Gene Milford

Gene Milford

Editor. Born 19 January 1902 in Lamar, Colorado, USA. Died 23 December 1991.

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Born
19 January 1902, Lamar, Colorado, USA
Died
23 December 1991

Biography

Gene Milford was an American film and television editor. He worked on about one hundred feature films, including Lost Horizon (1937), On the Waterfront (1954), Baby Doll (1956), A Face in the Crowd (1957), Splendor in the Grass (1961), The Chase (1966) and Wait Until Dark (1967).

Milford won Academy Awards for Best Film Editing for Lost Horizon (shared with Gene Havlick) and On the Waterfront. He received a further nomination for One Night of Love (1934). He was a member of the American Cinema Editors and, with Barbara McLean, received its inaugural Career Achievement Award in 1988.

Films and series

Beyond what we have reviewed, Gene Milford is known for Wait Until Dark (1967), The Chase (1966), Splendor in the Grass (1961), A Face in the Crowd (1957), Lost Horizon (1937), The Count of Monte-Cristo (1975), There Was a Crooked Man... (1970) and Baby Doll (1956).