Known For
Camera
Born
Jul 02, 1898
Died
Nov 01, 1988
Place of Birth
New York City, New York, USA
Credits
130 titles
George J. Folsey
Biography
George Joseph Folsey (July 2, 1898 – November 1, 1988) was an American cinematographer who worked on 162 films between 1919 and his retirement in 1976. He worked for both Associated First National and Paramount Astoria Studios before relocating to Hollywood and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, where he spent the bulk of his career. Folsey's many credits include The Letter, The Cocoanuts, Animal Crackers, The Great Ziegfeld, A Guy Named Joe, The White Cliffs of Dover, Meet Me in St. Louis, The Clock, The Harvey Girls, Adam's Rib, A Life of Her Own, Million Dollar Mermaid, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, The Cobweb, Cash McCall, and The Balcony. For television he served as director of photography for various episodes of the ABC series The Fugitive and an NBC special starring figure skater Peggy Fleming, for which he won an Emmy Award for Best Cinematography For Nonfiction Programming. Folsey was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Cinematography thirteen times but never won. Eight months before his death he was honored with the first Lifetime Achievement Award presented by the American Society of Cinematographers, for which he served as President in 1956-57. Folsey's son George Jr. was a director/producer/editor. Folsey died in Santa Monica, California.
Known For
Filmography
The Marx Brothers in a Nutshell
Self
The Balcony
Director of Photography
Anatomy of an Accident
Cinematography
I Passed for White
Director of Photography
Cash McCall
Director of Photography
Count Your Blessings
Director of Photography
Torpedo Run
Director of Photography
The High Cost of Loving
Director of Photography
Saddle the Wind
Director of Photography
House of Numbers
Director of Photography
Tip on a Dead Jockey
Director of Photography
The Power and the Prize
Director of Photography
These Wilder Years
Director of Photography
The Fastest Gun Alive
Director of Photography
Forbidden Planet
Director of Photography
The Battle of Gettysburg
Director of Photography
The Cobweb
Director of Photography
Hit the Deck
Director of Photography
Deep in My Heart
Director of Photography
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
Director of Photography
Men of the Fighting Lady
Director of Photography
Executive Suite
Director of Photography
Tennessee Champ
Director of Photography
All the Brothers Were Valiant
Director of Photography
Million Dollar Mermaid
Director of Photography
Shadow in the Sky
Director of Photography
Lovely to Look At
Director of Photography
The Man with a Cloak
Director of Photography
The Law and the Lady
Director of Photography
Mr. Imperium
Director of Photography
Vengeance Valley
Director of Photography
A Life of Her Own
Director of Photography
The Big Hangover
Director of Photography
Malaya
Director of Photography
Adam's Rib
Director of Photography
The Great Sinner
Director of Photography
Take Me Out to the Ball Game
Director of Photography
State of the Union
Director of Photography
Green Dolphin Street
Director of Photography
The Secret Heart
Director of Photography
Till the Clouds Roll By
Director of Photography
The Green Years
Director of Photography
The Harvey Girls
Director of Photography
Ziegfeld Follies
Director of Photography
The Clock
Director of Photography
Meet Me in St. Louis
Director of Photography
The White Cliffs of Dover
Director of Photography
A Guy Named Joe
Director of Photography
Thousands Cheer
Director of Photography
Andy Hardy's Double Life
Director of Photography