Burnett Guffey

CinematographerActorCrew May 26 (died age 78) Del Rio, Tennessee, USA 1923–1971 (48 year career)

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Biography

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. Accordi…

Known For

Film

Bonnie and Clyde

Director of Photography

Film

In a Lonely Place

Director of Photography

Film

From Here to Eternity

Director of Photography

Film

Birdman of Alcatraz

Director of Photography

Film

All the King's Men

Director of Photography

Film

You Only Live Once

Assistant Camera

Film

The Harder They Fall

Director of Photography

Film

Human Desire

Director of Photography

Filmography

Acting (2)

Movies (2)

The Moviemakers

1969

as Self

My Father: Gordon Parks

1969

as Self

Crew (94)

Movies (94)

The Steagle

1971

Director of Photography

4.1

The Great White Hope

1970

Director of Photography

6.2

Halls of Anger

1970

Director of Photography

5.0

Suppose They Gave a War and Nobody Came?

1970

Director of Photography

5.0

The Learning Tree

1969

Director of Photography

6.7

The Madwoman of Chaillot

1969

Director of Photography

7.1

Where It's At

1969

Director of Photography

2.0

Some Kind of a Nut

1969

Director of Photography

3.5

The Split

1968

Director of Photography

6.7

Bonnie and Clyde

1967

Director of Photography

7.5

How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying

1967

Director of Photography

6.8

The Ambushers

1967

Director of Photography

4.9

The Silencers

1966

Director of Photography

6.0

King Rat

1965

Director of Photography

7.1

Good Neighbor Sam

1964

Director of Photography

6.5

Flight from Ashiya

1964

Director of Photography

5.0

Birdman of Alcatraz

1962

Director of Photography

7.5

Kid Galahad

1962

Director of Photography

6.1

Cry for Happy

1961

Director of Photography

5.0

Homicidal

1961

Director of Photography

6.4

Mr. Sardonicus

1961

Director of Photography

6.3

Let No Man Write My Epitaph

1960

Director of Photography

5.6

Hell to Eternity

1960

Director of Photography

6.3

The Mountain Road

1960

Director of Photography

6.7

Gidget

1959

Director of Photography

5.9

Edge of Eternity

1959

Director of Photography

6.6

Dogface

1959

Director of Photography

6.0

They Came to Cordura

1959

Director of Photography

6.5

Screaming Mimi

1958

Director of Photography

4.9

The True Story of Lynn Stuart

1958

Director of Photography

6.5

Me and the Colonel

1958

Director of Photography

6.4

The Strange One

1957

Director of Photography

6.4

The Brothers Rico

1957

Director of Photography

6.1

Decision at Sundown

1957

Director of Photography

6.3

Not One Shall Die

1957

Director of Photography

Nightfall

1956

Director of Photography

6.9

The Harder They Fall

1956

Director of Photography

7.1

Battle Stations

1956

Director of Photography

5.6

Storm Center

1956

Director of Photography

6.6

Count Three and Pray

1955

Director of Photography

4.5

The Violent Men

1955

Director of Photography

6.4

Tight Spot

1955

Director of Photography

6.5

Three Stripes in the Sun

1955

Director of Photography

7.0

Human Desire

1954

Director of Photography

6.8

Private Hell 36

1954

Director of Photography

6.2

The Bamboo Prison

1954

Director of Photography

6.4

From Here to Eternity

1953

Director of Photography

7.3

The Last Posse

1953

Director of Photography

6.1

Assignment: Paris

1952

Director of Photography

5.7

The Sniper

1952

Director of Photography

6.7

Scandal Sheet

1952

Director of Photography

6.9

Sirocco

1951

Director of Photography

5.9

Two of a Kind

1951

Director of Photography

6.7

The Family Secret

1951

Director of Photography

5.7

In a Lonely Place

1950

Director of Photography

7.6

Convicted

1950

Director of Photography

6.0

Emergency Wedding

1950

Director of Photography

5.5

Father Is a Bachelor

1950

Director of Photography

7.4

And Baby Makes Three

1949

Director of Photography

4.1

The Undercover Man

1949

Director of Photography

6.1

Knock on Any Door

1949

Director of Photography

6.2

All the King's Men

1949

Director of Photography

7.0

The Reckless Moment

1949

Director of Photography

6.7

The Sign of the Ram

1948

Director of Photography

5.9

To the Ends of the Earth

1948

Director of Photography

The Gallant Blade

Cinematography

The Gallant Blade

Director of Photography

6.0

Framed

1947

Director of Photography

6.4

Johnny O'Clock

1947

Director of Photography

6.3

The Notorious Lone Wolf

1946

Director of Photography

A Bird in the Head

Cinematography

A Bird in the Head

Director of Photography

6.0

Gallant Journey

1946

Director of Photography

6.1

So Dark the Night

1946

Director of Photography

6.1

Night Editor

1946

Director of Photography

Meet Me on Broadway

Cinematography

Meet Me on Broadway

Director of Photography

7.0

I Love a Mystery

1945

Director of Photography

6.2

My Name Is Julia Ross

1945

Director of Photography

6.7

Blonde from Brooklyn

1945

Director of Photography

5.0

Eve Knew Her Apples

1945

Director of Photography

5.2

Eadie Was a Lady

1945

Director of Photography

3.3

Sailor's Holiday

1944

Director of Photography

The Soul of a Monster

1944

Director of Photography

Kansas City Kitty

Cinematography

Kansas City Kitty

Director of Photography

5.0

Tahiti Nights

1944

Director of Photography

You Only Live Once

Assistant Camera

The Informer

Camera Operator

The Conquerors

Camera Operator

Love Over Night

Assistant Camera

The Yankee Clipper

1927

Assistant Camera

6.4

The Iron Horse

1925

Additional Photography

6.6

The Courtship of Miles Standish

1923

Assistant Camera