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Gene Fowler Jr. is a Director, Scriptwriter, Producer, Editor and Sound Editor American born on 27 may 1917

Gene Fowler Jr.

Gene Fowler Jr.
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Nationality USA
Birth 27 may 1917
Death 11 may 1998 (at 80 years)

Gene Fowler Jr. — né le 27 mai 1917 à Denver (Colorado), mort le 11 mai 1998 à Los Angeles (quartier de Woodland Hills, Californie) — est un monteur (membre de l'ACE), réalisateur, producteur et scénariste américain.

Biography

Fils de l'écrivain et scénariste Gene Fowler (1890-1960), Gene Fowler Jr. est monteur au cinéma d'une vingtaine de films américains, les trois premiers sortis en 1941, dont un court métrage et le western Les Pionniers de la Western Union de Fritz Lang (avec Robert Young et Randolph Scott) ; par la suite, il collabore encore avec ce réalisateur notamment sur Les bourreaux meurent aussi (1943, avec Brian Donlevy et Walter Brennan) et La Cinquième Victime (1956, avec Dana Andrews et Rhonda Fleming).

Parmi les autres films notables qu'il monte, citons Quarante tueurs de Samuel Fuller (1957, avec Barbara Stanwyck et Barry Sullivan), Un monde fou, fou, fou, fou de Stanley Kramer (1963, avec Spencer Tracy et Mickey Rooney) — qui lui vaut son unique nomination à l'Oscar du meilleur montage — et Pendez-les haut et court de Ted Post (1968, avec Clint Eastwood et Inger Stevens).

Son dernier film comme monteur est T'es fou Jerry de Jerry Lewis (avec le réalisateur et Herb Edelman), sorti en 1983. Signalons aussi le film italien Un couple pas ordinaire de Francesco Maselli (1968, avec Rock Hudson et Claudia Cardinale).

Membre de l'American Cinema Editors (ACE), Gene Fowler Jr. en est le président en 1965-1966.

Il est en outre réalisateur de huit films disséminés de 1957 à 1978, dont Confessions d'un tueur (1958, avec Charles Bronson et Robert Hutton).

De plus, il est producteur de trois films (deux comme associé, le troisième qu'il réalise) et scénariste de deux autres (l'un qu'il réalise, le second étant My Outlaw Brother d'Elliott Nugent en 1951, avec Mickey Rooney et Wanda Hendrix).

Pour la télévision américaine, il est monteur sur quinze séries de 1952 à 1985, dont Rawhide (trois épisodes, 1965), Les Mystères de l'Ouest (cinq épisodes, 1966-1967) et surtout La Famille des collines (cent-vingt-six épisodes, 1971-1976).

Il monte également vingt téléfilms diffusés entre 1956 et 1979, dont La Disparition de Philip Leacock (1973, avec Cloris Leachman et Ross Martin).

Enfin, il est réalisateur sur dix séries (1952-1961), dont deux autres épisodes de Rawhide (1960).

De 1944 jusqu'à sa mort en 1998, Gene Fowler Jr. est l'époux de la monteuse Marjorie Fowler née Johnson (1920-2003). Notons que le couple travaille au montage de La Femme au portrait de Fritz Lang (1944, avec Joan Bennett et Edward G. Robinson).

Best films

Usually with

Samuel Fuller
Samuel Fuller
(3 films)
Fritz Lang
Fritz Lang
(5 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Gene Fowler Jr. (39 films)

