Francis D. Lyon

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Francis D. Lyon (July 29, 1905- October 8, 1996) was a Hollywood film director and editor. He was born in North Dakota and attended UCLA before moving to England to begin his career in film. He returned to the US and from the early 1930s to the 1950s, Lyon was exclusively an editor. He had worked on 25 films as an editor (including 1941's The Men in Her Life) and won an Academy Award for his work in Body and Soul. He moved on to directing where he took part in over 20 additional films before eventually retiring from the entertainment industry in 1970.