Leslie Jones is an American film editor. She is known for her work on The Thin Red Line (1998), earning an Academy Award nomination for Best Film Editing, as well as her collaborations with director Paul Thomas Anderson on his films Punch-Drunk Love (2002), The Master (2012) and Inherent Vice (2014).
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 Notes1997 Murder at 1600Dwight H. Little1998 The Thin Red LineTerrence Malick2000 Woman on TopFina Torres2001 CQRoman Coppola2002 Punch-Drunk LovePaul Thomas AndersonFirst collaboration with Paul Thomas Anderson2004 Starsky & Hutch Todd PhillipsFirst collaboration with Todd Phillips2006 School for ScoundrelsSecond collaboration with Todd Phillips2009 Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant Paul WeitzFirst collaboration with Paul Weitz2010 Little FockersSecond collaboration with Paul Weitz 2012 The Words The MasterPaul Thomas AndersonSecond collaboration with Paul Thomas Anderson2013 In SecretCharlie Stratton2014 Inherent VicePaul Thomas AndersonThird collaboration with Paul Thomas Anderson 2016 20th Century WomenMike Mills Rules Don't ApplyWarren Beatty2021 Come from AwayChristopher Ashley2022 Dog2023 Fool's ParadiseCharlie Day2024 The Piano LessonMalcolm Washington
+ Editorial department Year Film Director Role Notes 1987 MunchiesTina HirschSecond assistant editor WeedsJohn D. HancockAssistant film editor NightflyersRobert CollectorApprentice editor1989 See No Evil, Hear No EvilArthur Hiller Assistant editorFirst collaboration with Arthur Hiller1990 Ghost DadSidney Poitier 1992 The BabeArthur HillerFirst assistant editorSecond collaboration with Arthur Hiller The BodyguardMick JacksonAssistant editor1993 Rookie of the YearDaniel SternFirst assistant editor1994 Little GiantsDuwayne DunhamFirst assistant film editor 1995 VirtuosityBrett LeonardAssistant editor Grumpier Old MenHoward DeutchAssociate film editor2024 UpgradedCarlson YoungAdditional editor
Documentaries
+ Editor Year Film Director1995 Wild Bill: Hollywood MaverickTodd Robinson
Shorts
+ Editor Year Film Director 1992 Angel FireTodd Robinson Ballad of Tina JuarezJuan Uribe
+ Thanks Year Film Director Role2012 Bored GamesJonathan FischerAdditional acknowledgments
TV series
+ Editor Year Title Notes2020 Tales from the Loop1 episode
TV shorts
+ Editor Year Film Director2019 The Summer PeopleTodd Louiso
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