William C. Mellor

William C. Mellor

William C. Mellor, A.S.C. (29 June 190330 April 1963) was a cinematographer who worked at Paramount, MGM and 20th Century Fox during a career that spanned three decades.

After earning his stripes on a string of B-movies in the 1930s, he first started making serious inroads as a leading cinematographer in 1940 when he worked for Preston Sturges on "The Great McGinty".

Mellor did his best work with directors George Stevens (winning Oscars for two of his films, "A Place in the Sun" in 1951 and "The Diary of Anne Frank" in 1959) and William Wellman ("Westward the Woman", 1951). He also contributed to several Anthony Mann westerns, including "The Naked Spur" in 1953, and a number of MGM musicals. He was nominated for an Academy Award for his work on Mark Robson's "Peyton Place" in 1957.

He died suddenly of a heart attack whilst filming Stevens' "The Greatest Story Ever Told" in 1965, with Loyal Griggs having to step in to fill his shoes.

Mellor received a posthumous Oscar nomination for his work on the film.

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