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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