an editor, Jones has had notable collaborations with the directors Arthur Hiller (seven films from 1967 to 1992) and Hal Ashby (4 films from 1973 to 1982).[1] Jones has been nominated three times for the Academy Award for Film Editing (Its a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963), Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967), and Bound for Glory (1976)).

Jones served at the Army Pictorial Center from 1958-1960 as a Specialist 4.[2]

Jones is currently a professor at the School of Cinematic Arts of the University of Southern California (USC).[3]

Jones is married to Sylvia Hirsch, a psychology professor. He is the son of film editor Harmon Jones, and the father of film editor Leslie Jones; all three editors have been nominated for the Academy Award for Best Film Editing.[4]

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[edit] Filmography

The director for each film is indicated in parenthesis.

[edit] Writer

  • Being There (Hal Ashby - 1979)
  • Coming Home (Hal Ashby - 1978). Academy Award and Writers Guild Award for Best Screenplay.

[edit] Editor

[edit] Academy Award nominations

  • (won) Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen, Coming Home (1978).
  • Best Film Editing, It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963).
  • Best Film Editing, Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967).
  • Best Film Editing, Bound for Glory (1976)

[edit] References

  1. ^ Robert C. Jones at the Internet Movie Database
  2. ^ Jones, Robert C. (2004). "Robert C. Jones", webpage archived on 2008-04-05 at WebCite this original URL.
  3. ^ "Robert Jones". University of Southern California. Archived from the original on 2008-04-05. http://www.webcitation.org/5Wrg0erck. 
  4. ^ Archerd, Army (February 24, 1999). "Grammys take center stage". Variety. http://variety.com/article/VR1117491595.html?categoryid=2&cs=1. Retrieved 2008-08-29. "Leslie Jones received an Oscar nom this year for editing "The Thin Red Line," while her father, Robert C. Jones, received a nomination for editing for "It's A Mad (4) World" in 1963 and her grandfather, Harmon Jones, received the same nomination on "A Gentleman's Agreement" in 1947." 

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