Gene Fowler Junior
Gene Fowler Jr. (born May 27, 1917 in Denver , Colorado , † May 11, 1998 in Woodland Hills , California ) was an American film editor and film and television director.
Life
Fowler Jr. is the son of the writer and screenwriter Gene Fowler (1890-1960). He worked as an editor from the 1930s. As such, he was active until the 1980s and was responsible for editing more than 50 productions . In the 1950s he also turned to directing and initially staged episodes of various television series. He made his first feature film with Death Has Black Claws (1957). Further feature films followed by the end of the decade, after which he worked again primarily for various television series.
In 1964 , together with his colleagues Frederic Knudtson and Robert C. Jones, he was nominated for an Oscar in the category of Best Editing for the film A total, total crazy world .
He was President of the American Cinema Editors in 1965 and 1966 . In 1965, Fowley received an Eddie Award from the American Cinema Editors for his work on the television series A Thousand Miles of Dust .
Fowler was married to editor Marjorie Fowler from 1944 until his death . They had a son together. In 1973 and 1974 he won an Emmy together with his wife for the television series The Waltons and the television film The Blue Knight .
Filmography (selection)
- as a film editor
- 1943: Executioners die too (Hangmen Also Die!)
- 1944: Dangerous Encounters (The Woman in the Window)
- 1946: Seeds of Destiny (short film)
- 1956: The Beast (While the City Sleeps)
- 1956 beyond all doubt (Beyond a Reasonable Doubt)
- 1957: China Legionnaire (China Gate)
- 1957: Hell of a Thousand Tortures (Run of the Arrow)
- 1957: Forty Guns (Forty Guns)
- 1963: A child waits (A Child Is Waiting)
- 1963: A totally, totally crazy world (It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World)
- 1965: A Thousand Miles of Dust (Rawhide , TV series, 3 episodes)
- 1968: Hang 'Em High
- 1970: A man whom they called horse (A Man Called Horse)
- 1970: Monte Walsh
- 1971–1975: The Waltons (The Waltons , TV series)
- 1972: Pursuit
- 1976: Helter Skelter
- 1979: The Garibaldi Affair (The House on Garibaldi Street)
- 1981: Caveman - Who came out of the cave (Caveman)
- 1983: Always on the little ones (Smorgasbord)
- as a director
- 1957: Death Has Black Claws (I Was a Teenage Werewolf)
- 1958: I Married a Monster from Outer Space
- 1959: Death drives first class (The Rebel Set)
- 1959: With rifle and gun (The Oregon Trail)
Web links
- Gene Fowler Jr. in the Internet Movie Database (English)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Fowler, Gene Jr. |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Fowler, Gene Jr. |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American film editor and director |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 27, 1917 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Denver , Colorado , USA |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 11, 1998 |
| Place of death | Woodland Hills , California , USA |