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 compendiumLeonard Maltin's 2008 Movie Guide, Signet/New American Library, New York, 2007.), 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.I Married a Monster from Outer Space in Danny Peary: Cult Movies, Dell Publishing, New York, 1981.

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 + Editor Year Film Director Notes Other notes1935 Thanks a MillionRoy Del Ruth 1941 Western UnionFritz LangFirst collaboration with Fritz Lang Week-End in HavanaWalter Lang1942 Tales of ManhattanJulien DuvivierRestored sequence1943 Hangmen Also Die! Fritz LangSecond collaboration with Fritz Lang1944 The Woman in the WindowThird collaboration with Fritz Lang1947 Philo Vance ReturnsWilliam Beaudine1953 Captain ScarfacePaul Guilfoyle 1956 While the City SleepsFritz LangFourth collaboration with Fritz Lang The Naked HillsJosef Shaftel 1957 China Gate Samuel FullerFirst collaboration with Samuel Fuller Run of the ArrowSecond collaboration with Samuel Fuller Forty GunsThird collaboration with Samuel Fuller 1963 A Child Is WaitingJohn Cassavetes It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad WorldStanley Kramer1968 Hang 'Em HighTed Post 1970 A Man Called HorseElliot Silverstein Monte WalshWilliam A. Fraker1972 Molly and Lawless JohnGary Nelson1979 Skatetown, U.S.A.William A. Levey1981 CavemanCarl Gottlieb1983 Cracking UpJerry Lewis

+ Editorial department Year Film Director Role Notes1953 Main Street to BroadwayTay Garnett Supervising editor1955 Paris Follies of 1956Leslie Goodwins 1956 While the City Sleeps Fritz Lang Editorial supervisor Beyond a Reasonable DoubtFifth collaboration with Fritz Lang1968 A Fine PairFrancesco Maselli

+ Director Year Film Notes1957 I Was a Teenage Werewolf 1958 Showdown at Boot Hill Gang War I Married a Monster from Outer Space 1959 The Rebel Set Here Come the Jets The Oregon Trail1978 The Astral Factor

+ Producer Year Film Director Credit1947 The Senator Was IndiscreetGeorge S. Kaufman Associate producer1948 Mr. Peabody and the MermaidIrving Pichel1958 I Married a Monster from Outer SpaceHimselfProducer

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

+ Writer Year Film Director1951 My Outlaw BrotherElliott Nugent1959 The Oregon TrailHimself

Documentaries

+ Editor Year Film Director1946 Let There Be LightJohn Huston1971 Walls of Fire

Short documentaries

+ Editor Year Film Director1943 The Autobiography of a 'Jeep'Irving Lerner1945 The Battle of San PietroJohn Huston1946 Seeds of DestinyDavid Miller

Shorts

+ Editor Year Film Director1942 Sex Hygiene1964 Choice

TV movies

+ Editor Year Film Director1956 The Magnetic MoonHollingsworth Morse 1971 Goodbye, Raggedy AnnFielder Cook A Death of InnocencePaul Wendkos The Homecoming: A Christmas StoryFielder Cook 1972 The Glass HouseTom Gries The Crooked HeartsJay Sandrich PursuitMichael Crichton 1973 The Girls of Huntington HouseAlf Kjellin The Blue KnightRobert Butler A Dream for Christmas Ralph Senensky1978 The New Adventures of Heidi1979 The House on Garibaldi StreetPeter Collinson1985 EvergreenFielder Cook

+ Editorial department Year Film Director Role 1973 Dying Room OnlyPhilip Leacock Editorial supervisor Don't Be Afraid of the DarkJohn Newland 1974 The Stranger WithinLee PhilipsEditorial supervision Bad RonaldBuzz Kulik Editorial supervisor1975 The RunawaysHarry Harris1976 Helter SkelterTom Gries 1977 The Prince of Central ParkHarvey Hart Supervising editor Killer on BoardPhilip Leacock

+ Production manager Year Film Director Role1975 Conspiracy of TerrorJohn Llewellyn Moxey Post-production supervisor1976 SybilDaniel Petrie

+ 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

+ Editor Year Title Notes1952−53 The Abbott and Costello Show22 episodes1954 Rocky Jones, Space Ranger39 episodes1961 The Aquanauts1 episode1964−65 Rawhide12 episodes1966 Gilligan's Island 5 episodes1966−67 The Wild Wild West1967 Cimarron Strip1 episode1973−74 Doc Elliot7 episodes1974−75 Apple's Way13 episodes1972−75 The Waltons73 episodes1977 Hunter4 episodes1985 Evergreen3 episodes

+ Editorial department Year Title Role Notes1954 Duffy's TavernSupervising editor1 episode1956 Crossroads4 episodes 1976 The Blue Knight Editorial supervisor 2 episodes Helter Skelter 1977 Hunter3 episodes Eight Is Enough20 episodes1975−77 The Waltons54 episodes

+ Additional crew Year Title Role Notes1965−66 The Wild Wild WestProduction associate7 episodes

+ Director Year Title Notes1952 China Smith26 episodes1954 The New Adventures of China Smith11 episodes1958 Man Without a Gun1 episode1959 Man with a Camera3 episodes 1960 Rawhide2 episodes Tales of Wells Fargo6 episodes 1961 Perry Mason 1 episode Gunsmoke The Aquanauts2 episodes1960−61 Assignment: Underwater8 episodes

+ Production manager Year Title Role Notes1973 The Waltons Post-production supervisor4 episodes1976 Sybil2 episodes

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