About

Known credits:
85
Birthday:
1905-05-26
Place of birth:
Del Rio, Tennessee, USA
Website:
N/A

Burnett Guffey

Overview

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

Acting
1969 My Father: Gordon Parks Actor Himself N/A
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1969 The Moviemakers Actor Self N/A
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Camera
1971 The Steagle Camera Director of Photography 58
Average
1970 The Great White Hope Camera Director of Photography 59
Average
1970 Suppose They Gave a War and Nobody Came? Camera Director of Photography 58
Average
1970 Halls of Anger Camera Director of Photography 58
Average
1969 The Madwoman of Chaillot Camera Director of Photography 59
Average
1969 Some Kind of a Nut Camera Director of Photography 58
Average
1969 The Learning Tree Camera Director of Photography 59
Average
1969 Where It's At Camera Director of Photography 59
Average
1968 The Split Camera Director of Photography 59
Average
1967 The Ambushers Camera Director of Photography 58
Average
1967 Bonnie and Clyde Camera Director of Photography 71
Good
1967 How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying Camera Director of Photography 59
Average
1966 The Silencers Camera Director of Photography 59
Average
1965 King Rat Camera Director of Photography 60
Fair
1964 Good Neighbor Sam Camera Director of Photography 59
Average
1964 Flight from Ashiya Camera Director of Photography 58
Average
1962 Kid Galahad Camera Director of Photography 59
Average
1962 Birdman of Alcatraz Camera Director of Photography 64
Fair
1961 Mr. Sardonicus Camera Director of Photography 59
Average
1961 Homicidal Camera Director of Photography 59
Average
1961 Cry for Happy Camera Director of Photography 58
Average
1960 Let No Man Write My Epitaph Camera Director of Photography 58
Average
1960 Hell to Eternity Camera Director of Photography 59
Average
1960 The Mountain Road Camera Director of Photography 59
Average
1959 Edge of Eternity Camera Director of Photography 59
Average
1959 They Came to Cordura Camera Director of Photography 59
Average
1959 Gidget Camera Director of Photography 59
Average
1959 Dogface Camera Director of Photography 59
Average
1958 Me and the Colonel Camera Director of Photography 59
Average
1958 Screaming Mimi Camera Director of Photography 58
Average
1958 The True Story of Lynn Stuart Camera Director of Photography 59
Average
1957 Decision at Sundown Camera Director of Photography 59
Average
1957 The Brothers Rico Camera Director of Photography 59
Average
1957 The Strange One Camera Director of Photography 59
Average
1957 Not One Shall Die Camera Director of Photography N/A
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1956 Nightfall Camera Director of Photography 60
Fair
1956 Storm Center Camera Director of Photography 59
Average
1956 The Harder They Fall Camera Director of Photography 61
Fair
1956 Battle Stations Camera Director of Photography 59
Average
1955 Three Stripes in the Sun Camera Director of Photography 59
Average
1955 Count Three and Pray Camera Director of Photography 58
Average
1955 Tight Spot Camera Director of Photography 59
Average
1955 The Violent Men Camera Director of Photography 59
Average
1954 Private Hell 36 Camera Director of Photography 59
Average
1954 Human Desire Camera Director of Photography 60
Fair
1954 The Bamboo Prison Camera Director of Photography 59
Average
1953 From Here to Eternity Camera Director of Photography 66
Fair
1953 The Last Posse Camera Director of Photography 59
Average
1952 Assignment: Paris Camera Director of Photography 59
Average
1952 The Sniper Camera Director of Photography 59
Average
1952 Scandal Sheet Camera Director of Photography 60
Fair
1951 The Family Secret Camera Director of Photography 59
Average
1951 Two of a Kind Camera Director of Photography 59
Average
1951 Sirocco Camera Director of Photography 58
Average
1950 Emergency Wedding Camera Director of Photography 59
Average
1950 Convicted Camera Director of Photography 59
Average
1950 In a Lonely Place Camera Director of Photography 67
Fair
1950 Father Is a Bachelor Camera Director of Photography 59
Average
1949 The Reckless Moment Camera Director of Photography 60
Fair
1949 And Baby Makes Three Camera Director of Photography 58
Average
1949 All the King's Men Camera Director of Photography 61
Fair
1949 The Undercover Man Camera Director of Photography 59
Average
1949 Knock on Any Door Camera Director of Photography 59
Average
1948 The Sign of the Ram Camera Director of Photography 59
Average
1948 To the Ends of the Earth Camera Director of Photography 58
Average
1947 Framed Camera Director of Photography 59
Average
1947 Johnny O'Clock Camera Director of Photography 59
Average
1946 So Dark the Night Camera Director of Photography 59
Average
1946 Gallant Journey Camera Director of Photography 59
Average
1946 Night Editor Camera Director of Photography 58
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1946 The Notorious Lone Wolf Camera Director of Photography 59
Average
1945 My Name Is Julia Ross Camera Director of Photography 59
Average
1945 Blonde from Brooklyn Camera Director of Photography 58
Average
1945 Eve Knew Her Apples Camera Director of Photography 58
Average
1945 I Love a Mystery Camera Director of Photography 59
Average
1945 Eadie Was a Lady Camera Director of Photography 58
Average
1944 The Soul of a Monster Camera Director of Photography 58
Average
1944 Sailor's Holiday Camera Director of Photography N/A
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1937 You Only Live Once Camera Assistant Camera 62
Fair
1935 The Informer Camera Camera Operator 60
Fair
1932 The Conquerors Camera Camera Operator 59
Average

Crew
1946 A Bird in the Head Crew Cinematography 59
Average
1946 Meet Me on Broadway Crew Cinematography 59
Average