Elmo Williams


Director, Producer

About

Also Known As
James Elmo Williams
Birth Place
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA
Born
April 30, 1913

Biography

Elmo Williams worked on a variety of projects during his entertainment career. Williams worked on a variety of projects during his early entertainment career, including "Forever and a Day" (1943) starring Anthony Collins, "Irene" (1940) and "Nocturne" (1946) starring George Raft. He also contributed to "Nurse Edith Cavell" with Anna Neagle (1939), "Sunny" (1941) starring Anna Neagle and...

Biography

Elmo Williams worked on a variety of projects during his entertainment career. Williams worked on a variety of projects during his early entertainment career, including "Forever and a Day" (1943) starring Anthony Collins, "Irene" (1940) and "Nocturne" (1946) starring George Raft. He also contributed to "Nurse Edith Cavell" with Anna Neagle (1939), "Sunny" (1941) starring Anna Neagle and "They Won't Believe Me" (1947). In the forties and the fifties, Williams devoted his time to various credits, such as "Bodyguard" (1948), "The Miracle of the Bells" with Fred MacMurray (1948) and "Follow Me Quietly" (1949). Williams won a Film Editing Academy Award for "High Noon" in 1952. Williams was nominated for a Film Editing Academy Award for "20,000 Leagues Under the Sea" in 1954. Williams last worked on "History Vs. Hollywood" (History, 2001-02). Williams passed away in October 2002 at the age of 89.

Filmography

 

Director (Feature Film)

The Big Gamble (1961)
African action seq Director
The Vikings (1958)
2nd Unit Director
Apache Warrior (1957)
Director
Hell Ship Mutiny (1957)
Director
Blonde Bait (1956)
Director
The Cowboy (1954)
Director
The Tall Texan (1953)
Director

Cinematography (Feature Film)

The Cowboy (1954)
Director of Photography

Producer (Feature Film)

Ernest Goes to Camp (1987)
Executive Producer
Man, Woman and Child (1983)
Producer
Caravans (1978)
Producer
Sidewinder One (1977)
Producer
Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970)
Producer
The Blue Max (1966)
Executive Producer
The Longest Day (1962)
Associate prod & coordinator of battle episodes
The Cowboy (1954)
Producer

Editing (Feature Film)

The Vikings (1958)
Editing Supervisor
Hell Canyon Outlaws (1957)
Film Editor
Hell Ship Mutiny (1957)
Editing
The Cowboy (1954)
Editing
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954)
Editing
The Tall Texan (1953)
Editing
Hellgate (1952)
Film Editor
High Noon (1952)
Film Editor
Follow Me Quietly (1949)
Film Editor
The Miracle of the Bells (1948)
Film Editor
Bodyguard (1948)
Film Editor
Design for Death (1948)
Film Editor
They Won't Believe Me (1947)
Film Editor
Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome (1947)
Film Editor
Nocturne (1946)
Editing
Forever and a Day (1943)
Editing
Sunny (1941)
Editing
No, No Nanette (1940)
Film Editor
Irene (1940)
Editing
Nurse Edith Cavell (1939)
Editing
Victoria the Great (1937)
Supervising Film Editor

Production Companies (Feature Film)

Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970)
Company

Editing (Short)

Know Your Enemy: Japan (1945)
Editing

Life Events

1933

First film job as cutter in England

1939

Hired by RKO as an editor

1952

Film directing debut with "The Tall Texan"

1971

Named head of Fox's worldwide productions

Bibliography