Burnett Guffey
- Known for
- Camera
- Born
- May 26, 1905
- Died
- May 30, 1983
- Birthplace
- 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).
Filmography
The Steagle 1971
Director of Photography
The Great White Hope 1970
Director of Photography
Suppose They Gave a War and Nobody Came? 1970
Director of Photography
Halls of Anger 1970
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My Father: Gordon Parks 1969
as Self
The Madwoman of Chaillot 1969
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Some Kind of a Nut 1969
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The Learning Tree 1969
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Where It's At 1969
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The Moviemakers 1969
as Self
The Split 1968
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The Ambushers 1967
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Bonnie and Clyde 1967
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How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying 1967
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The Silencers 1966
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King Rat 1965
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Good Neighbor Sam 1964
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Flight from Ashiya 1964
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Kid Galahad 1962
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Birdman of Alcatraz 1962
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Mr. Sardonicus 1961
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Homicidal 1961
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Cry for Happy 1961
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Let No Man Write My Epitaph 1960
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Hell to Eternity 1960
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The Mountain Road 1960
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Edge of Eternity 1959
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They Came to Cordura 1959
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Gidget 1959
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Dogface 1959
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Credits from TMDB.