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Robert Clifford Jones is an American film editor, screenwriter, and educator. 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 and Hal Ashby. Jones has been nominated three times for the Academy Award for Best Film Editing: It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963), Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967), and Bound for Glory (1976).
Birth Name
Robert Clifford Jones
Born
Monday, 30 March 1936
Died
Monday, 01 February 2021
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Hal | Himself / Self | 2018 |
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Hal | Himself / Self | 2018 |
| Year | Type | Category | Won |
|---|
| 1979 | Oscar | Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen | Won |
| 1979 | Golden Globe | Best Screenplay - Motion Picture | Nominated |
| 1977 | Oscar | Best Film Editing | Nominated |
| 1968 | Oscar | Best Film Editing | Nominated |
| 1964 | Oscar | Best Film Editing | Nominated |
