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