Known For
Camera
Born
May 26, 1905
Died
May 30, 1983
Place of Birth
Del Rio, Tennessee, USA
Credits
92 titles
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).
Known For
Filmography
The Steagle
Director of Photography
The Great White Hope
Director of Photography
Suppose They Gave a War and Nobody Came?
Director of Photography
Halls of Anger
Director of Photography
My Father: Gordon Parks
Self
The Madwoman of Chaillot
Director of Photography
Some Kind of a Nut
Director of Photography
The Learning Tree
Director of Photography
Where It's At
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The Moviemakers
Self
The Split
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The Ambushers
Director of Photography
Bonnie and Clyde
Director of Photography
How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
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The Silencers
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King Rat
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Good Neighbor Sam
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Flight from Ashiya
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Kid Galahad
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Birdman of Alcatraz
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Mr. Sardonicus
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Homicidal
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Cry for Happy
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Let No Man Write My Epitaph
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Hell to Eternity
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The Mountain Road
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Edge of Eternity
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They Came to Cordura
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Gidget
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Dogface
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Me and the Colonel
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Screaming Mimi
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The True Story of Lynn Stuart
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Decision at Sundown
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The Brothers Rico
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The Strange One
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Not One Shall Die
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Nightfall
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Storm Center
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The Harder They Fall
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Battle Stations
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Three Stripes in the Sun
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Count Three and Pray
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Tight Spot
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The Violent Men
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Private Hell 36
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Human Desire
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The Bamboo Prison
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From Here to Eternity
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The Last Posse
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