Walter Elliott (sound editor)

Walter Elliott (November 19, 1903 – August 10, 1984)^[1] was an American sound editor who won Best Sound Editing at the 1963 Academy Awards making him the first person to ever win the award. He won it for his work in the 1963 Stanley Kramer film It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World.^[2]

Walter Elliott
Born	(1903-11-19)November 19, 1903 Des Moines, Iowa, USA
Died	August 10, 1984(1984-08-10) (aged 80) Carrollton, Texas, USA
Other names	Walter G. Elliot
Occupation	Sound editor
Years active	1933–1963

Selected filmography

• It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963)
• Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)
• The Defiant Ones (1958)
• Mighty Joe Young (1949)
• The Son of Kong (1933)
• King Kong (1933)