Hugh S. Fowler (July 24, 1912 – August 2, 1975) was an American film editor with about 38 feature film credits from 1952 – 1972.^[1][2] 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.

Fowler spent his virtually his entire editing career atTwentieth Century-Fox. After spending years helping other film editors, includingLouis Loeffler,Barbara McLean,William H. Reynolds andRobert Simpson, Fowler was promoted to film editor full-time in 1952; his first movie as a film editor wasPhone Call from a Stranger, released that year and directed byJean 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" fromGentlemen Prefer Blondes (directed byHoward Hawks - 1953) and her blown-skirt scene inThe Seven Year Itch (directed byBilly Wilder-1955).

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

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

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