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William C. Mellor is a Director of Photography, Editor and Cinematography American born on 29 june 1903 at Missouri (USA)
William C. Mellor (parfois crédité William Mellor), A.S.C., né le 29 juin 1903 au Missouri (lieu indéterminé, États-Unis), décédé le 30 avril 1963 à Los Angeles (Californie, États-Unis), est un directeur de la photographie américain.
Il contribue en tout à quatre-vingt-six films américains (notamment des westerns) comme directeur de la photographie, dont plusieurs réalisations d'Anthony Mann (ex. : L'Appât en 1953, avec Janet Leigh et James Stewart), de George Stevens (ex. : Géant en 1956, avec Elizabeth Taylor, Rock Hudson et James Dean), ou encore de William A. Wellman (ex. : Au-delà du Missouri en 1951, avec Clark Gable).
Pour la télévision, William C. Mellor est chef opérateur d'un téléfilm (diffusé en 1954) et d'une série (dix-huit épisodes, diffusés de 1952 à 1955).
Au cours de sa carrière, il obtient quatre nominations à l'Oscar de la meilleure photographie, dont deux gagnés (voir la rubrique "Distinctions" ci-dessous).
(1956)
(Director of Photography)
(1951)
(Director of Photography)
(1959)
(Director of Photography)
(1932)
(Camera Operator)
(1934)
(Camera Operator)
(1940)
(Director of Photography)
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William C. Mellor
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Nationality USA
Birth 29 june 1903 at Missouri (USA)
Death 30 april 1963 (at 59 years) at Los Angeles (USA)
Awards Academy Award for Best Cinematography
Birth 29 june 1903 at Missouri (USA)
Death 30 april 1963 (at 59 years) at Los Angeles (USA)
Awards Academy Award for Best Cinematography
Biography
William C. Mellor débute comme cadreur en 1932 et, à ce titre, participe entre autres à trois films de Cecil B. DeMille, dont Cléopâtre (avec Claudette Colbert dans le rôle-titre), sorti en 1934. Cette année-là, il collabore à un premier film comme chef opérateur. Il meurt brutalement d'une crise cardiaque en 1963, au cours du tournage de La Plus Grande Histoire jamais contée (avec Max von Sydow), sorti près de deux ans après sa mort, en 1965.Il contribue en tout à quatre-vingt-six films américains (notamment des westerns) comme directeur de la photographie, dont plusieurs réalisations d'Anthony Mann (ex. : L'Appât en 1953, avec Janet Leigh et James Stewart), de George Stevens (ex. : Géant en 1956, avec Elizabeth Taylor, Rock Hudson et James Dean), ou encore de William A. Wellman (ex. : Au-delà du Missouri en 1951, avec Clark Gable).
Pour la télévision, William C. Mellor est chef opérateur d'un téléfilm (diffusé en 1954) et d'une série (dix-huit épisodes, diffusés de 1952 à 1955).
Au cours de sa carrière, il obtient quatre nominations à l'Oscar de la meilleure photographie, dont deux gagnés (voir la rubrique "Distinctions" ci-dessous).
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(1956)(Director of Photography)
(1951)(Director of Photography)
(1959)(Director of Photography)
(1932)(Camera Operator)
(1934)(Camera Operator)
(1940)(Director of Photography)
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The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965)
, 3h45Directed by George Stevens, David Lean, Jean Negulesco, William Hale, David S. Hall, Paul Baxley, Richard Talmadge
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Historical
Themes Films set in Africa, Films about religion, Films about sexuality, Films based on the Bible, Portrayals of Jesus in film, Films about virginity
Actors Max von Sydow, Charlton Heston, Martin Landau, Dorothy McGuire, José Ferrer, Telly Savalas
Roles Director of Photography
Rating64%
Ce film se veut une adaptation cinématographique de la vie de Jésus Christ telle que relatée selon le Nouveau Testament.
Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation (1962)
, 1h52Directed by William Witney, Henry Koster
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Comedy-drama
Themes Transport films, Le thème des vacances, Road movies, Children's films
Actors James Stewart, Maureen O'Hara, Fabian Forte, John Saxon, Marie Wilson, Reginald Gardiner
Roles Director of Photography
Rating67%
Roger Hobbs is an overworked banker whose wife Peggy plans a quiet seaside vacation with their family, including the grown daughters, family cook, sons-in-law and grandchildren.
State Fair (1962)
, 1h58Directed by José Ferrer
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Films based on plays, Children's films
Actors Pat Boone, Bobby Darin, Pamela Tiffin, Ann-Margret, Tom Ewell, Alice Faye
Roles Director of Photography
Rating58%
Une famille de fermiers de l'Iowa se met en route pour la foire annuelle. Tandis que les parents espèrent gagner des concours, leurs deux grands enfants, Margy et Wayne, font chacun une rencontre amoureuse...
