Hugh S. Fowler

Hugh S. Fowler (July 24, 1912 – August 2, 1975) was an American film editor with about 38 feature film credits from 1952 – 1972. He was named after his Grandmother, Mary Ann Stirling, whose family occupied the Stirling Castle in Scotland for 400 years. She married William Kirk Fowler of Auchtermuchty, County Fife, and they emigrated to the U.S. in 1852.

Hugh S. Fowler
Born	July 24, 1912 Missouri, United States
Died	August 2, 1975 Manhattan Beach, California, United States
Occupation	Film editor

Fowler spent his virtually his entire editing career at Twentieth Century-Fox. After spending years helping other film editors, including Louis Loeffler, Barbara McLean, William H. Reynolds and Robert Simpson, Fowler was promoted to film editor full-time in 1952; his first movie as a film editor was Phone Call from a Stranger, released that year and directed by Jean Negulesco. Although he edited only 38 movies in a 20-year career, all of them Twentieth releases, he edited some of the greatest scenes in the studio's history. Two of them involved the same actress, Marilyn Monroe: her performance of the song "Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend" from Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (directed by Howard Hawks - 1953) and her blown-skirt scene in The Seven Year Itch (directed by Billy Wilder-1955).

It was not until eight years after Monroe's death that Fowler won his Oscar, for the movie Patton (1970). His final movie, The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean (1972), was directed by John Huston. Fowler died in California three years later. Fowler is remembered for editing primarily Twentieth theatrical releases directed by freelancers, including Howard Hawks (Gentlemen Prefer Blondes), Franklin J. Schaffner (Planet of the Apes (1968), Patton), Frank Tashlin (Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter? (1957)) and Billy Wilder (The Seven Year Itch).

Filmography

Editor

Year	Film	Director	Notes	Other notes
1952	Phone Call from a Stranger	Jean Negulesco	First collaboration with Jean Negulesco
	Les Misérables	Lewis Milestone
	Something for the Birds	Robert Wise
1953	Taxi	Gregory Ratoff
	Gentlemen Prefer Blondes	Howard Hawks
1955	The Seven Year Itch	Billy Wilder
	Seven Cities of Gold	Robert D. Webb	First collaboration with Robert D. Webb
1956	On the Threshold of Space		Second collaboration with Robert D. Webb
	The Proud Ones		Third collaboration with Robert D. Webb
	The Last Wagon	Delmer Daves
	Love Me Tender	Robert D. Webb	Fourth collaboration with Robert D. Webb
1957	The Way to the Gold		Fifth collaboration with Robert D. Webb
	Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?	Frank Tashlin	First collaboration with Frank Tashlin
1958	The Gift of Love	Jean Negulesco	Second collaboration with Jean Negulesco
	A Nice Little Bank That Should Be Robbed	Henry Levin
	The Fiend Who Walked the West	Gordon Douglas	First collaboration with Gordon Douglas
1959	These Thousand Hills	Richard Fleischer
	Say One for Me	Frank Tashlin	Second collaboration with Frank Tashlin
	The Story on Page One	Clifford Odets
1960	The Lost World	Irwin Allen
	Flaming Star	Don Siegel
1961	Pirates of Tortuga	Robert D. Webb	Sixth collaboration with Robert D. Webb
	Bachelor Flat	Frank Tashlin	Third collaboration with Frank Tashlin
1962	Hemingway's Adventures of a Young Man	Martin Ritt
1963	The List of Adrian Messenger	John Huston	First collaboration with John Huston	Unconfirmed
	Twilight of Honor	Boris Sagal
1965	In Harm's Way	Otto Preminger
	Wild Seed	Brian G. Hutton
1966	Stagecoach	Gordon Douglas	Second collaboration with Gordon Douglas
	...And Now Miguel	James B. Clark
	Way... Way Out	Gordon Douglas	Third collaboration with Gordon Douglas
1967	In Like Flint		Fourth collaboration with Gordon Douglas
1968	Planet of the Apes	Franklin J. Schaffner	First collaboration with Franklin J. Schaffner
1969	Pendulum	George Schaefer
1970	Patton	Franklin J. Schaffner	Second collaboration with Franklin J. Schaffner
1972	Corky	Leonard Horn
	The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean	John Huston	Second collaboration with John Huston

Documentaries

Editorial department

Year	Film	Director	Role	Notes
1944	The Negro Soldier	Stuart Heisler	Assistant film cutter	Uncredited

Shorts

Editorial department

Year	Film	Director	Role	Notes
1944	The Negro Soldier	Stuart Heisler	Assistant film cutter	Uncredited

TV series

Editor

Year	Title	Notes
1965	Valentine's Day	1 episode
1969	Then Came Bronson
	The Survivors	2 episodes

Award

• 1970 Academy Award for Best Film Editing for Patton
• 1970 American Cinema Editors Eddie for Patton