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Elmo Williams Biography

Birth Name:James Elmo Williams

Birth Place:Lone Wolf, Oklahoma, United States

Profession Editor, Producer, Director, Assistant director, Editorial department, Cinematographer

Fast Facts

Prior to his death in 2015, he was the oldest living Academy Award Winner, earning his award for film editing for "High Noon" in 1953
Won a career achievement award from the American Cinema Editors in 1990
Began his career as an editor at RKO Studios, working on "Nurse Edith Cavell," "No, No, Nanette" and "Nocturne․"
Met his mentor, film editor Merrill G․ White, while he was working at a Westwood drive-in
Best known as a film and television producer, editor and director who worked on "High Noon" and 1954's "20,000 Leagues Under the Sea․"