Gene Fowler Jr.

Gene Fowler Jr. (27 May 1917 – 11 May 1998), the eldest son of journalist and author Gene Fowler, was a prominent Hollywood film editor.

Career His work included films of Fritz Lang and Samuel Fuller and movies like Stanley Kramer's It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963), John Cassavetes' A Child Is Waiting (1963) and Hang 'Em High (1968).

He was also the director of feature films as well as numerous television programs. While the majority of his directorial work is regarded as minor efforts (Leonard Maltin lists only three of his seven features in his compendium ), two of his films, I Was a Teenage Werewolf (1957) and I Married a Monster from Outer Space (1958), have gained some critical attention in retrospect.

Gene Fowler Jr. was married to film editor Marjorie Fowler from 1944 until his death. On May 12, 1964, they were both the first man and woman to respectively get top honors at American Cinema Editors. Fowler became president while his wife became secretary. He died in the Hollywood Hills, California of natural causes.

His brother Will Fowler (1922–2004) was a Hollywood screenwriter.

Selected filmography

+ Sound department Year Film Director Role1952 The ThiefRussell RouseSound effects editor

Documentaries

Short documentaries

Shorts

TV movies

+ Second unit or assistant director Year Film Director Role1975 The RunawaysHarry HarrisSecond unit director

TV pilots

+ Editor Year Film Director1973 Pomroy's PeopleFielder Cook

+ Editorial department Year Film Director Role1977 BuncoAlexander SingerSupervising editor

+ Production manager Year Film Director Role1975 Conspiracy of TerrorJohn Llewellyn MoxeyPost-production supervisor

TV series