Robert C. Jones

Robert C. Jones was an American film editor and screenwriter.

His foray into film work began in the U.S. Army, when he joined the Army Pictorial Center from 1958 to 1960 as a film editor. At the Pictorial Center he edited Army training films, documentaries, and several segments of the television program The Big Picture.

Jones received Oscar nominations for his work on It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World, Guess Who's Coming to Dinner, and Bound for Glory. He went on to work on such well-known films as Invitation to a Gunfighter, Paint Your Wagon, I Love You, Alice B. Toklas, Love Story, The New Centurions, The Last Detail, Man of La Mancha, Shampoo, Heaven Can Wait, Bulworth (the last three of which were written by, and starred, Warren Beatty), and Days of Thunder.

In 1978, Jones tried his hand at screenwriting and wrote the screenplay for Coming Home (with Jane Fonda and Jon Voight). Jones shared the Oscar for best screenplay with Nancy Dowd and Waldo Salt.

Jones last film was 2002's Unconditional Love (with Kathy Bates and Rupert Everett). Upon his retirement, Jones became a professor at University of Southern California's School of Cinematic Arts, where he taught students to edit and encouraged their passion for filmmaking and storytelling.

Jones died February 1, 2021, in Los Angeles, California. He was 84.