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Encyclopedia > Burnett Guffey

American cinematographer Burnett Guffey (May 26, 1905 - May 30, 1983) was born in Del Rio, Tennessee, USA. The Academy Award-winning lensman began as an assistant cameraman in the early 1920 while still a teenager. Guffey was hired as a Director of Photography for Columbia Pictures in 1944. He won Academy Awards for From Here to Eternity (1953) and Bonnie and Clyde (1967) while working for Warner Brothers. Some of his notable films include All the King's Men (1949), In a Lonely Place (1950), and The Great White Hope (1970). Guffey worked with Alfred Hitchcock on Foreign Correspondent (1940) and with director John Ford. Cinematographer Bruno Delbonnel, AFC, meters Audrey Tautou on the set of A Very Long Engagement. ... May 26 is the 146th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (147th in leap years). ... See also: 1904 in film 1905 1906 in film years in film film Events Pathé Frères colors black and white films by machine. ... May 30 is the 150th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (151st in leap years). ... See also: 1982 in film 1983 1984 in film 1980s in film years in film film // Events February 11 - The Rolling Stones concert film Lets Spend the Night Together opens in New York Top grossing films North America Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi Tootsie Trading Places... The Columbia Pictures logo, used from 1993 to current. ... Although he never won an Oscar for any of his movie performances, the comedian Bob Hope received two honorary Oscars for his contributions to cinema. ... Burt Lancaster and Deborah Kerr in the famous beach scene in From Here to Eternity. ... Bonnie and Clyde (1967) is a film about Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow, bank robbers who roamed the central United States during the Great Depression. ... Warner Bros. ... Cover of Robert Penn Warrens All the Kings Men. ... In a Lonely Place is a 1950 film noir directed by Nicholas Ray, starring Humphrey Bogart and Gloria Grahame, and produced for Bogarts Santana Productions. ... The Great White Hope is a 1970 film which tells the fictionalized life story of boxing champion Jack Johnson (here called Jack Jefferson). ... Foreign Correspondent is a 1940 film which tells the story of an American reporter who becomes involved in espionage in England during World War II. It stars Joel McCrea, George Sanders, Laraine Day, Herbert Marshall, Albert Bassermann and Robert Benchley. ... John Ford (February 1, 1894 – August 31, 1973) was one of the most accomplished American film directors of the 1930s to 1960s, known particularly as a director of the Westerns, although his tributes to the veterans of World War II and Americana are also equally effective. ...


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The teenaged Guffey handled the assignment with all the finesse of a veteran, but he returned to the assistant ranks as a camera operator in 1928.
Guffey was signed as a director of photography by Columbia Pictures in 1944, where he was expected to work on everything from "A"-musicals to "B"-westerns.
His next Oscar came for Warner Bros.' Bonnie and Clyde (1967), wherein Guffey effectively broke from studio-bound traditionalism to produce free-flowing camerawork on a par with the best of the French "nouvelle vague." Burnett Guffey's penultimate project was the testosterone-soaked photography for 1970's The Great White Hope.
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