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Burnett Guffey
b. 1905 — d. 1983 (aged 78)
Del Rio, Tennessee, USA
Cinematographer
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).
Known For
Filmography
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★ 5.1
The Steagle
1971 Cinematographer
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★ 6.9
The Great White Hope
1970 Cinematographer
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★ 6.0
Halls of Anger
1970 Cinematographer
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★ 5.4
Suppose They Gave a War and Nobody Came
1970 Cinematographer
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★ 7.2
The Learning Tree
1969 Cinematographer
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★ 5.9
The Madwoman of Chaillot
1969 Cinematographer
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★ 4.4
Some Kind of a Nut
1969 Cinematographer
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★ 5.0
Where It's At
1969 Cinematographer
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★ 5.8
My Father: Gordon Parks
1969 Self
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★ 6.8
The Moviemakers
1969 Self
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★ 6.0
The Split
1968 Cinematographer
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★ 7.7
Bonnie and Clyde
1967 Cinematographer
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★ 7.2
How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
1967 Cinematographer
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★ 5.3
The Ambushers
1967 Cinematographer
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★ 5.9
The Silencers
1966 Cinematographer
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★ 7.5
King Rat
1965 Cinematographer
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★ 6.7
Good Neighbor Sam
1964 Cinematographer
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★ 5.4
Flight from Ashiya
1964 Cinematographer
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From Here to Eternity
1964 Cinematographer
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★ 7.8
Birdman of Alcatraz
1962 Cinematographer
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★ 6.1
Kid Galahad
1962 Cinematographer
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★ 6.8
Homicidal
1961 Cinematographer
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★ 6.6
Mr. Sardonicus
1961 Cinematographer
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★ 5.8
Cry for Happy
1961 Cinematographer
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★ 6.9
Hell to Eternity
1960 Cinematographer
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★ 6.2
The Mountain Road
1960 Cinematographer
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★ 7.0
Let No Man Write My Epitaph
1960 Cinematographer
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★ 6.6
Gidget
1959 Cinematographer
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★ 6.4
They Came to Cordura
1959 Cinematographer
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★ 6.5
Edge of Eternity
1959 Cinematographer
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★ 6.5
Dog Face
1959 Cinematographer
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★ 5.8
Screaming Mimi
1958 Cinematographer
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★ 7.0
Me and the Colonel
1958 Cinematographer
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★ 6.4
The True Story of Lynn Stuart
1958 Cinematographer
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★ 6.8
Decision at Sundown
1957 Cinematographer
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★ 6.8
The Brothers Rico
1957 Cinematographer
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★ 6.9
The Strange One
1957 Cinematographer
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★ 5.2
Not One Shall Die
1957 Cinematographer
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★ 7.5
The Harder They Fall
1956 Cinematographer
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★ 7.1
Nightfall
1956 Cinematographer
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★ 6.6
Storm Center
1956 Cinematographer
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★ 6.2
Battle Stations
1956 Cinematographer
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★ 6.9
The Violent Men
1955 Cinematographer
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★ 6.6
Tight Spot
1955 Cinematographer
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★ 6.4
Count Three and Pray
1955 Cinematographer
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★ 6.6
Three Stripes in the Sun
1955 Cinematographer
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★ 7.1
Human Desire
1954 Cinematographer
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★ 6.7
Private Hell 36
1954 Cinematographer
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★ 6.1
The Bamboo Prison
1954 Cinematographer
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★ 7.6
From Here to Eternity
1953 Cinematographer
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★ 6.6
The Last Posse
1953 Cinematographer
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★ 7.1
The Sniper
1952 Cinematographer
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★ 7.4
Scandal Sheet
1952 Cinematographer
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★ 6.2
Assignment: Paris
1952 Cinematographer
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★ 6.2
Sirocco
1951 Cinematographer
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★ 6.6
Two of a Kind
1951 Cinematographer
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★ 6.2
The Family Secret
1951 Cinematographer
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★ 7.9
In a Lonely Place
1950 Cinematographer
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★ 6.8
Convicted
1950 Cinematographer
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★ 6.7
Father Is a Bachelor
1950 Cinematographer
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★ 5.9
Emergency Wedding
1950 Cinematographer
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★ 7.4
All the King's Men
1949 Cinematographer
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★ 7.1
The Reckless Moment
1949 Cinematographer
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★ 6.6
Knock on Any Door
1949 Cinematographer
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★ 6.6
The Undercover Man
1949 Cinematographer
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★ 6.0
And Baby Makes Three
1949 Cinematographer
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★ 6.8
To the Ends of the Earth
1948 Cinematographer
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★ 6.3
The Sign of the Ram
1948 Cinematographer
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★ 5.5
The Gallant Blade
1948 Cinematographer
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Screen Snapshots, Series 27, No. 7: Smiles and Styles
1948 Cinematographer
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Screen Snapshots, Series 27, No. 6: Photoplay Gold Medal Awards
1948 Cinematographer
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★ 6.8
Johnny O'Clock
1947 Cinematographer
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★ 6.9
Framed
1947 Cinematographer
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★ 6.3
So Dark the Night
1946 Cinematographer
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★ 6.7
Night Editor
1946 Cinematographer
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★ 7.0
A Bird in the Head
1946 Cinematographer
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★ 6.1
A Close Call for Boston Blackie
1946 Cinematographer
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★ 6.1
Gallant Journey
1946 Cinematographer
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★ 5.5
The Notorious Lone Wolf
1946 Cinematographer
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★ 5.5
Meet Me on Broadway
1946 Cinematographer
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★ 7.0
My Name Is Julia Ross
1945 Cinematographer
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★ 6.2
I Love a Mystery
1945 Cinematographer
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★ 5.7
Eve Knew Her Apples
1945 Cinematographer
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★ 5.3
The Fighting Guardsman
1945 Cinematographer
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★ 5.7
Blonde from Brooklyn
1945 Cinematographer
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★ 6.6
Eadie Was a Lady
1945 Cinematographer
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★ 6.3
The Girl of the Limberlost
1945 Cinematographer
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★ 6.5
The Gay Senorita
1945 Cinematographer
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★ 6.6
Calling All Fibbers
1945 Cinematographer
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★ 5.1
The Soul of a Monster
1944 Cinematographer
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★ 6.2
The Unwritten Code
1944 Cinematographer
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★ 5.4
U-Boat Prisoner
1944 Cinematographer
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★ 6.5
Kansas City Kitty
1944 Cinematographer
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★ 5.8
Defective Detectives
1944 Cinematographer
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★ 5.8
Sailor's Holiday
1944 Cinematographer
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Tahiti Nights
1944 Cinematographer
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Fairways and Foul
1929 Cinematographer