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Gene Fowler Jr.

Highest Rated: 92% Hang 'Em High (1968)

Lowest Rated: 33% Caveman (1981)

Birthday: May 27, 1917

Birthplace: Denver, Colorado, USA

A prolific editor and director for film and television, Gene Fowler Jr worked on over 100 movies and television programs. His efforts won him a Golden Globe, four Emmys and an Oscar. The son of a comparably prolific screenwriter, Fowler was born in Denver, Colorado and raised in New York City. Before moving to Southern California and enrolling at USC where he studied film editing at 20th Century Fox, Fowler earned third mate's papers at Knights Seamanship School. 1943's "The Ox-Bow Incident" starring Henry Fonda was the first feature he edited. That same year, Fowler edited his first Fritz Lang film, the political thriller "Hangmen Also Die." He later worked on other Lang films including 1944's "The Woman in the Window" and the 1956 film noir dramas "While the City Sleeps" and "Beyond a Reasonable Doubt." Fowler served as part of the U.S. Army Special Services in World War II. During his tenure he created "Seeds of Destiny" a film produced by the U.S. War Department for which he was awarded the 1946 Oscar for Best Short Documentary. While much of his work was in the field of editing, Fowler is probably best known for his directing efforts, including the cult films "I Was a Teenage Werewolf" (1957) and "I Married a Monster From Outer Space"(1958), the former famous for introducing Michael Landon. He also directed and co-wrote the 1959 western "The Oregon Trail." His work as editor of "It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World" earned him an Oscar nomination, and he won a Golden Globe for editing the documentary "Wall of Fire"(1970). Well respected throughout the industry, Fowler acted as president of the American Cinema Editors for two terms, from 1965 to 1966, and was given its Eddie award for outstanding film editing. His television career was also fruitful, earning him four Emmys for editing. Two of his Emmys were awarded for work on the CBS series "Rawhide" and "The Waltons," one was for the 1972 CBS crime drama TV movie "Truman Capote's 'The Glass House'" and one was for his work in the NBC detective drama miniseries "The Blue Knight" starring William Holden. Later in his career Fowler worked as a supervising editor on productions like CBS's 1976 docudrama "Helter Skelter"

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Highest-Rated Movies

92% 73% Hang 'Em High Watchlist
92% 57% I Married a Monster From Outer Space
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92% 73% A Child Is Waiting
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91% 66% While the City Sleeps
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86% 61% A Man Called Horse
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83% 83% The Woman in the Window
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69% 83% It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
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40% 20% I Was a Teenage Werewolf
Watchlist 33% 54% Caveman Watchlist

Filmography

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Caveman 33% 54% 1981 Film Editing Invisible Strangler 20% 1976 Director The Blue Knight 1973 Film Editing The Girls of Huntington House 1973 Film Editing Molly and Lawless John 29% 1972 Film Editing The Glass House 79% 1972 Film Editing A Man Called Horse 86% 61% 1970 Film Editor Hang 'Em High 92% 73% 1968 Film Editing A Child Is Waiting 92% 73% 1963 Film Editing It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World 69% 83% 1963 Film Editing The Oregon Trail 1959 Director The Rebel Set 8% 1959 Director Showdown at Boot Hill 53% 1958 Director I Married a Monster From Outer Space 92% 57% 1958 Director, Producer Gang War 1958 Director China Gate 48% 1957 Film Editing Run of the Arrow 57% 1957 Film Editing I Was a Teenage Werewolf 40% 20% 1957 Director The Naked Hills 1956 Film Editing While the City Sleeps 91% 66% 1956 Film Editing Paris Follies of 1956 1955 Film Editing Seeds of Destiny 1946 Film Editing San Pietro 65% 1945 Film Editing The Woman in the Window 83% 83% 1944 Film Editing Hangmen Also Die 87% 67% 1943 Film Editing
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