Billy Williams

Camera

Born: June 3, 1929 (95 years old)

Died: May 20, 2025

Place of birth: Walthamstow, London, England, UK

Biography

William Desmond Williams (3 June 1929 – 20 May 2025) was a British cinematographer. Williams was responsible for shooting a number of films, including Women in Love (1969), On Golden Pond (1981) and Gandhi (1982), for which he won an Academy Award.

Filmography (35)

• Gandhi (1982, ★ 7.6)
• The Glass Menagerie (1973, ★ 7.7)
• Light Keeps Me Company (2000, ★ 7.9)
• The Wind and the Lion (1975, ★ 6.5)
• On Golden Pond (1981, ★ 7.3)
• The Silent Partner (1978, ★ 7.1)
• Suspect (1987, ★ 6.6)
• Pope Joan (1972, ★ 6.1)
• Going in Style (1979, ★ 6.9)
• Eagle's Wing (1979, ★ 5.3)
• Saturn 3 (1980, ★ 5.3)
• The Manhattan Project (1986, ★ 6.2)
• Kid Blue (1973, ★ 6.9)
• Billion Dollar Brain (1967, ★ 5.6)
• The Mind of Mr. Soames (1970, ★ 5.6)
• Voyage of the Damned (1976, ★ 6)
• Just Ask for Diamond (1988, ★ 5.6)
• Night Watch (1973, ★ 6.3)
• Driftwood (1997, ★ 5.8)
• Shadow of the Wolf (1992, ★ 5.8)
• Stella (1990, ★ 5.8)
• The Rainbow (1989, ★ 5.6)
• Eleni (1985, ★ 6)
• Dreamchild (1985, ★ 6.6)
• Women and Men: Stories of Seduction (1990, ★ 4.4)
• Ordeal by Innocence (1984, ★ 5)
• The Survivors (1983, ★ 5.7)
• Sunday Bloody Sunday (1971, ★ 6.6)
• Women in Love (1969, ★ 6.6)
• Zee and Co. (1972, ★ 5.6)