---
name: "Reginald Mills"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/reginald-mills"
fi1m_id: "reginald-mills"
imdb_id: "nm0590160"
tmdb_id: 24667
wikidata_id: "Q3610517"
roles: ["Editor"]
born: "15 July 1912"
died: "1 July 1990"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 5
average_fi1m_score: 87
average_over: 5
updated: "2026-09-26T14:46:07.483097+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."
---

# Reginald Mills

## Identity

Reginald Mills

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/reginald-mills
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** reginald-mills
- **IMDb ID:** nm0590160
- **TMDB ID:** 24667
- **Wikidata ID:** Q3610517
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reginald_Mills, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3610517, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0590160/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/24667

Editor. Born 15 July 1912 in London, England, UK. Died 1 July 1990.

## Details

- **Work:** Editor
- **Born:** 15 July 1912, London, England, UK
- **Died:** 1 July 1990
- **Active:** 1946–1968
- **Also known as:** Reginald Cuthbert Mills
- **Frequently works with:** [Emeric Pressburger](https://film.one/person/emeric-pressburger.md), [Michael Powell](https://film.one/person/michael-powell.md), [Marius Goring](https://film.one/person/marius-goring.md)
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar nomination
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1940s 91 (3), 1960s 82 (2)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 87 to 81 across 5 titles
- **Score spread:** 4 at 80+, 1 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 5, Romance 3, Comedy 1, Fantasy 1
- **Screen time:** 10 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $51m across 3 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reginald_Mills, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3610517, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0590160/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/24667

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*The Red Shoes*](https://film.one/film/the-red-shoes.md) (92), [*Black Narcissus*](https://film.one/film/black-narcissus.md) (88)
- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*The Servant*](https://film.one/film/the-servant.md) (89)

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

## Biography

Reginald Mills (also credited as Reginald Cuthbert Mills) was a British film editor and occasional director. He graduated from the University of Cambridge with a degree in modern languages in 1934 and began his career as an assistant editor, working with David Lean on early films before serving with the Army Kinematograph Unit during the Second World War.

Mills edited more than thirty feature films. He is best known for his long collaboration with Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger, including *A Matter of Life and Death* (1946), *Black Narcissus* (1947), *The Red Shoes* (1948) — for which he received an Academy Award nomination — and *The Tales of Hoffmann* (1951). He later worked extensively with Joseph Losey on films such as *The Servant* (1963) and *King and Country* (1964), and with Franco Zeffirelli on *Romeo and Juliet* (1968) and the television miniseries *Jesus of Nazareth* (1977), earning BAFTA nominations for both.

Mills also directed the ballet film *The Tales of Beatrix Potter* (1971). His final credit was as consulting editor on Zeffirelli's *The Champ* (1979). He died in London in July 1990.

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

## On Fi1m (5)

- *Romeo and Juliet* (1968), Fi1m 75, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/romeo-and-juliet-1968.md)
- *The Servant* (1963), Fi1m 89, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/the-servant.md)
- *The Red Shoes* (1948), Fi1m 92, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/the-red-shoes.md)
- *Black Narcissus* (1947), Fi1m 88, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/black-narcissus.md)
- *A Matter of Life and Death* (1946), Fi1m 92, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/a-matter-of-life-and-death.md)

## Complete filmography (27)

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

- *Jesus of Nazareth* (1977), series, Editor
- *Brother Sun, Sister Moon* (1972), Editor
- *Tales of Beatrix Potter* (1971), Director
- *Ring of Bright Water* (1969), Editor
- *Romeo and Juliet* (1968), Editor — Fi1m 75, [page](https://film.one/film/romeo-and-juliet-1968.md)
- *Ulysses* (1967), Editor
- *King and Country* (1964), Editor
- *The Servant* (1963), Editor — Fi1m 89, [page](https://film.one/film/the-servant.md)
- *The Damned* (1962), Editor
- *The Criminal* (1960), Editor
- *Circus of Horrors* (1960), Editor
- *Blind Date* (1959), Editor
- *Storm Over Jamaica* (1958), Editor
- *Windom's Way* (1957), Editor
- *The Spanish Gardener* (1956), Editor
- *The Battle of the River Plate* (1956), Editor
- *Oh... Rosalinda!!* (1955), Editor
- *The Sorcerer's Apprentice* (1955), Editor
- *The Sleeping Tiger* (1954), Editor
- *Where's Charley?* (1952), Editor
- *The Tales of Hoffmann* (1951), Editor
- *The Elusive Pimpernel* (1950), Editor
- *Gone to Earth* (1950), Editor
- *The Red Shoes* (1948), Editor — Fi1m 92, [page](https://film.one/film/the-red-shoes.md)
- *Black Narcissus* (1947), Editor — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/black-narcissus.md)
- *A Matter of Life and Death* (1946), Editor — Fi1m 92, [page](https://film.one/film/a-matter-of-life-and-death.md)
- *United States* (1944), Editor

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- 1949: Best Film Editing (nominated), for *The Red Shoes*

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

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