Narrative Film
2026 narrative editing reel.
Selected work
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15+years editing
EmmyEdited for Emmy-winning and Emmy-nominated series
HBOUnseamly: The Investigation of Peter Nygard
FeatureMother of Color, dir. Dawn Jones Redstone
An editor for narrative and documentary.
I'm James Jones, a senior video editor and post-production producer based in Portland, Oregon. For more than 15 years I've cut narrative film, documentary, network television, corporate and nonprofit stories, music videos and festival promos.
My credits include HBO, A&E, History, MTV, TLC and Food Network, including Emmy-winning and Emmy-nominated series, independent features and festival award-winning shorts. I'm currently cutting Dirteater, a short film with Dawn Jones Redstone. I'm a proud owner of a minority-owned business, available for remote, contract and project-based work. Let's make your project shine.
Networks and clients
- HBO
- A&E
- History
- Biography Channel
- MTV
- TLC
- Food Network
- Spike TV
- Destination America
- Funnelbox
- Robins Credit Union
- Panorama Film Festival
- Portland State University
- Central City Concern
- Regional Arts & Culture Council
Credits & recognition
Film & documentary
- Portland State University MURP graduate filmsMaster of Urban and Regional Planning, 2026
- Mother of ColorFeature, editor
- Unseamly: The Investigation of Peter NygardHBO, feature documentary
- The Worst ThingDocumentary, editor
- Buffalo Soldiers: Fighting on Two FrontsDocumentary, additional editor
- How Bruce Lee Changed the WorldHistory, two-hour special
- Biography: John BelushiBiography Channel
- Central City ConcernShort documentaries on program operations and client stories
Short films
- DirteaterWith Dawn Jones Redstone, editor, currently in production
- Feelings ProjectDrama, editor, 2026
- Hostile Work EnvironmentComedy horror, 2026, a dozen-plus festivals incl. NewFilmmakers LA
- Appliance of ScienceDrama, 2024, Hebden Bridge Film Festival, UK
- MagnificentDrama, 2019, LA Independent Film Festival
- Outside the Frame: MigrationTelenovela-style shorts by queer Latinx youth, Hollywood Theatre premiere
- We Have Our WaysDrama, Portland International Film Festival
- Sista in the BrotherhoodDrama, Winter Film Awards NY, Portland International Film Festival
Television
- Bobby Flay's BBQ AddictionFood Network
- American Hustler with 50 CentA&E
- Counting CarsHistory
- Hillbilly BloodDestination America
- Say Yes to the Dress: Randy Knows BestTLC
- 16 and Pregnant, MadeMTV
- Ink MasterSpike
Corporate & promotional
- FunnelboxContract editor, three corporate videos for Robins Credit Union, 2025
- Panorama Film FestivalCompilation and narrative trailers, 2025 and 2026
- Oregon TradeswomenCommercial
- Portland Clean Energy FundNonprofit
Projects recognized
- Bobby Flay's BBQ AddictionSeries won the Emmy for Outstanding Culinary Program
- BiographyEmmy-nominated series
- Best Documentary, Snowdance 2020The Worst Thing
- Best Oregon Short, PIFF 2018We Have Our Ways
- Best Short, Winter Film Awards NY 2017Sista in the Brotherhood
- Best LGBTQ Film, LA Independent Film Festival 2019Magnificent