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name: "Gene Ruggiero"
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roles: ["Editor"]
born: "20 June 1910"
died: "19 February 2002"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 72
average_over: 2
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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."
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# Gene Ruggiero

Editor. Born 20 June 1910 in North Hempstead, New York, USA. Died 19 February 2002.

## Details

- **Work:** Editor
- **Born:** 20 June 1910, North Hempstead, New York, USA
- **Died:** 19 February 2002
- **Active:** 1939–1956
- **Also known as:** Eugenio Ruggiero, Gene S. Ruggiero, Gene Roggiero
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar (1 won · 1 nominated)
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1930s 82 (1), 1950s 63 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gene_Ruggiero, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1501432, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0737314/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/19409

## Streaming the US now

- **Tubi:** [*Around the World in 80 Days*](https://film.one/film/around-the-world-in-80-days.md) (63)

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

## Biography

Gene Ruggiero was an American film editor. He began his career at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer after being dismissed from a job as a golf caddy; he received his first editing credit on the 1939 film *Ninotchka*.

Ruggiero edited numerous films at MGM and elsewhere, including *The Shop Around the Corner* (1940), *Oklahoma!* (1955), *Around the World in 80 Days* (1956) and *The Last Man on Earth* (1964). He shared the Academy Award for Best Film Editing for *Around the World in 80 Days* and received a nomination for *Oklahoma!*. He later worked on independent films and television episodes.

Ruggiero was a member of the American Cinema Editors and received the organisation's Career Achievement Award in 1994.

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

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Around the World in 80 Days* (1956), Fi1m 63, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/around-the-world-in-80-days.md)
- *Ninotchka* (1939), Fi1m 82, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/ninotchka.md)

## Complete filmography (59)

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

- *Cry Wilderness* (1987), Co-Producer
- *Moonshine County Express* (1977), Editor
- *Death Journey* (1976), Editor
- *Circasia* (1976), Editor
- *Adiós Amigo* (1975), Editor
- *Boss Nigger* (1975), Editor
- *Black Eye* (1974), Editor
- *Wonder Woman* (1974), Editor
- *The Mad Bomber* (1973), Editor
- *Asylum of Satan* (1972), Editor
- *Marlowe* (1969), Editor
- *Hell's Angels '69* (1969), Editor
- *Cast a Giant Shadow* (1966), Editor
- *The Last Man on Earth* (1964), Editor
- *The Wonders of Aladdin* (1961), Editor
- *The Thief of Baghdad* (1961), Editor
- *The Barbarians* (1960), Editor
- *Platinum High School* (1960), Editor
- *Tarzan, the Ape Man* (1959), Editor
- *Torpedo Run* (1958), Editor
- *Seven Hills of Rome* (1957), Editor
- *The Seventh Sin* (1957), Editor
- *The Wings of Eagles* (1957), Editor
- *The Great American Pastime* (1956), Editor
- *Around the World in 80 Days* (1956), Editor — Fi1m 63, [page](https://film.one/film/around-the-world-in-80-days.md)
- *The Catered Affair* (1956), Editor
- *Oklahoma!* (1955), Editor
- *Athena* (1954), Editor
- *Men of the Fighting Lady* (1954), Editor
- *Easy to Love* (1953), Editor
- *Let's Ask Nostradamus* (1953), Editor
- *Rogue's March* (1953), Editor
- *Glory Alley* (1952), Editor
- *The People Against O'Hara* (1951), Editor
- *The Great Caruso* (1951), Editor
- *Mrs. O'Malley and Mr. Malone* (1950), Editor
- *The Toast of New Orleans* (1950), Editor
- *Stars in My Crown* (1950), Editor
- *That Midnight Kiss* (1949), Editor
- *The Bribe* (1949), Editor
- *Big City* (1948), Editor
- *Song of the Thin Man* (1947), Editor
- *Dark Delusion* (1947), Editor
- *Lady in the Lake* (1946), Editor
- *Andy Hardy's Double Life* (1942), Editor
- *Jackass Mail* (1942), Editor
- *Tarzan's New York Adventure* (1942), Editor
- *A Yank on the Burma Road* (1942), Editor
- *Tarzan's Secret Treasure* (1941), Editor
- *Washington Melodrama* (1941), Editor
- *Blonde Inspiration* (1941), Editor
- *Dr. Kildare's Crisis* (1940), Editor
- *Sky Murder* (1940), Editor
- *I Love You Again* (1940), Editor
- *Dr. Kildare's Strange Case* (1940), Editor
- *The Shop Around the Corner* (1940), Editor
- *Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President* (1939), Editor
- *Ninotchka* (1939), Editor — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/ninotchka.md)
- *Tarzan Finds a Son!* (1939), Editor

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 1 won, 1 nominated

- 1957: Best Film Editing (won), for *Around the World in 80 Days*
- 1956: Best Film Editing (nominated), for *Oklahoma!*

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

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