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James Elmo Williams (April 30, 1913 – November 25, 2015) was an American film and television editor, producer, director and executive. [1] His work on the film High Noon (1952) received the Academy Award for Best Film Editing. [2] In 2006, Williams published Elmo Williams: A Hollywood Memoir. [3]
- James Elmo Williams, April 30, 1913, Lone Wolf, Oklahoma, U.S.
- November 25, 2015 (aged 102), Brookings, Oregon, U.S.
Elmo Williams (1913-2015) Elmo Williams. Elmo Williams was born James Elmo Williams in Lone Wolf, Oklahoma. Orphaned at 16, he attended schools in Oklahoma and New Mexico before moving to Los Angeles. In 1933 he struck up a relationship with film editor Merrill G. White, who hired Williams as his assistant on a business trip to England.
- January 1, 1
- Lone Wolf, Oklahoma, USA
- January 1, 1
- Brookings, Oregon, USA
Elmo Williams. Editor: High Noon. Elmo Williams was born James Elmo Williams in Lone Wolf, Oklahoma. Orphaned at 16, he attended schools in Oklahoma and New Mexico before moving to Los Angeles. In 1933 he struck up a relationship with film editor Merrill G. White, who hired Williams as his assistant on a business trip to England. He learned the basics of film editing from White and soon gained ...
- April 30, 1913
- November 25, 2015
Elmo Williams, the Academy Award-winning editor of the classic western High Noon who also worked as a producer, director, and studio executive died today in his Brookings, oregon home, it was ...
Jun 23, 2014 · Elmo Williams, who won the film editing Oscar in 1953 for “High Noon,” and who later became a producer and eventually head of production for 20th Century Fox, has died at age 102. The news was ...
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Nov 25, 2015 · Elmo Williams, Oscar-Winning Film Editor on ‘High Noon,’ Dies at 102. He received another nom for '20,000 Leagues Under the Sea.' Olivia de Havilland is now the oldest living Academy Award winner.
Elmo Williams was a picture editor, producer and director best known for his Oscar-winning work on the 1952 film High Noon. The western starred Gary Cooper as Marshal Will Kane, a lawman who faces a returning enemy, and who receives no help from the townspeople he protected. The film was nominated for seven Oscars, winning four, for best actor ...
