---
name: "Gene Milford"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/gene-milford"
fi1m_id: "gene-milford"
imdb_id: "nm0587332"
tmdb_id: 9852
wikidata_id: "Q1501408"
roles: ["Editor"]
born: "19 January 1902"
died: "23 December 1991"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 77
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-09-26T12:24:40.130818+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Gene Milford

## Identity

Gene Milford

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/gene-milford
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** gene-milford
- **IMDb ID:** nm0587332
- **TMDB ID:** 9852
- **Wikidata ID:** Q1501408
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gene_Milford, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1501408, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0587332/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/9852

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

## Details

- **Work:** Editor
- **Born:** 19 January 1902, Lamar, Colorado, USA
- **Died:** 23 December 1991
- **Active:** 1934–1961
- **Also known as:** Eugene Milford
- **Frequently works with:** [Elia Kazan](https://film.one/person/elia-kazan.md)
- **Academy Awards:** 2 Oscars (2 won · 1 nominated)
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1930s 70 (2), 1950s 89 (1)
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Romance 3, Drama 2, Adventure 1, Crime 1, Fantasy 1, Music 1
- **Screen time:** 5 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $12m across 2 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gene_Milford, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1501408, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0587332/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/9852

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*On the Waterfront*](https://film.one/film/on-the-waterfront.md) (89)
- **The Roku Channel:** [*Lost Horizon*](https://film.one/film/lost-horizon.md) (68)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## 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.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (3)

- *On the Waterfront* (1954), Fi1m 89, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/on-the-waterfront.md)
- *Lost Horizon* (1937), Fi1m 68, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/lost-horizon.md)
- *One Night of Love* (1934), Fi1m 73, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/one-night-of-love.md)

## Complete filmography (79)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *And Baby Makes Six* (1979), Editor
- *Torn Between Two Lovers* (1979), Editor
- *Home to Stay* (1978), Editor
- *The World Beyond* (1978), Supervising Editor
- *Breaking Up* (1978), Editor
- *World of Darkness* (1977), Supervising Editor
- *The Count of Monte-Cristo* (1975), Editor
- *The Klansman* (1974), Editor
- *W* (1974), Editor
- *A Tree Grows in Brooklyn* (1974), Editor
- *Miracle on 34th Street* (1973), Editor
- *The Man Without a Country* (1973), Editor
- *No Place to Run* (1972), Editor
- *The Steagle* (1971), Editor
- *Mrs. Pollifax — Spy* (1971), Editor
- *There Was a Crooked Man...* (1970), Editor
- *The Great Bank Robbery* (1969), Editor
- *Wait Until Dark* (1967), Editor
- *Countdown* (1967), Editor
- *Texas Across the River* (1966), Editor
- *Incident at Phantom Hill* (1966), Editor
- *The Chase* (1966), Editor
- *That Funny Feeling* (1965), Editor
- *Strange Bedfellows* (1965), Editor
- *Wild and Wonderful* (1964), Editor
- *The New Interns* (1964), Editor
- *Rampage* (1963), Editor
- *Taras Bulba* (1962), Editor
- *Splendor in the Grass* (1961), Editor
- *The Pusher* (1960), Producer, Director
- *A Face in the Crowd* (1957), Editor
- *Baby Doll* (1956), Editor
- *Man with the Gun* (1955), Editor
- *On the Waterfront* (1954), Editor — Fi1m 89, [page](https://film.one/film/on-the-waterfront.md)
- *World Assembly of Youth* (1952), Electrician, Editor
- *The Man with My Face* (1951), Editor
- *China Sky* (1945), Editor
- *Having Wonderful Crime* (1945), Editor
- *The Falcon in Hollywood* (1944), Editor
- *Step Lively* (1944), Editor
- *The Falcon Out West* (1944), Editor
- *Higher and Higher* (1943), Director of Photography
- *The World at War* (1942), Editor
- *Confessions of Boston Blackie* (1941), Editor
- *Blondie Plays Cupid* (1940), Editor
- *The Mikado* (1939), Editor
- *Mr. Boggs Steps Out* (1938), Editor
- *Tarzan's Revenge* (1938), Editor
- *Something to Sing About* (1937), Editor
- *It Can't Last Forever* (1937), Editor
- *Lost Horizon* (1937), Editor — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/film/lost-horizon.md)
- *Shakedown* (1936), Editor
- *Too Tough to Kill* (1935), Editor
- *Grand Exit* (1935), Editor
- *The Public Menace* (1935), Editor
- *Love Me Forever* (1935), Editor
- *Fighting Shadows* (1935), Editor
- *One Night of Love* (1934), Editor — Fi1m 73, [page](https://film.one/film/one-night-of-love.md)
- *Sisters Under the Skin* (1934), Editor
- *The 9th Guest* (1934), Editor
- *My Woman* (1933), Editor
- *Brief Moment* (1933), Editor
- *New York to Berlin in Twenty-Six Hours* (1933), Editor
- *The Thrill Hunter* (1933), Editor
- *Forbidden Trail* (1932), Editor
- *The Big Timer* (1932), Editor
- *Platinum Blonde* (1931), Editor
- *Arizona* (1931), Editor
- *The Flood* (1931), Editor
- *The Lion and the Lamb* (1931), Editor
- *Ladies Must Play* (1930), Editor
- *Vengeance* (1930), Editor
- *Flight* (1929), Editor
- *The Masked Angel* (1928), Editor
- *The Devil's Cage* (1928), Editor
- *Comrades* (1928), Editor
- *Ladies at Ease* (1927), Editor
- *Say It with Diamonds* (1927), Editor
- *The Shamrock and the Rose* (1927), Editor

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 2 won, 1 nominated

- 1955: Best Film Editing (won), for *On the Waterfront*
- 1938: Best Film Editing (won), for *Lost Horizon*
- 1935: Best Film Editing (nominated), for *One Night of Love*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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