Burnett Guffey
Known for: Camera
Born: May 26, 1905
Died: May 30, 1983
Place of birth: Del Rio, Tennessee, USA
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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Filmography
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5.1
The Steagle
1971
6.3
The Great White Hope
1970
5.5
Suppose They Gave a War and Nobody Came?
1970
5.3
Halls of Anger
1970
NR
My Father: Gordon Parks
1969
7.3
The Madwoman of Chaillot
1969
4.2
Some Kind of a Nut
1969
6.8
The Learning Tree
1969
4.0
Where It's At
1969
6.0
The Moviemakers
1969
6.7
The Split
1968
5.1
The Ambushers
1967
7.5
Bonnie and Clyde
1967
6.7
How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
1967
6.1
The Silencers
1966
7.2
King Rat
1965
6.6
Good Neighbor Sam
1964
5.6
Flight from Ashiya
1964
6.1
Kid Galahad
1962
7.5
Birdman of Alcatraz
1962
6.3
Mr. Sardonicus
1961
6.4
Homicidal
1961
5.4
Cry for Happy
1961
5.9
Let No Man Write My Epitaph
1960
6.3
Hell to Eternity
1960
6.6
The Mountain Road
1960
6.7
Edge of Eternity
1959
6.6
They Came to Cordura
1959
6.0
Gidget
1959
6.0
Dogface
1959
6.5
Me and the Colonel
1958
5.0
Screaming Mimi
1958
7.0
The True Story of Lynn Stuart
1958
6.3
Decision at Sundown
1957
6.2
The Brothers Rico
1957
6.5
The Strange One
1957
6.0
Not One Shall Die
1957
6.9
Nightfall
1956
6.9
Storm Center
1956
7.2
The Harder They Fall
1956
6.1
Battle Stations
1956
7.0
Three Stripes in the Sun
1955
4.7
Count Three and Pray
1955
6.5
Tight Spot
1955
6.5
The Violent Men
1955
6.3
Private Hell 36
1954
6.7
Human Desire
1954
6.4
The Bamboo Prison
1954
7.3
From Here to Eternity
1953
6.3
The Last Posse
1953
5.9
Assignment: Paris
1952
6.7
The Sniper
1952
7.0
Scandal Sheet
1952
6.1
The Family Secret
1951
6.8
Two of a Kind
1951
6.0
Sirocco
1951
6.0
Emergency Wedding
1950
6.2
Convicted
1950
7.6
In a Lonely Place
1950
7.4
Father Is a Bachelor
1950
6.8
The Reckless Moment
1949
5.1
And Baby Makes Three
1949
7.0
All the King's Men
1949
6.1
The Undercover Man
1949
6.2
Knock on Any Door
1949
6.8
The Gallant Blade
1948
6.0
The Sign of the Ram
1948
5.9
To the Ends of the Earth
1948
6.5
Framed
1947
6.3
Johnny O'Clock
1947
6.1
So Dark the Night
1946
6.5
Gallant Journey
1946
5.5
Night Editor
1946
6.7
A Bird in the Head
1946
6.0
The Notorious Lone Wolf
1946
8.5
Meet Me on Broadway
1946
6.7
My Name Is Julia Ross
1945
6.7
Blonde from Brooklyn
19455.6
Eve Knew Her Apples
1945
6.4
I Love a Mystery
1945
4.4
Eadie Was a Lady
1945
9.0
Tahiti Nights
1944
6.3
Kansas City Kitty
1944
5.5
The Soul of a Monster
1944
7.0
Sailor's Holiday
1944
7.1
You Only Live Once
1937
6.8
The Informer
1935
5.6
The Conquerors
1932
7.0
Love Over Night
1928
6.7
The Yankee Clipper
1927
6.8
The Iron Horse
1925
10.0
The Courtship of Miles Standish
1923