William Austin Lyon (January 21, 1903 â March 18, 1974) was an American film editor, from 1934 to 1971. He was born in Texas, and died in Los Angeles. 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) and Picnic (1955).
William Lyon began his career as an editor. Based on Lyon's filmography at the Internet Movie Database.