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Director

The Astral Factor, 1h25
Directed by John Florea, Gene Fowler Jr.
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Thriller, Horror, Crime
Themes Psychologie, Psychanalyse, Invisibilité
Actors Robert Foxworth, Stefanie Powers, Sue Lyon, Mark Slade, Leslie Parrish, Marianna Hill
Rating37% 1.873411.873411.873411.873411.87341
Studying the paranormal allows a convicted strangler to make himself invisible to kill five women who testified against him at his trial.
The Rebel Set, 1h12
Directed by Gene Fowler Jr.
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Films about music and musicians, Transport films, Rail transport films, Musical films, Heist films
Actors Gregg Palmer, Kathleen Crowley, Edward Platt, John Rollin Lupton, Ned Glass, I. Stanford Jolley
Rating31% 1.5733251.5733251.5733251.5733251.573325
Mr. Tucker (Platt), proprietor of a Los Angeles coffee house, hires three down-on-their-luck patrons - out-of-work actor John Mapes (Palmer); struggling writer Ray Miller (Lupton); and George Leland (Sullivan), the wayward son of a movie star - to participate in an armored car robbery to take place during a four-hour stopover in Chicago during the trio's train trip from Los Angeles to New York. Tucker and his henchman Sidney (Glass) fly ahead to set up the robbery, which goes off without a hitch. However, once back on the train, Leland's greed gets the better of him, but Tucker double crosses the trio, eliminating Leland and Miller, leaving Mapes as the only one left to stop Tucker from getting away with murder - along with the entire haul.
The Oregon Trail, 1h26
Directed by Gene Fowler Jr.
Origin USA
Genres Western
Actors Fred MacMurray, Nina Shipman, Gloria Talbott, Henry Hull, Elizabeth Patterson, John Carradine
Rating52% 2.6151052.6151052.6151052.6151052.615105
En 1846, un journaliste du New York Herald se joint à un wagon de train à destination du territoire de l'Oregon. Il espère confirmer une rumeur que le président Polk envoie des soldats déguisés en colons afin de renforcer les revendications américaines au territoire.
Showdown at Boot Hill, 1h11
Directed by Gene Fowler Jr.
Origin USA
Genres Western
Actors John Carradine, Charles Bronson, Robert Hutton, Argentina Brunetti, Carole Mathews, Barbara Woodell
Rating61% 3.0995253.0995253.0995253.0995253.099525
Le Marshall Luke Welsh (Charles Bronson), traque et abat un hors-la-loi nommé Maynor. Il le ramène dans sa ville natale afin de toucher la prime mais les habitants se refusent à identifier le corps.
I Married a Monster from Outer Space, 1h18
Directed by Gene Fowler Jr.
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Thriller, Horror
Themes Films set in the future, Films about extraterrestrial life, Films about extraterrestrial life, Alien invasions in films, Disaster films
Actors Tom Tryon, Gloria Talbott, Peter Baldwin, Ty Hardin, Ken Lynch, John Eldredge
Rating62% 3.1477453.1477453.1477453.1477453.147745
Young newlywed Marge Farrell (Gloria Talbott) notices that her new husband Bill (Tom Tryon) is acting oddly: He doesn't show any signs of affection towards her or anything else, including his pet dogs, which he used to love. Marge is also very concerned because she cannot become pregnant.
Gang War
Gang War (1958)
, 1h15
Directed by Gene Fowler Jr.
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime
Actors Charles Bronson, Kent Taylor, John Doucette, Gloria Henry, Barney Phillips, Ralph Manza
Rating60% 3.0021853.0021853.0021853.0021853.002185
Les problèmes d'un Los Angeles lycée enseignants commencent quand il arrive à assister à une mise à mort de gangs et accepte d'identifier les assassins. Ne réalisant pas ce qui cause la pègre de riposter "big time".
I Was a Teenage Werewolf, 1h16
Directed by Gene Fowler Jr.
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Fantasy, Horror
Themes Films about animals, Films about music and musicians, Wolves in film, Werewolves in film, Musical films
Actors Michael Landon, Whit Bissell, Yvonne Fedderson, Tony Marshall, Vladimir Nikolayevich Sokoloff, Malcolm Atterbury
Rating51% 2.5505152.5505152.5505152.5505152.550515
Tony Rivers (Michael Landon), a troubled teenager at Rockdale High, is known for losing his temper and overreacting. A campus fight between Tony and classmate Jimmy (Tony Marshall) gets the attention of the local police, Det. Donovan (Barney Phillips) in particular. Donovan breaks up the fight and advises Tony to talk with a “psychologist” that works at the local aircraft plant, Dr. Alfred Brandon (Whit Bissell), a practitioner of hypnotherapy.

Scriptwriter

The Oregon Trail, 1h26
Directed by Gene Fowler Jr.
Origin USA
Genres Western
Actors Fred MacMurray, Nina Shipman, Gloria Talbott, Henry Hull, Elizabeth Patterson, John Carradine
Rating52% 2.6151052.6151052.6151052.6151052.615105
En 1846, un journaliste du New York Herald se joint à un wagon de train à destination du territoire de l'Oregon. Il espère confirmer une rumeur que le président Polk envoie des soldats déguisés en colons afin de renforcer les revendications américaines au territoire.
My Outlaw Brother, 1h22
Directed by Elliott Nugent
Origin USA
Genres Action, Romance, Western
Actors Mickey Rooney, Wanda Hendrix, Robert Preston, Robert Stack, José Torvay, Don "Red" Barry
Rating52% 2.621792.621792.621792.621792.62179
Danny O'Moore, an Irish lad from New York, has not seen big brother Patrick for eight years. Patrick is said to now own a silver mine in Mexico and sends welcome money to his family in America.

