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name: "Stuart Gilmore"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/stuart-gilmore"
roles: ["Editor"]
born: "8 March 1909"
died: "19 November 1971"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 89
updated: "2026-09-16T12:02:10.806834+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."
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# Stuart Gilmore

Editor. Born 8 March 1909 in Tombstone, Arizona, USA. Died 19 November 1971.

## Details

- **Work:** Editor
- **Born:** 8 March 1909, Tombstone, Arizona, USA
- **Died:** 19 November 1971
- **Works often with:** Charles Bradshaw, Edith Head, Leo Shuken, Preston Sturges

## Biography

Stuart Gilmore was an American film editor and occasional director. He joined Paramount Pictures in 1927 and began editing films in 1934, remaining there until 1945. During this period he edited several comedies directed by Preston Sturges, including *The Lady Eve* (1941) and *Sullivan's Travels* (1941).

Later credits include *War and Peace* (1956), *Hatari!* (1962), *The Alamo* (1960), *Airport* (1970) and *The Andromeda Strain* (1971). He received three Academy Award nominations for Best Film Editing, for *The Alamo*, *Airport* and (posthumously, shared) *The Andromeda Strain*. He also directed a number of films, among them *The Virginian* (1946).

Gilmore died of a heart attack in Los Angeles in 1971 while working at Universal Pictures.

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

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Sullivan's Travels* (1941), Fi1m 88, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/sullivans-travels.md)
- *The Lady Eve* (1941), Fi1m 90, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/the-lady-eve.md)

## Also known for

- *The Andromeda Strain* (1971), Editor
- *Journey to the Center of the Earth* (1959), Editor
- *Airport* (1970), Editor
- *The Alamo* (1960), Editor
- *War and Peace* (1956), Supervising Editor
- *Hatari!* (1962), Editor
- *The Enemy Below* (1957), Editor
- *The Palm Beach Story* (1942), Editor

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