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Gene Milford(1902-1991)

  • Editor
  • Director
  • Editorial Department
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Gene Milford
Gene Milford was an American film and television editor. Among his most noted films are Lost Horizon (1937), On the Waterfront (1954), Baby Doll (1956), A Face in the Crowd (1957), Splendor in the Grass (1961), and Wait Until Dark (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 (1934). A member of the American Cinema Editors, he and Barbara McLean received its inaugural Career Achievement Awards in 1988.
BornJanuary 19, 1902
DiedDecember 23, 1991(89)
BornJanuary 19, 1902
DiedDecember 23, 1991(89)
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  • Won 2 Oscars
    • 3 wins & 1 nomination total

Known for

Marlon Brando in On the Waterfront (1954)
On the Waterfront
8.1
  • Editor
  • 1954
Ronald Colman in Lost Horizon (1937)
Lost Horizon
7.6
  • Editor
  • 1937
Audrey Hepburn in Wait Until Dark (1967)
Wait Until Dark
7.7
  • Editor
  • 1967
Grace Moore in One Night of Love (1934)
One Night of Love
5.6
  • Editor
  • 1934

Credits

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Editor



  • Laurence Olivier, Jacqueline Bisset, and Ben Gazzara in Inchon (1981)
    Inchon
    2.8
    • supervising film editor
    • 1981
  • And Baby Makes Six (1979)
    And Baby Makes Six
    6.5
    TV Movie
    • Editor
    • 1979
  • Torn Between Two Lovers (1979)
    Torn Between Two Lovers
    5.9
    TV Movie
    • Editor
    • 1979
  • Lovey: A Circle of Children, Part II
    7.0
    TV Movie
    • supervising editor
    • 1978
  • Home to Stay (1978)
    Home to Stay
    6.4
    TV Movie
    • Editor
    • 1978
  • JoBeth Williams, Barnard Hughes, and Granville Van Dusen in The World Beyond (1978)
    The World Beyond
    6.2
    TV Movie
    • supervising editor
    • 1978
  • Breaking Up (1978)
    Breaking Up
    6.6
    TV Movie
    • Editor
    • 1978
  • Tell Me My Name (1977)
    Tell Me My Name
    4.0
    TV Movie
    • supervising editor
    • 1977
  • The World of Darkness (1977)
    The World of Darkness
    7.2
    TV Movie
    • supervising editor
    • 1977
  • The Count of Monte-Cristo (1975)
    The Count of Monte-Cristo
    6.9
    TV Movie
    • Editor
    • 1975
  • Lee Marvin in The Klansman (1974)
    The Klansman
    5.3
    • Editor
    • 1974
  • W (1974)
    W
    4.7
    • Editor
    • 1974
  • A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (1974)
    A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
    7.1
    TV Movie
    • Editor
    • 1974
  • Sebastian Cabot in Miracle on 34th Street (1973)
    Miracle on 34th Street
    5.9
    TV Movie
    • Editor
    • 1973
  • Beau Bridges and Cliff Robertson in The Man Without a Country (1973)
    The Man Without a Country
    7.2
    TV Movie
    • Editor
    • 1973

Director



  • The Pusher (1960)
    The Pusher
    6.3
    • Director
    • 1960
  • Omnibus (1952)
    Omnibus
    8.2
    TV Series
    • Director
    • 1953–1956
  • The Faye Emerson Show (1949)
    The Faye Emerson Show
    3.7
    TV Series
    • Director
    • 1951

Editorial Department



  • Ralph Graves and Jack Holt in Flight (1929)
    Flight
    6.1
    • editor: edited
    • 1929

Personal details

  • Alternative name
    • Eugene Milford
  • Born
    • January 19, 1902
    • Lamar, Colorado, USA
  • Died
    • December 23, 1991
    • Santa Monica, California, USA(pneumonia)
  • Spouse
    • Dorothy HunterJuly 31, 1925 - December 23, 1991 (his death, 1 child)

Did you know

  • Trivia
    From 1955 to 1961, Milford served as president of M-K-R where he directed and edited 15 medical and scientific documentaries, many for TV. He was one of the first two recipients of the American Cinema Editors Career Achievement Award.

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