Producer

I Married a Monster from Outer Space, 1h18
Directed by Gene Fowler Jr.
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Thriller, Horror
Themes Films set in the future, Films about extraterrestrial life, Films about extraterrestrial life, Alien invasions in films, Disaster films
Actors Tom Tryon, Gloria Talbott, Peter Baldwin, Ty Hardin, Ken Lynch, John Eldredge
Roles Producer
Rating62% 3.1477453.1477453.1477453.1477453.147745
Young newlywed Marge Farrell (Gloria Talbott) notices that her new husband Bill (Tom Tryon) is acting oddly: He doesn't show any signs of affection towards her or anything else, including his pet dogs, which he used to love. Marge is also very concerned because she cannot become pregnant.

Editor

Smorgasbord, 1h18
Directed by Jerry Lewis
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Comedy, Fantasy
Actors Jerry Lewis, Herb Edelman, Zane Buzby, Milton Berle, Foster Brooks, Francine York
Roles Editor
Rating58% 2.902182.902182.902182.902182.90218
Warren Nefron (Jerry Lewis) is a klutz who cannot do anything right. He tells his psychiatrist, Dr. Pletchick (Herb Edelman), his problems. Through a series of flashbacks the viewer sees Nefron's life story.
Caveman
Caveman (1981)
, 1h31
Directed by Carl Gottlieb
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Comedy, Fantasy, Action, Adventure
Themes Films about animals, Dinosaur films, La préhistoire, Animaux préhistoriques
Actors Ringo Starr, Dennis Quaid, Shelley Long, Barbara Bach, Cork Hubbert, Carl Lumbly
Roles Editor
Rating58% 2.906672.906672.906672.906672.90667
Atouk (Starr) is a bullied and scrawny caveman living in "One Zillion BC – October 9th". He lusts after the beautiful but shallow Lana (Bach), who is the mate of Tonda (Matuszak), their tribe's physically imposing bullying leader. After being banished along with his friend Lar (Quaid), Atouk falls in with a band of assorted misfits, among them the comely Tala (Long) and the elderly blind man Gog (Gilford). The group has ongoing encounters with hungry dinosaurs, and rescues Lar from a "nearby ice age", where they encounter an abominable snowman. In the course of these adventures they discover sedative drugs, fire, invent cooking, music, weapons, and learn how to walk fully upright. Atouk uses these advancements to lead an attack on Tonda, overthrowing him and becoming the tribe's new leader. He rejects Lana and takes Tala as his mate, and they live happily ever after.
Skatetown U.S.A., 1h38
Directed by William A. Levey
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Films about music and musicians, Sports films, Musical films
Actors Scott Baio, Patrick Swayze, Flip Wilson, Maureen McCormick, Katherine Kelly Lang, Ron Palillo
Roles Editor
Rating48% 2.414912.414912.414912.414912.41491
One evening at a Los Angeles-area roller disco called Skatetown, U.S.A., a rivalry between two skaters (Patrick Swayze and Greg Bradford) culminates in a contest, the winning prize for which is $1000 and a moped. After a game of chicken played on motorized roller skates, the two rivals become friends.
The House on Garibaldi Street, 1h38
Directed by Peter Collinson
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller
Themes Spy films, Films about religion, Political films, Films about Jews and Judaism
Actors Martin Balsam, Chaim Topol, Janet Suzman, Leo McKern, Charles Gray, Nick Mancuso
Roles Editor
Rating66% 3.338923.338923.338923.338923.33892
Israeli premier David Ben-Gurion approves a Mossad operation to be led by Isser Harel to kidnap Adolf Eichmann, the Nazi mass murderer. Harel's team travels to Argentina to track down Ricardo Klement, who they believe is Eichmann. They soon discover that the Klement family moved two months before. Primo, a local contact, goes to their former residence and gets a lead to Dieter, one of Eichmann's sons. They arrange for a bellboy to deliver a parcel to Dieter, addressed to another son, Nicholas. They trail Dieter, but he goes to the dentist instead of his house. Michael, the agent in charge, sends the bellboy back to the Klements' old address, and he learns their new one. Harel is told that Israel has been invited to send a delegation to Argentina's 150th celebration of its independence, so a special flight can be sent, on which Eichmann can be smuggled out of the country. The Mossad finally spot Eichmann, and Harel flies to Argentina to take over the operation. The Mossad rent three houses near Buenos Aires. They snatch Eichmann off the street and take him to one of the houses. Dieter Eichmann contacts other local Nazis for help in finding his father. The Israeli agents watching Eichmann are conflicted: they want to kill him, but their orders are to bring him back alive. The Israeli special plane arrives. Meanwhile, Michael interrogates Eichmann about his role in the Holocaust. Michael thinks they are on the verge of being caught by the police and should kill Eichmann while they can, but the others talk him out of it. When it is time to leave, they drug Eichmann and disguise him as an Israeli mechanic injured in an accident. A policeman in the pay of the Nazis tries to stop the takeoff, but they persuade the airport officials to let the flight proceed. The plane returns to Israel, where Eichmann is tried, found guilty of crimes against humanity, and executed.