Burnett Guffey
Camera
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
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movieThe Steagle
1971
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movieThe Great White Hope
1970
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movieSuppose They Gave a War and Nobody Came?
1970
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movieHalls of Anger
1970
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movieThe Madwoman of Chaillot
1969
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movieSome Kind of a Nut
1969
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movieThe Learning Tree
1969
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movieWhere It's At
1969
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movieThe Split
1968
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movieThe Ambushers
1967
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movieBonnie and Clyde
1967
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movieHow to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
1967
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movieThe Silencers
1966
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movieKing Rat
1965
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movieGood Neighbor Sam
1964
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movieFlight from Ashiya
1964
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movieKid Galahad
1962
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movieBirdman of Alcatraz
1962
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movieMr. Sardonicus
1961
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movieHomicidal
1961
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movieCry for Happy
1961
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movieLet No Man Write My Epitaph
1960
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movieHell to Eternity
1960
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movieThe Mountain Road
1960
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movieEdge of Eternity
1959
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movieThey Came to Cordura
1959
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movieGidget
1959
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movieDogface
1959
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movieMe and the Colonel
1958
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movieScreaming Mimi
1958
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movieThe True Story of Lynn Stuart
1958
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movieDecision at Sundown
1957
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movieThe Brothers Rico
1957
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movieThe Strange One
1957
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movieNot One Shall Die
1957
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movieNightfall
1956
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movieStorm Center
1956
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movieThe Harder They Fall
1956
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movieBattle Stations
1956
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movieThree Stripes in the Sun
1955
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movieCount Three and Pray
1955
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movieTight Spot
1955
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movieThe Violent Men
1955
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moviePrivate Hell 36
1954
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movieHuman Desire
1954
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movieThe Bamboo Prison
1954
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movieFrom Here to Eternity
1953
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movieThe Last Posse
1953
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movieAssignment: Paris
1952
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movieThe Sniper
1952
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movieScandal Sheet
1952
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movieThe Family Secret
1951
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movieTwo of a Kind
1951
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movieSirocco
1951
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movieEmergency Wedding
1950
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movieConvicted
1950
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movieIn a Lonely Place
1950
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movieFather Is a Bachelor
1950
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movieThe Reckless Moment
1949
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movieAnd Baby Makes Three
1949
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movieAll the King's Men
1949
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movieThe Undercover Man
1949
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movieKnock on Any Door
1949
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movieThe Gallant Blade
1948
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movieThe Sign of the Ram
1948
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movieTo the Ends of the Earth
1948
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movieFramed
1947
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movieJohnny O'Clock
1947
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movieSo Dark the Night
1946
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movieGallant Journey
1946
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movieNight Editor
1946
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movieA Bird in the Head
1946
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movieThe Notorious Lone Wolf
1946
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movieMeet Me on Broadway
1946
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movieMy Name Is Julia Ross
1945
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movieBlonde from Brooklyn
1945
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Eve Knew Her Apples
1945
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movieI Love a Mystery
1945
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movieEadie Was a Lady
1945
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movieTahiti Nights
1944
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movieKansas City Kitty
1944
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movieThe Soul of a Monster
1944
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movieSailor's Holiday
1944
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movieYou Only Live Once
1937
Assistant Camera
movieThe Informer
1935
Camera Operator
movieThe Conquerors
1932
Camera Operator
movieLove Over Night
1928
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movieThe Yankee Clipper
1927
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movieThe Iron Horse
1925
Additional Photography
movieThe Courtship of Miles Standish
1923
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