The Big Gamble (1961)
, 1h38Directed by Richard Fleischer, Elmo Williams
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Action, Adventure
Themes Transport films, Trucker films, Children's films
Actors Stephen Boyd, Juliette Gréco, David Wayne, Gregory Ratoff, Sybil Thorndike, Jacques Marin
Roles Director of Photography
Rating58%
Vic Brennan is a sailor from Dublin who decides to use his family's fortune and move to Africa to open a truck-hauling business. He is accompanied by his wife, Marie, and a meek cousin, Samuel, who loses their documents, causing customs agents to seize some of their cargo.
Wild in the Country (1961)
, 1h54Directed by Jerry Wald, Clifford Odets, Philip Dunne
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance, Western
Actors Elvis Presley, Hope Lange, Tuesday Weld, Millie Perkins, John Ireland, Gary Lockwood
Roles Director of Photography
Rating62%
The movie starts off with Glenn Tyler (Elvis Presley) getting into a fight with, and badly injuring, his drunken brother. A court releases him on probation into the care of his uncle in a small town, appointing Irene Sperry (Hope Lange) to give him psychological counselling. Marked as a trouble-maker, he is falsely suspected of various misdemeanors including an affair with Irene. Eventually shown to be innocent, he leaves to go to college and become a writer.
Crack in the Mirror (1960)
, 1h36Directed by Richard Fleischer
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime, Romance
Themes Children's films
Actors Orson Welles, Juliette Gréco, Bradford Dillman, Alexander Knox, Catherine Lacey, William Lucas
Roles Director of Photography
Rating64%
In a rundown Paris dwelling, an angry Hagolin accuses mistress Eponine of seeing a man named Larnier behind his back. In a party at a stately home, meanwhile, prosperous attorney Lamerciere's guests include his longtime mistress, Florence, and his young law partner, Claude.
Woman Obsessed (1959)
, 1h43Directed by Henry Hathaway, David S. Hall
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Children's films
Actors Susan Hayward, Stephen Boyd, Barbara Nichols, Dennis Holmes, Theodore Bikel, James Philbrook
Roles Director of Photography
Rating60%
Mary Sharron (Susan Hayward) has lost her husband to a forest fire. To help her run the ranch, she hires Fred Carter (Stephen Boyd), a handy man. A handsome, but taciturn fellow who has known much tragedy, Fred works hard for her. Robbie Sharron (Dennis Holmes), the woman's son, resents him, and when he learns that his mother is planning to marry him to quell ugly rumors in town, the youth is most unhappy. After the wedding, the stepfather treats the boy harshly, not out of cruelty, but because he wants to prepare the boy to survive the tough life ahead. This creates friction and frustration. Sometimes Fred beats both Mary and Robbie. On the day the wife learns she is pregnant, Robbie and Fred get into a violent fight.
The Diary of Anne Frank (1959)
, 2h55Directed by Nina Foch, George Stevens, David S. Hall
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography, Comedy, Historical, Romance
Themes Films about religion, Théâtre, Political films, Films about Jews and Judaism, Films based on plays, Children's films
Actors Douglas Spencer, Millie Perkins, Lou Jacobi, Joseph Schildkraut, Shelley Winters, Richard Beymer
Roles Director of Photography
Rating73%
In 1945, as a truckload of war survivors stops in front of an Amsterdam factory at the end of World War II, Otto Frank (Joseph Schildkraut) gets out and walks inside. After climbing the stairs to a deserted garret, Otto finds a girl's discarded glove and sobs, then is joined and comforted by Miep Gies (Dodie Heath) and Mr. Kraler (Douglas Spencer), factory workers who shielded him from the Nazis. After stating that he is now all alone, Otto begins to search for the diary written by his youngest daughter, Anne. Miep promptly retrieves the journal for Otto, and he receives solace reading the words written by his young daughter three years earlier.
The Best of Everything (1959)
, 2h1Directed by Jean Negulesco
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy-drama, Romance
Themes Children's films
Actors Hope Lange, Diane Baker, Suzy Parker, Joan Crawford, Robert Evans, Stephen Boyd
Roles Director of Photography
Rating65%
Caroline Bender (Lange) is an ambitious young secretary in a publishing firm who, when jilted, finds consolation in the arms of editor Mike Rice (Boyd). Gregg Adams (Parker) is a typist and an aspiring actress romantically involved with stage director David Savage (Jourdan). When the director dumps her, she is devastated, falls from a fire escape while lurking outside his apartment, and dies.
