Polyphemus

Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1905-05-26 (119 years old)

Place of Birth

Del Rio, Tennessee, USA

Burnett Guffey

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.

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

Camera

1971

The Steagle as Director of Photography

1970

Suppose They Gave a War and Nobody Came? as Director of Photography
The Great White Hope as Director of Photography
Halls of Anger as Director of Photography

1969

The Madwoman of Chaillot as Director of Photography
Where It's At as Director of Photography
Some Kind of a Nut as Director of Photography
The Learning Tree as Director of Photography

1968

The Split as Director of Photography

1967

Bonnie and Clyde as Director of Photography
The Ambushers as Director of Photography

1966

The Silencers as Director of Photography

1965

King Rat as Director of Photography

1964

Good Neighbor Sam as Director of Photography
Flight from Ashiya as Director of Photography

1962

Birdman of Alcatraz as Director of Photography
Kid Galahad as Director of Photography

1961

Mr. Sardonicus as Director of Photography
Cry for Happy as Director of Photography
Homicidal as Director of Photography

1960

Hell to Eternity as Director of Photography
Let No Man Write My Epitaph as Director of Photography
The Mountain Road as Director of Photography

1959

Dogface as Director of Photography
Gidget as Director of Photography
They Came to Cordura as Director of Photography
Edge of Eternity as Director of Photography

1958

Screaming Mimi as Director of Photography
The True Story of Lynn Stuart as Director of Photography
Me and the Colonel as Director of Photography

1957

The Brothers Rico as Director of Photography
Not One Shall Die as Director of Photography
The Strange One as Director of Photography
Decision at Sundown as Director of Photography

1956

The Harder They Fall as Director of Photography
Nightfall as Director of Photography
Storm Center as Director of Photography
Battle Stations as Director of Photography

1955

Count Three and Pray as Director of Photography
Tight Spot as Director of Photography
Three Stripes in the Sun as Director of Photography
The Violent Men as Director of Photography

1954

Private Hell 36 as Director of Photography
Human Desire as Director of Photography
The Bamboo Prison as Director of Photography

1953

From Here to Eternity as Director of Photography
The Last Posse as Director of Photography

1952

The Sniper as Director of Photography
Scandal Sheet as Director of Photography
Assignment: Paris as Director of Photography

1951

Sirocco as Director of Photography
Two of a Kind as Director of Photography
The Family Secret as Director of Photography

1950

Convicted as Director of Photography
In a Lonely Place as Director of Photography
Father Is a Bachelor as Director of Photography
Emergency Wedding as Director of Photography

1949

The Reckless Moment as Director of Photography
Knock on Any Door as Director of Photography
The Undercover Man as Director of Photography
All the King's Men as Director of Photography
And Baby Makes Three as Director of Photography

1948

To the Ends of the Earth as Director of Photography
The Sign of the Ram as Director of Photography

1947

Framed as Director of Photography
Johnny O'Clock as Director of Photography

1946

Night Editor as Director of Photography
So Dark the Night as Director of Photography
The Notorious Lone Wolf as Director of Photography
Gallant Journey as Director of Photography

1945

My Name Is Julia Ross as Director of Photography
I Love a Mystery as Director of Photography
Eadie Was a Lady as Director of Photography
Blonde from Brooklyn as Director of Photography
Eve Knew Her Apples as Director of Photography

1944

The Soul of a Monster as Director of Photography
Sailor's Holiday as Director of Photography
Tahiti Nights as Director of Photography

1937

You Only Live Once as Assistant Camera

1935

The Informer as Camera Operator

1932

The Conquerors as Camera Operator

1925

The Iron Horse as Additional Photography

Crew

1948

The Gallant Blade as Cinematography

1946

Meet Me on Broadway as Cinematography
A Bird in the Head as Cinematography

1944

Kansas City Kitty as Cinematography