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Camera

Known Credits

2

Gender

Male

Birthday

1905-05-26

Deathday

1983-05-30 (78 years old)

Place of Birth

Del Rio, Tennessee, USA

Burnett Guffey

Biography

While still a teenager, the future Academy Award-winning lensman began as an assistant cameraman in 1923 on John Ford's 1924 western saga The Iron Horse. He was then hired by the Famous Players-Lasky Studios in 1927, became a camera operator in 1928 and worked there until 1943. Guffey was hired as a Director of Photography by Columbia Pictures in 1944.

In 1957-58 he served as president of the American Society of Cinematographers (A.S.C.) for a year, and had been a long standing member.

According to film critic Spencer Selby, Guffey was a prolific film noir cinematographer, shooting 20 of them, including In a Lonely Place (1950).​

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My Father: Gordon Parks
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My Father: Gordon Parks

Dec 31, 1969

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The Moviemakers

Jan 1, 1969

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Camera

1971
The Steagle as Director of Photography
1970
The Great White Hope as Director of Photography
1970
Suppose They Gave a War and Nobody Came? as Director of Photography
1970
Halls of Anger as Director of Photography
1969
The Madwoman of Chaillot as Director of Photography
1969
Some Kind of a Nut as Director of Photography
1969
The Learning Tree as Director of Photography
1969
Where It's At as Director of Photography
1968
The Split as Director of Photography
1967
The Ambushers as Director of Photography
1967
Bonnie and Clyde as Director of Photography
1967
How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying as Director of Photography
1966
The Silencers as Director of Photography
1965
King Rat as Director of Photography
1964
Good Neighbor Sam as Director of Photography
1964
Flight from Ashiya as Director of Photography
1962
Kid Galahad as Director of Photography
1962
Birdman of Alcatraz as Director of Photography
1961
Mr. Sardonicus as Director of Photography
1961
Homicidal as Director of Photography
1961
Cry for Happy as Director of Photography
1960
Let No Man Write My Epitaph as Director of Photography
1960
Hell to Eternity as Director of Photography
1960
The Mountain Road as Director of Photography
1959
Edge of Eternity as Director of Photography
1959
They Came to Cordura as Director of Photography
1959
Gidget as Director of Photography
1959
Dogface as Director of Photography
1958
Me and the Colonel as Director of Photography
1958
Screaming Mimi as Director of Photography
1958
The True Story of Lynn Stuart as Director of Photography
1957
Decision at Sundown as Director of Photography
1957
The Brothers Rico as Director of Photography
1957
The Strange One as Director of Photography
1957
Not One Shall Die as Director of Photography
1956
Nightfall as Director of Photography
1956
Storm Center as Director of Photography
1956
The Harder They Fall as Director of Photography
1956
Battle Stations as Director of Photography
1955
Three Stripes in the Sun as Director of Photography
1955
Count Three and Pray as Director of Photography
1955
Tight Spot as Director of Photography
1955
The Violent Men as Director of Photography
1954
Private Hell 36 as Director of Photography
1954
Human Desire as Director of Photography
1954
The Bamboo Prison as Director of Photography
1953
From Here to Eternity as Director of Photography
1953
The Last Posse as Director of Photography
1952
Assignment: Paris as Director of Photography
1952
The Sniper as Director of Photography
1952
Scandal Sheet as Director of Photography
1951
The Family Secret as Director of Photography
1951
Two of a Kind as Director of Photography
1951
Sirocco as Director of Photography
1950
Emergency Wedding as Director of Photography
1950
Convicted as Director of Photography
1950
In a Lonely Place as Director of Photography
1950
Father Is a Bachelor as Director of Photography
1949
The Reckless Moment as Director of Photography
1949
And Baby Makes Three as Director of Photography
1949
All the King's Men as Director of Photography
1949
The Undercover Man as Director of Photography
1949
Knock on Any Door as Director of Photography
1948
The Sign of the Ram as Director of Photography
1948
To the Ends of the Earth as Director of Photography
1947
Framed as Director of Photography
1947
Johnny O'Clock as Director of Photography
1946
So Dark the Night as Director of Photography
1946
Gallant Journey as Director of Photography
1946
Night Editor as Director of Photography
1946
The Notorious Lone Wolf as Director of Photography
1945
My Name Is Julia Ross as Director of Photography
1945
Blonde from Brooklyn as Director of Photography
1945
Eve Knew Her Apples as Director of Photography
1945
I Love a Mystery as Director of Photography
1945
Eadie Was a Lady as Director of Photography
1944
Tahiti Nights as Director of Photography
1944
The Soul of a Monster as Director of Photography
1944
Sailor's Holiday as Director of Photography
1937
You Only Live Once as Assistant Camera
1935
The Informer as Camera Operator
1932
The Conquerors as Camera Operator
1925
The Iron Horse as Additional Photography

Crew

1948
The Gallant Blade as Cinematography
1946
A Bird in the Head as Cinematography
1946
Meet Me on Broadway as Cinematography
1944
Kansas City Kitty as Cinematography
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