Burnett Guffey
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).
Bonnie and Clyde
(Director of Photography)
Birdman of Alcatraz
(Director of Photography)
Good Neighbor Sam
(Director of Photography)
Sirocco
(Director of Photography)
From Here to Eternity
(Director of Photography)
The Split
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Night Editor
(Director of Photography)
The Sniper
(Director of Photography)
The Brothers Rico
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Two of a Kind
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The Harder They Fall
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Nightfall
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The Reckless Moment
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So Dark the Night
(Director of Photography)
Knock on Any Door
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Convicted
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Framed
(Director of Photography)
Mr. Sardonicus
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My Name Is Julia Ross
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Private Hell 36
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The Soul of a Monster
(Director of Photography)
Screaming Mimi
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Storm Center
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In a Lonely Place
(Director of Photography)
Not One Shall Die
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To the Ends of the Earth
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I Love a Mystery
(Director of Photography)
The Strange One
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The Sign of the Ram
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The Last Posse
(Director of Photography)
The Family Secret
(Director of Photography)
Count Three and Pray
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Suppose They Gave a War and Nobody Came?
(Director of Photography)
The Silencers
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The Great White Hope
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Cry for Happy
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Hell to Eternity
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Three Stripes in the Sun
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Tight Spot
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Halls of Anger
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Meet Me on Broadway
(Cinematography)
Homicidal
(Director of Photography)
Sailor's Holiday
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Human Desire
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The Undercover Man
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All the King's Men
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Dogface
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Let No Man Write My Epitaph
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Emergency Wedding
(Director of Photography)
Father Is a Bachelor
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Scandal Sheet
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Assignment: Paris
(Director of Photography)
The Bamboo Prison
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The Violent Men
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Battle Stations
(Director of Photography)
Decision at Sundown
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The True Story of Lynn Stuart
(Director of Photography)
Me and the Colonel
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Gidget
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They Came to Cordura
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Edge of Eternity
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The Mountain Road
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Kid Galahad
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The Steagle
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The Madwoman of Chaillot
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How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
(Director of Photography)
Some Kind of a Nut
(Director of Photography)
The Learning Tree
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Where It's At
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The Ambushers
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King Rat
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Flight from Ashiya
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Eadie Was a Lady
(Director of Photography)
The Notorious Lone Wolf
(Director of Photography)
The Conquerors
(Camera Operator)
Johnny O'Clock
(Director of Photography)
A Bird in the Head
(Cinematography)
You Only Live Once
(Assistant Camera)
The Informer
(Camera Operator)
Blonde from Brooklyn
(Director of Photography)
Eve Knew Her Apples
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And Baby Makes Three
(Director of Photography)
Gallant Journey
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