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Elmo Williams

American film editor, producer and director (1913-2015) · United States · On the map · Directors · Died at 102

James Elmo Williams was an American film and television editor, producer, director and executive. His work on the film High Noon (1952) received the Academy Award for Best Film Editing. In 2006, Williams published Elmo Williams: A Hollywood Memoir.

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2015Died25 November 20151987Ernest Goes to CampFilm, Producer1981Soggy Bottom, U.S.A.Film, Producer1978CaravansFilm, Producer1970Tora! Tora! Tora!Film, Producer1965The Agony and the EcstasyFilm, Producer1961The Big GambleFilm, Director1957Apache WarriorFilm, DirectorHell Ship MutinyFilm, 1957Director1956Blonde BaitFilm, DirectorWomen Without MenFilm, 1956Director1954The CowboyFilm, Director1953Academy Award for Best Film EditingAwardCollege CapersFilm, 1953DirectorThe Tall TexanFilm, 1953Director1913Born30 April 1913

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  • Tora! Tora! Tora! 1970
  • The Agony and the Ecstasy 1965
  • Ernest Goes to Camp 1987

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Awards

Academy Award for Best Film Editing1953

About this person

Country
United States
Category
Directors
Type
Movie Director
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1913 to 2015 · aged 102

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In the same film or series as Elmo

Lois NettletonAlso in Soggy Bottom, U.S.A. (1981)Sybil ThorndikeAlso in The Big Gamble (1961)Jacob VargasAlso in Ernest Goes to Camp (1987)Luther AdlerAlso in The Tall Texan (1953)