William Lyon (film editor)

William Austin Lyon (January 21, 1903 – March 18, 1974) was an American film editor, from 1935 to 1971. He was born in Texas, and died in Los Angeles, California. Employed by Columbia Pictures for most of his career, he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Film Editing six times, and won twice, for From Here to Eternity (1953)^[1] and Picnic (1955).

William Lyon
Born	January 21, 1903 Texas, United States
Died	March 18, 1974 Los Angeles, California, United States
Occupation	Film editor

Selected filmography

• Restless Knights (1935)
• Code of the Range (1936)
• Two-Fisted Sheriff (1937)
• Two Gun Law (1937)
• Trapped (1937)
• Outlaws of the Prairie (1937)
• Rio Grande (1938)
• South of Arizona (1938)
• The Colorado Trail (1938)
• West of Cheyenne (1938)
• Call of the Rockies (1938)
• The Thundering West (1939)
• Texas Stampede (1939)
• Scandal Sheet (1939)
• Tramp, Tramp, Tramp (1942)
• The Jolson Story (1946)
• Mr. District Attorney (1947)
• Cargo to Capetown (1950)
• Death of a Salesman (1951)
• From Here to Eternity (1953)
• The Caine Mutiny (1954)
• The Long Gray Line (1955)
• Picnic (1955)
• Cowboy (1958)
• A Raisin in the Sun (1961)
• The Secret of Santa Vittoria (1969; co-nominated with Earle Herdan)^[2]

References

1. "1954 Oscars.org". Retrieved April 20, 2019.
2. "The 42nd Academy Awards (1970) Nominees and Winners". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Retrieved April 28, 2022.

External links

• William Lyon at IMDb