Gene Milford
Personal information
- Known for
- Editing
- Known credits
- 79
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- January 19, 1902
- Died
- December 23, 1991
- Place of birth
- Lamar, Colorado, USA
- Also known as
- Eugene Milford
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Arthur Eugene "Gene" Milford (January 19, 1902 – December 23, 1991) was an American film and television editor with about one hundred feature film credits. Among his most noted films are Lost Horizon (directed by Frank Capra - 1937), On the Waterfront (directed by Elia Kazan - 1954), A Face in the Crowd (Kazan - 1957), and Wait Until Dark (directed by Terence Young - 1967).
Milford won the Academy Award for Best Film Editing for Lost Horizon (with Gene Havlick) and for On the Waterfront; he was also nominated for an Academy Award for One Night of Love (directed by Victor Schertzinger - 1934). He had been elected to the American Cinema Editors, and received its inaugural Career Achievement Award in 1988.
