Gene Fowler Jr.

Gene Fowler Jr., the eldest son of journalist and author Gene Fowler, was a prominent Hollywood film editor.

Career

His work included films of Fritz Lang and Samuel Fuller and movies like Stanley Kramer's It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World, John Cassavetes' A Child Is Waiting and Hang 'Em High.
He was also the director of feature films as well as numerous television programs. While the majority of his directorial work is regarded as minor efforts, two of his films, I Was a Teenage Werewolf and I Married a Monster from Outer Space, have gained some critical attention in retrospect.
Gene Fowler Jr. was married to film editor Marjorie Fowler from 1944 until his death. On May 12, 1964, they were both the first man and woman to respectively get top honors at American Cinema Editors. Fowler became president while his wife became secretary. He died in [Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California|the Hollywood Hills, California] of natural causes.
His brother Will Fowler was a Hollywood screenwriter.

Selected filmography

Year	Film	Director	Role	Notes
1953	Main Street to Broadway	Tay Garnett	Supervising editor
1955	Paris Follies of 1956	Leslie Goodwins	Supervising editor
1956	While the City Sleeps	Fritz Lang	Editorial supervisor
1956	Beyond a Reasonable Doubt	Fritz Lang	Editorial supervisor	Fifth collaboration with Fritz Lang
1968	A Fine Pair	Francesco Maselli	Editorial supervisor

Year	Film	Notes
1957	I Was a Teenage Werewolf
1958	Showdown at Boot Hill
1958	Gang War
1958	I Married a Monster from Outer Space
1959	The Rebel Set
1959	Here Come the Jets
1959	The Oregon Trail
1978	The Astral Factor	Uncredited

Year	Film	Director	Credit
1947	The Senator Was Indiscreet	George S. Kaufman	Associate producer
1948	Mr. Peabody and the Mermaid	Irving Pichel	Associate producer
1958	I Married a Monster from Outer Space	Himself	Producer

Year	Film	Director	Role
1952	The Thief	Russell Rouse	Sound effects editor

Year	Film	Director
1951	My Outlaw Brother	Elliott Nugent
1959	The Oregon Trail	Himself

;Documentaries

Year	Film	Director
1946	Let There Be Light	John Huston
1971	Walls of Fire

;Short documentaries

Year	Film	Director
1943	The Autobiography of a 'Jeep'	Irving Lerner
1945	The Battle of San Pietro	John Huston
1946	Seeds of Destiny	David Miller

;Shorts

Year	Film	Director
1942	Sex Hygiene
1964	Choice

;TV movies

Year	Film	Director
1956	The Magnetic Moon	Hollingsworth Morse
1971	Goodbye, Raggedy Ann	Fielder Cook
1971	A Death of Innocence	Paul Wendkos
1971	The Homecoming: A Christmas Story	Fielder Cook
1972	The Glass House	Tom Gries
1972	The Crooked Hearts	Jay Sandrich
1972	Pursuit	Michael Crichton
1973	The Girls of Huntington House	Alf Kjellin
1973	The Blue Knight	Robert Butler
1973	A Dream for Christmas	Ralph Senensky
1978	The New Adventures of Heidi	Ralph Senensky
1979	The House on Garibaldi Street	Peter Collinson
1985	Evergreen	Fielder Cook

Year	Film	Director	Role
1973	Dying Room Only	Philip Leacock	Editorial supervisor
1973	Don't [Be Afraid of the Dark \|Don't Be Afraid of the Dark]	John Newland	Editorial supervisor
1974	The Stranger Within	Lee Philips	Editorial supervision
1974	Bad Ronald	Buzz Kulik	Editorial supervisor
1975	The Runaways	Harry Harris	Editorial supervisor
1976	Helter Skelter	Tom Gries	Editorial supervisor
1977	The Prince of Central Park	Harvey Hart	Supervising editor
1977	Killer on Board	Philip Leacock	Supervising editor

Year	Film	Director	Role
1975	Conspiracy of Terror	John Llewellyn Moxey	Post-production supervisor
1976	Sybil	Daniel Petrie	Post-production supervisor

Year	Film	Director	Role
1975	The Runaways	Harry Harris	Second unit director

;TV pilots

Year	Film	Director
1973	Pomroy's People	Fielder Cook

Year	Film	Director	Role
1977	Bunco	Alexander Singer	Supervising editor

Year	Film	Director	Role
1975	Conspiracy of Terror	John Llewellyn Moxey	Post-production supervisor

;TV series

Year	Title	Notes
1952−53	The [Abbott and Costello Show]	22 episodes
1954	Rocky Jones, Space Ranger	39 episodes
1961	The Aquanauts	1 episode
1964−65	Rawhide	12 episodes
1966	Gilligan's Island	5 episodes
1966−67	The Wild Wild West	5 episodes
1967	Cimarron Strip	1 episode
1973−74	Doc Elliot	7 episodes
1974−75	Apple's Way	13 episodes
1972−75	The Waltons	73 episodes
1977	Hunter	4 episodes
1985	Evergreen	3 episodes

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1954	Duffy's Tavern	Supervising editor	1 episode
1956	Crossroads		4 episodes
1976	The Blue Knight	Editorial supervisor	2 episodes
1976	Helter Skelter	Editorial supervisor	2 episodes
1977	Hunter	Editorial supervisor	3 episodes
1977	Eight Is Enough	Editorial supervisor	20 episodes
1975−77	The Waltons	Editorial supervisor	54 episodes

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1965−66	The Wild Wild West	Production associate	7 episodes

Year	Title	Notes
1952	China Smith	26 episodes
1954	The New Adventures of China Smith	11 episodes
1958	Man Without a Gun	1 episode
1959	Man with a Camera	3 episodes
1960	Rawhide	2 episodes
1960	Tales of Wells Fargo	6 episodes
1961	Perry Mason	1 episode
1961	Gunsmoke	1 episode
1961	The Aquanauts	2 episodes
1960−61	Assignment: Underwater	8 episodes

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1973	The Waltons	Post-production supervisor	4 episodes
1976	Sybil	Post-production supervisor	2 episodes