Gene Milford
Editing
Born January 19, 1902 · Lamar, Colorado, USA
Died December 23, 1991
Also known as Eugene Milford
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Arthur Eugene "Gene" Milford (January 19, 1902 – December 23, 1991) was an American film and television editor with about one hundred feature film credits. Among his most noted films are Lost Horizon (directed by Frank Capra - 1937), On the Waterfront (directed by Elia Kazan - 1954), A Face in the Crowd (Kazan - 1957), and Wait Until Dark (directed by Terence Young - 1967). Milford won the Academy Award for Best Film Editing for Lost Horizon (with Gene Havlick) and for On the Waterfront; he was also nominated for an Academy Award for One Night of Love (directed by Victor Schertzinger - 1934). He had been elected to the American Cinema Editors, and received its inaugural Career Achievement Award in 1988.
Awards & recognition
- Academy Award — Best Film Editing · 1955
- Academy Award — Best Film Editing · 1938
- Academy Award — Best Film Editing · 1955 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Film Editing · 1938 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Film Editing · 1935 · nominated
Filmography29 titles
On the Waterfront
A Face in the Crowd
Splendor in the Grass
Wait Until Dark
The Chase
Baby Doll
Lost Horizon
The Mikado
The Count of Monte-Cristo
There Was a Crooked Man...
The World at War
Step Lively
Platinum Blonde
The Great Bank Robbery
That Funny Feeling
Taras Bulba
Higher and Higher
Man with the Gun
Something to Sing About
Incident at Phantom Hill
Strange Bedfellows
The Pusher
Countdown
The Klansman
Texas Across the River
Rampage
The Steagle
China Sky
Tarzan's Revenge