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- Birth nameReginald Cuthbert Mills
- Reginald Mills was born on July 15, 1912 in London, England, UK. He was an editor and director, known for Romeo and Juliet (1968), The Red Shoes (1948) and Black Narcissus (1947). He died in July 1990 in London, England, UK.
- He was one of the two favorite editors of director Joseph Losey, the other being Reginald Beck. However, after six collaborations with Losey, Mills gave an interview in which he was highly critical of Losey's frequent screenwriter, Harold Pinter, claiming that he had cut several of Pinter's typical pauses out of "The Servant" (1963) without anyone noticing. Pinter wrote him a furious note after reading this, and Losey never employed Mills again.
- Graduated from Cambridge University with a degree in modern languages in 1934
- Served in the Royal Artillary during WWII, he was in an AA battery on the Thames Estuary through the whole of the London Blitz.
- According to Michael Powell, Mills also worked on the extensive re-editing of Franco Zeffirelli's 1981 film "Endless Love".
- In addition to his work for Joseph Losey, Mills also edited eight feature films for the Michael Powell - Emeric Pressburger team, as well as a short film for them and a film they had only co-produced.
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