{"id":40373,"date":"2015-11-27T09:33:35","date_gmt":"2015-11-26T23:03:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fernbyfilms.com\/?p=40373"},"modified":"2015-11-27T09:34:27","modified_gmt":"2015-11-26T23:04:27","slug":"vale-elmo-williams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fernbyfilms.com\/2015\/11\/27\/vale-elmo-williams\/","title":{"rendered":"Vale – Elmo Williams"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Elmo Williams (1913-2015)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Oscar-winning Hollywood film editor, producer and director Elmo Williams has passed away.<\/p>\n

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Mr William’s first credited job in entertainment was as a film editor in 1939’s Nurse Edith Cavell<\/em>, a Herbert Wilcox film starring Anna Neagle. Throughout the 40’s and 50’s, Williams continued as an editor on projects such as Nocturne<\/em> (1946), Follow Me Quietly<\/em> (1949), High Noon<\/em> (1952, which won him an Oscar for Best Film Editing), 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea<\/em> (1954), and an uncredited job on the Elizabeth Taylor film Cleopatra<\/em> (1962), for director Joe Mankiewicz.<\/p>\n

As a director, Mr Williams helmed 8 projects, including a documentary in 1954 called The Cowboys<\/em>, as well as Apache Warrior<\/em> (1957) and Hell Ship Mutiny<\/em> (1957). Elmo Williams’ producing credits include The Longest Day<\/em> (1962, in which he also worked as 2nd Unit director on the film’s action sequences), Tora! Tora! Tora!<\/em> (1970), and Ernest Goes To Camp<\/em> (1987).<\/p>\n

Elmo Williams passed away on November 25th, aged 102.<\/p>\n

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Elmo Williams (L)and Harry Gerstad (R)< receiving the Academy Award in Editing for “High Noon”, from Frank Capra (C).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Elmo Williams and his wife Lorraine arriving at the London premiere of “Cleopatra”, in 1963.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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