William A. Lyon

William A. Lyon (born January 21, 1903 in Texas , † March 18, 1974 in Los Angeles ) was an American film editor .

Life

William A. Lyon was hired by Columbia Pictures as editor in 1935 and was responsible for editing numerous B-films in the years that followed . In the 1940s he slowly worked his way up and worked in films of various genres, such as: B. in the film musical You were never enchanting (1942) with Fred Astaire and Rita Hayworth , in the war film Die Caine was her fate (1954) with Humphrey Bogart , in the western Der Mann aus Laramie (1955) with James Stewart or in the romantic comedy Barefoot im Park (1967) with Jane Fonda and Robert Redford .

In the course of his career, he was nominated a total of six times for the Oscar in the category Best Editing . In 1954 he received the trophy for Fred Zinnemann's war drama Damned in All Eternity (1953). In 1956 he won the Oscar again with Charles Nelson for the film Picnic (1955), in which William Holden and Kim Novak played the leading roles. In 1971, after working on Don't You Think We Howl , his third production with director Stanley Kramer , William A. Lyon retired from the film business.

Filmography (selection)

• 1940: A husband too much ( Too Many Husbands ) - Director: Wesley Ruggles
• 1940: Arizona - Director: Wesley Ruggles
• 1941: Escape to Texas ( Texas ) - Director: George Marshall
• 1942: You were never captivating ( You Were Never Lovelier ) - Director: William A. Seiter
• 1946: The Jazz Singer ( The Jolson Story ) - Director: Alfred E. Green
• 1949: Jolson Sings Again - directed by Henry Levin
• 1950: My luck in your hands ( No Sad Songs for Me ) - Director: Rudolph Maté
• 1951: Women robbery in Morocco ( Ten Tall Men ) - Director: Willis Goldbeck
• 1951: Death of a Salesman ( Death of a Salesman ) - Directed by Laslo Benedek
• 1952: My son discovers love ( The Happy Time ) - Director: Richard Fleischer
• 1952: Das Mädchen Frankie ( The Member of the Wedding ) - Director: Fred Zinnemann
• 1953: Damn in All Eternity ( From Here to Eternity ) - Director: Fred Zinnemann
• 1954: The Caine Mutiny ( The Caine Mutiny ) - Director: Edward Dmytryk
• 1955: With Body and Soul ( The Long Gray Line ) - Director: John Ford
• 1955: The Man from Laramie ( The Man from Laramie ) - Director: Anthony Mann
• 1955: Picnic ( Picnic ) - Director: Joshua Logan
• 1956: Storm Center - Director: Daniel Taradash
• 1957: When Night Falls ( Nightfall ) - Director: Jacques Tourneur
• 1958: Cowboy - Directed by Delmer Daves
• 1958: Jakobowsky und der Oberst ( Me and the Colonel ) - Director: Peter Glenville
• 1959: April discovers the men ( Gidget ) - Director: Paul Wendkos
• 1959: They Came to Cordura ( They Came to Cordura ) - Director: Robert Rossen
• 1960: Few Are Chosen ( Song Without End ) - Director: Charles Vidor
• 1961: A Raisin in the Sun ( A Raisin in the Sun ) - Director: Daniel Petrie
• 1962: The King of Hawaii ( Diamond Head ) - Director: Guy Green
• 1963: Der Mann vom Diners Club (The Man from the Diner's Club) - Director: Frank Tashlin
• 1964: The Young Lovers - Director: Samuel Goldwyn Jr.
• 1965: Sierra Charriba ( Major Dundee ) - Directed by Sam Peckinpah
• 1966: Whenever He Smelled Dollars ( Dead Heat on a Merry-Go-Round ) - Director: Bernard Girard
• 1967: Barefoot in the Park ( Barefoot in the Park ) - Directed by Gene Saks
• 1969: The Secret of Santa Vittoria ( The Secret of Santa Vittoria ) - Director: Stanley Kramer
• 1970: Battle of the Gowns ( RPM ) - Director: Stanley Kramer
• 1971: Don't You Think We're Howling ( Bless the Beasts & Children ) - Director: Stanley Kramer

Awards

Oscar

Nominated:

• 1947: The jazz singer
• 1955: The Caine was her destiny (with Henry Batista )
• 1959: Cowboy (with Al Clark )
• 1970: The Secret of Santa Vittoria (with Earle Herdan )

Won:

• 1954: Damned for all eternity
• 1956: Picnic (with Charles Nelson )

Web links

• William A. Lyon at the Internet Movie Database (English)