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James Elmo Williams (April 30, 1913 – November 25, 2015) 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.
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.
- January 1, 1
- Lone Wolf, Oklahoma, USA
- January 1, 1
- Brookings, Oregon, USA
Nov 25, 2015 · Elmo Williams, the celebrated Hollywood film editor who won an Academy Award for his clockwork, minute-by-minute efforts on the classic 1952 Gary Cooper Western High Noon, has died. He was 102.
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.
- April 30, 1913
- November 25, 2015
Obituary: Elmo Williams, film editor and executive. By BRIAN PENDREIGH. Published 7th Dec 2015, 22:29 BST. Vikings (1958) Born: 30 April, 1913, in Lone Wolf, Oklahoma. Died: 25 November, 2015,...
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.
Nov 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...
