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Burnett Guffey Biography (1905-1983)

Born May 26, 1905, in Del Rio, TN; died May 29, 1983, in Goleta, CA; married;children: two daughters. Career: Cinematographer and camera operator.Camera assistant, Fox, c. mid-1920s, then Famous-Players-Lasky, late 1920s;cinematographer, 1944-71. Awards, Honors: Academy Award, best cinematography--black & white, 1953, for From Here to Eternity; Academy Award nomination, best cinematography--black & white, 1956, for The Harder They Fall; Academy Award nomination, best cinematography--black &white, 1962, for Bird Man of Alcatraz; Academy Award nomination, bestcinematography--black & white, 1965, for King Rat; Academy Award,best cinematography, 1967, for Bonnie & Clyde..

Nationality

American

Gender

Male

Occupation

Cinematographer, camera operator

Birth Details

May 26, 1905

Del Rio, Tennessee, United States

Death Details

May 29, 1983

Goleta, California, United States

Famous Works

• CREDITS
• Film Cinematographer, Except Where Indicated
• Additional photographer, The Iron Horse,1924
• (Uncredited) Camera operator, The Conquerors(also known as Pioneer Builders), 1932
• Cameraman, Clive of India,1935
• Cameraman, The Informer,1935
• Cameraman, Framed,1939
• Camera operator, Foreign Correspondent,1940
• Cameraman, That Hamilton Woman,1941
• Cameraman, Cover Girl,1944
• Sailor's Holiday,1944
• The Soul of a Monster,1944
• U Boat Prisoner,1944
• Kansas City Kitty,1944
• The Unwritten Code,1944
• Tahiti Nights,1944
• Eadie Was a Lady,1945
• I Love a Mystery,1945
• Eve Knew Her Apples,1945
• The Fighting Guardsman,1945
• Blonde from Brooklyn,1945
• The Gay Senorita,1945
• The Girl of the Limberlost,1945
• My Name is Julia Ross,1945
• Meet Me on Broadway,1946
• The Notorious Lone Wolf,1946
• A Close Call for Boston Blackie,1946
• Night Editor(also known as The Trespasser), 1946
• Gallant Journey,1946
• So Dark the Night,1946
• Johnny O'Clock,1947
• Framed(also known as Paula), 1947
• To the Ends of the Earth,1948
• The Sign of the Ram,1948
• The Gallant Blade,1948
• Knock on Any Door,1949
• The Undercover Man,1949
• The Reckless Moment,1949
• And Baby Makes Three,1949
• All the King's Men, Columbia, 1950
• Father Is a Bachelor,1950
• Convicted,1950
• In a Lonely Place,1950
• Emergency Wedding(also known as Jealousy), 1950
• Sirocco,1951
• Two of a Kind,1951
• The Family Secret,1951
• Scandal Sheet(also known as The Dark Page), 1951
• Second unit cinematographer, Boots Malone,1951
• The Sniper,1952
• Assignment: Paris,1952
• From Here to Eternity, Columbia, 1953
• The Last Posse, Columbia, 1953
• Human Desire, Columbia, 1954
• Private Hell 36,1954
• The Bamboo Prison,1954
• The Violent Men(also known as Rough Company), Columbia, 1954
• Tight Spot, Columbia, 1955
• Count Three and Pray, Columbia, 1955
• Three Stripes in the Sun(also known as The Gentleman Sergeant), 1955
• Battle Stations,1955
• The Harder They Fall, Columbia, 1956
• Storm Center, Columbia, 1956
• Nightfall, Columbia, 1956
• The Strange One(also known as End as a Man), Columbia, 1957
• The Brothers Rico, Columbia, 1957
• Decision at Sundown, Columbia, 1957
• The True Story of Lynn Stuart, Columbia, 1958
• Screaming Mimi,1958
• Me and the Colonel, Columbia, 1958
• Gidget, Columbia, 1959
• They Came to Cordura, Columbia, 1959
• Edge of Eternity, Columbia, 1959
• Let No Man Write My Epitaph, Columbia, 1959
• Hell to Eternity, Allied Artists, 1960
• The Mountain Road, Columbia, 1960
• Cry for Happy, Columbia, 1961
• Homicidal, Columbia, 1961
• Mr. Sardonicus(also known as Sardonicus), 1961
• Birdman of Alcatraz, United Artists, 1962
• Kid Galahad, United Artists, 1962
• Second unit photographer, Four for Texas,1963
• Flight from Ashiya, United Artists, 1964
• Good Neighbor Sam, Columbia, 1964
• King Rat, Columbia, 1965
• The Silencers, Columbia, 1966
• How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying(also known as How to Succeed in Business..), United Artists, 1966
• Bonnie and Clyde, Warner Bros., 1967
• The Ambushers, Columbia, 1967
• The Split,1968
• Where It's At, United Artists, 1969
• The Learning Tree, Warner Bros., 1969
• Some Kind of a Nut, United Artists, 1969
• The Madwoman of Chaillot, Warner Bros., 1969
• Suppose They Gave a War and Nobody Came?(also known as War Games), Cinerama, 1969
• Halls of Anger, United Artists, 1970
• The Steagle,1970
• The Great White Hope, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1970
• Television Cinematographer
• Movies
• Not One Shall Die,1957
• WRITINGS
• Periodicals
• Contributor to American Cinematography.*