William C. Mellor, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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American cinematographer
Date of Birth: 29-Jun-1903
Place of Birth: Missouri, United States
Date of Death: 30-Apr-1963
Profession: cinematographer
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Cancer 
About William C. Mellor
- William C.
- Mellor, A.S.C.
- (29 June 1903 – 30 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 while filming Stevens' The Greatest Story Ever Told in 1963.
- Loyal Griggs replaced Mellor.
- He is interred at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale, California.Mellor received a posthumous Oscar nomination for his work on the film.
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