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- Gene Fowler Jr. was born on May 27, 1917 in Denver, Colorado, USA. He was an editor and director, known for Un monde fou, fou, fou, fou (1963), Rawhide (1959) and Pendez-les haut et court (1968). He was married to Marjorie Fowler and Jane Seibert. He died on May 11, 1998 in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA.
- SpousesMarjorie Fowler(September 10, 1944 - May 11, 1998) (his death, 1 child)Jane Seibert(June 30, 1939 - 1943) (divorced)
- President of the American Cinema Editors, 1965 and 1966.
- Won the Golden Globe Award as editor of "Wall of Fire". Also received four Emmy Awards for The Blue Knight (1973), La corruption, l'ordre et la violence (1972), La famille des collines (1972) and Rawhide (1959). Academy Award winner for the documentary, Seeds of Destiny (1946), while on service with the U.S. Army Special Services in World War II.
- Originally trained for a life on the seas at Maritime School and was a fully qualified third mate by the time his family moved from New York to Southern California. Fowler then changed career paths and learned film editing at 20th Century Fox.
- Many of his friends and colleagues remarked on how he bore an astonishing resemblance to Spencer Tracy.
- Son of screenwriter-novelist Gene Fowler and Agnes Fowler.
- [on Les griffes du loup-garou (1957)] I guess the other producers must have been spending just about the same amount of money that we were, but their pictures were such shit. I did not try to make just an exploitation picture. I was trying to do something with a little substance to it.
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