Oscar-winning screenwriter Robert C Jones passes away

Robert C Jones the acclaimed film editor who shaped classics such as Guess Whos Coming to Dinner and Love Story has passed away The artist who won a screenplay Oscar for the war drama Coming Home was 84 when he breathed his lastThe esteemed film editor died on February 1 at his home in Los Angeles after a battle with Lewy body dementia reported The Hollywood Reporter The late stars daughter Leslie Jones who is an Oscarnominated film editor confirmed the news of her fathers demise to the publicationLeslie in a statement said My Dad had a tremendous impact on my own editing career with whom I worked on several films as his assistantShe added Like Bob I did not go to film school and had no formal training in editing But what I learned was that editing does not always require a specific skill set He taught me that talent instead is guided by a sense of compassion and integrity and the search for truth and authenticity He had all that and moreBorn on March 30 1936 Robert dropped out of college and went to work in the shipping room at 20th Century Fox I grabbed it without knowing what I was getting into he told Debra Kaufman in a 2014 interview for CineMontage magazineEventually he worked his way up to become a film editor and assistant film editor working on films such as 1955s Untamed and the romantic drama The Long Hot Summer starring Paul NewmanThe artists father Harmon Jones was also an Oscarnominated film editor honoured for his work on Elia Kazans blackandwhite movie Gentlemans AgreementThroughout his career Robert collaborated with acclaimed directors such as Hal Ashby Arthur Hiller and Warren Beatty Early on in his career the artist scored Academy Award nominations for his work on comedy film series Its a Mad Mad Mad Mad World and the Katharine Hepburn and Sidney Poitierstarring Guess Whos Coming to DinnerHe also shaped films such as 1973s The Last Detail 1975s romantic comedy Shampoo and 1976s musical drama Bound for Glory which scored him his third Oscar editing nominationApart from editing he also penned several scripts In 1978 he earned a best original screenplay Oscar for Coming Home an award he shared with cowriters Waldo Salt and Nancy DowdRobert also served as a coscreenwriter with novelist Jerzy Kosinski for the 1979 film Being There which the late stars daughter Leslie said her father practically rewrote However Robert was ultimately denied credit by the Writers Guild of America after which he concentrated on his editing careerThe late star retired from the industry in 2001 and spent the next 15 years as a professor at the USC School of Cinematic Arts In 2014 he was presented with a lifetime achievement award from the American Cinema EditorsHe is survived by his wife Sylvia daughters Leslie and Hayley Sussman sister Polly and grandchildren Sophia Henry Sammy and PhoebeThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever