Burnett Guffey
Camera
Born 1905-05-26 · Del Rio, Tennessee, USA · Died 1983-05-30
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).
Acting
Crew
The Steagle
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The Great White Hope
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Suppose They Gave a War and Nobody Came?
Director of Photography
Halls of Anger
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The Madwoman of Chaillot
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Some Kind of a Nut
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The Learning Tree
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Where It's At
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The Split
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The Ambushers
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Bonnie and Clyde
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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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