Leslie Jones (film editor)

For other people with the same name, see Leslie Jones (disambiguation).

Leslie Jones
Born	California, United States
Occupation	Film editor
Parent	Robert C. Jones
Relatives	Harmon Jones (grandfather)

Leslie Jones is an American film editor. She is known for her work on The Thin Red Line as well as her collaborations with director Paul Thomas Anderson.

Biography

Jones is the daughter of film editor Robert C. Jones and the granddaughter of editor Harmon Jones, each of whom has been nominated for an Academy Award for editing. Jones was the assistant editor for her father on two films, See No Evil, Hear No Evil and The Babe. She has several editing credits for independent films and documentaries, and was the associate editor on Grumpier Old Men. Her first editing credit on a major studio film was for Murder at 1600, which she co-edited with Billy Weber. Jones, Weber and Saar Klein were widely recognized for the film The Thin Red Line. They were nominated for an Academy Award, an American Cinema Editors Eddie Award and a Satellite Award. Jones has also collaborated with Paul Thomas Anderson on several films. She was nominated for an Eddie Award.

Filmography

Editor

Year	Film	Director	Notes
1997	Murder at 1600	Dwight H. Little
1998	The Thin Red Line	Terrence Malick
2000	Woman on Top	Fina Torres
2001	CQ	Roman Coppola
2002	Punch-Drunk Love	Paul Thomas Anderson	First collaboration with Paul Thomas Anderson
2004	Starsky & Hutch	Todd Phillips	First collaboration with Todd Phillips
2006	School for Scoundrels		Second collaboration with Todd Phillips
2009	Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant	Paul Weitz	First collaboration with Paul Weitz
2010	Little Fockers		Second collaboration with Paul Weitz
2012	The Words	Brian Klugman Lee Sternthal
	The Master	Paul Thomas Anderson	Second collaboration with Paul Thomas Anderson
2013	In Secret	Charlie Stratton
2014	Inherent Vice	Paul Thomas Anderson	Third collaboration with Paul Thomas Anderson
2016	20th Century Women	Mike Mills
	Rules Don't Apply	Warren Beatty
2021	Come from Away	Christopher Ashley
2022	Dog	Channing Tatum Reid Carolin
2023	Fool's Paradise	Charlie Day
2024	The Piano Lesson	Malcolm Washington

Editorial department

Year	Film	Director	Role	Notes
1987	Munchies	Tina Hirsch	Second assistant editor
	Weeds	John D. Hancock	Assistant film editor
	Nightflyers	Robert Collector	Apprentice editor
1989	See No Evil, Hear No Evil	Arthur Hiller	Assistant editor	First collaboration with Arthur Hiller
1990	Ghost Dad	Sidney Poitier
1992	The Babe	Arthur Hiller	First assistant editor	Second collaboration with Arthur Hiller
	The Bodyguard	Mick Jackson	Assistant editor
1993	Rookie of the Year	Daniel Stern	First assistant editor
1994	Little Giants	Duwayne Dunham	First assistant film editor
1995	Virtuosity	Brett Leonard	Assistant editor
	Grumpier Old Men	Howard Deutch	Associate film editor
2024	Upgraded	Carlson Young	Additional editor

Documentaries

Editor

Year	Film	Director
1995	Wild Bill: Hollywood Maverick	Todd Robinson

Shorts

Editor

Year	Film	Director
1992	Angel Fire	Todd Robinson
	Ballad of Tina Juarez	Juan Uribe

Thanks

Year	Film	Director	Role
2012	Bored Games	Jonathan Fischer	Additional acknowledgments

TV series

Editor

Year	Title	Notes
2020	Tales from the Loop	1 episode

TV shorts

Editor

Year	Film	Director
2019	The Summer People	Todd Louiso

Further reading

• Torgerson, Liv (May–June 1999). "Conversations with Billy Weber and Leslie Jones". Motion Picture Editors Guild Newsletter. 20 (3). Archived from the original on 2006-03-23.
• Wallis, C. J. (February 18, 2013). "Interview: Making 'The Master' with Editor Leslie Jones". Cigarettes and Red Vines. Retrieved 2018-12-19.

External links

• Leslie Jones at IMDb