Compulsion (1959)
, 1h43Directed by Richard Fleischer
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Themes Prison films, Films about capital punishment
Actors Orson Welles, Diane Varsi, Dean Stockwell, Bradford Dillman, E. G. Marshall, Martin Milner
Roles Director of Photography
Rating73%
Artie Strauss and Judd Steiner (Bradford Dillman and Dean Stockwell) kill a boy on his way home from school in order to commit the "perfect crime". Strauss tries to cover it up, but they are caught when police find a key piece of evidence — Steiner's glasses, which he inadvertently leaves at the scene of the crime. Famed attorney Jonathan Wilk (Orson Welles) takes their case, saving them from hanging by making an impassioned closing argument against capital punishment.
Love in the Afternoon (1957)
, 2h10Directed by Billy Wilder, Noël Howard, Alain Boudet
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romantic comedy, Crime, Romance
Actors Gary Cooper, Audrey Hepburn, Maurice Chevalier, Franz Waxman, Van Doude, John McGiver
Roles Director of Photography
Rating70%
Young cello student Ariane Chavasse (Audrey Hepburn) eavesdrops on a conversation between her father, widowed private detective Claude Chavasse (Maurice Chevalier), and his client, "Monsieur X" (John McGiver). After learning of his wife's daily trysts with American business magnate Frank Flannagan (Gary Cooper), Monsieur X announces he will shoot Flannagan later that day. Claude is nonchalant, regretting only the business he will lose (Flannagan is a well-known international playboy with a long history of numerous casual affairs). When Ariane cannot get the police to intervene (until after a crime has been committed), she decides to warn him herself.
Peyton Place (1957)
, 2h37Directed by Mark Robson
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Films about families, Pregnancy films, Films about sexuality, Children's films
Actors Lana Turner, Diane Varsi, Hope Lange, Lloyd Nolan, Lee Philips, John Arthur Kennedy
Roles Director of Photography
Rating71%
In the seemingly idyllic New England town of Peyton Place, drunkard Lucas Cross (Arthur Kennedy) stumbles out of his house as his son leaves town. Lucas's downtrodden wife, Nellie (Betty Field) goes to work as the housekeeper for Constance "Connie" MacKenzie (Lana Turner), a local dress shop owner. The daughters of the two families, Allison MacKenzie (Diane Varsi) and Selena Cross (Hope Lange) are best friends and are about to graduate high school.
Giant (1956)
, 3h21Directed by Fred Guiol, George Stevens
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action, Romance, Western
Themes Films about families, Films about racism
Actors Elizabeth Taylor, Rock Hudson, James Dean, Carroll Baker, Nick Adams, Mercedes McCambridge
Roles Director of Photography
Rating75%
The movie follows a Texas family over a quarter century from the 1920s until after World War II. Themes of discrimination along race, class and gender lines, as well as the role they played in the social evolution of post-war Texas, are prominent.
Johnny Concho (1956)
, 1h24Directed by Don McGuire
Origin USA
Genres Western
Actors Frank Sinatra, Keenan Wynn, William Conrad, Phyllis Kirk, Wallace Ford, Dorothy Adams
Roles Director of Photography
Rating59%
The mean and boastful Johnny Concho is also a coward, but the people of Cripple Creek, Arizona, let him have his way. They know that Johnny's brother, who doesn't live in town, is the notorious gunfighter Red Concho, someone they truly fear.
Back from Eternity (1956)
, 1h40Directed by John Farrow
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Adventure
Themes Transport films, Aviation films, Disaster films, Films about aviation accidents or incidents
Actors Robert Ryan, Anita Ekberg, Rod Steiger, Phyllis Kirk, Keith Andes, Gene Barry
Roles Director of Photography
Rating64%
A passenger airliner piloted by Bill Lonagan (Robert Ryan) and Joe Brooks (Keith Andes) is bound for Boca Grande, South America, making a pick-up stop in Central America. Passengers: Jud Ellis (Gene Barry) escorting his fiancé Louise Melhorn (Phyllis Kirk); repentant political assassin Vasquel (Rod Steiger) is being transported back to the proper authorities by detective Crimp (Fred Clark); mobster Pete Bostwick (Jesse White) is accompanying a little boy named Tommy, whose father is Bostwick's boss; an elderly couple, Professor and Mrs. Spangler (Cameron Prud'Homme and Beulah Bondi), are apparently on vacation; and jilted blonde bombshell Rena (Anita Ekberg), on her way to a South American casino, is vying for Ellis' attention.