Francis D. Lyon(1905-1996)
- Director
- Editor
- Editorial Department
Although born in North Dakota, Francis D. Lyon's film career began in
England as an editor on several prestigious J. Arthur Rank productions. Coming
to Hollywood, he worked as an editor or supervising editor on numerous
films, and won an Academy Award for editing Sang et or (1947). Turning to
directing in 1955, Lyon's output has been mostly routine, although
Disney's L'infernale poursuite (1956), based on a true Civil War incident, was an exciting,
well-made adventure. In the 1960s, after churning out several low-grade
sci-fi epics, Lyon turned to episodic TV series.
