Burnett Guffey

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name = Burnett Guffey, A.S.C.

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birthplace = Del Rio, Tennessee, U.S.
deathdate = death date and age|1983|5|30|1905|5|26
deathplace = Goleta, California, U.S.
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occupation = Cinematographer
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academyawards = Best Black-and-White Cinematography 1954 "From Here to Eternity" Best Cinematography 1968 "Bonnie and Clyde"

Burnett Guffey, A.S.C. (May 26, 1905 - May 30, 1983 in Del Rio, Tennessee) was an American cinematographer. [imdb name|id= 0346532|name=Burnett Guffey.]

He won two Academy Awards: "From Here to Eternity" (1953) and "Bonnie and Clyde" (1967).

Career

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. [amg name| id=2:92834.] [* [http://www.cinematographers.nl/GreatDoPh/guffey.htm Steeman, Albert] . Internet Encyclopedia of Cinematographers, "Burnett Guffey page," Rotterdam, The Netherlands, 2007. Last accessed: January 2, 2008.]

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). [Selby, Spencer. "Dark City: The Film Noir," page 239, 1984. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers.] [ [http://www.theasc.com/news/news_articles/news_20070418_LACMA.html American Society of Cinematographers] . "Lonely America: The Noir Cinematography of Burnett Guffey ASC," 2007. Last accessed: January 2, 2007.]

Filmography

* "Fairways and Foul" (1929)
* "Tahiti Nights" (1944)
* "The Unwritten Code" (1944)
* "Kansas City Kitty" (1944)
* "The Soul of a Monster" (1944)
* "U-Boat Prisoner" (1944)
* "Sailor's Holiday" (1944)
* "My Name Is Julia Ross" (1945)
* "The Girl of the Limberlost" (1945)
* "The Gay Senorita" (1945)
* "The Blonde from Brooklyn" (1945)
* "Eve Knew Her Apples" (1945)
* "I Love a Mystery" (1945)
* "Eadie Was a Lady" (1945)
* "Gallant Journey" (1946)
* "So Dark the Night" (1946)
* "Night Editor" (1946)
* "A Bird in the Head" (1946)
* "The Notorious Lone Wolf" (1946)
* "Meet Me on Broadway" (1946)
* "A Close Call for Boston Blackie" (1946)
* "The Fighting Guardsman" (1946)
* "Framed" (1947)
* "Johnny O'Clock" (1947)
* "The Gallant Blade" (1948)
* "Screen Snapshots: Smiles and Styles" (1948)
* "Screen Snapshots: Photoplay Gold Medal Awards" (1948)
* "The Sign of the Ram" (1948)
* "To the Ends of the Earth" (1948)
* "And Baby Makes Three" (1949)
* "All the King's Men" (1949)
* "The Reckless Moment" (1949)
* "The Undercover Man" (1949)
* "Knock on Any Door" (1949)
* "Emergency Wedding" (1950)
* "Convicted" (1950)
* "In a Lonely Place" (1950)
* "Father Is a Bachelor" (1950)
* "The Family Secret" (1951)
* "Two of a Kind" (1951)
* "Sirocco" (1951)
* "Assignment: Paris" (1952)
* "The Sniper" (1952)
* "Scandal Sheet" (1952)
* "From Here to Eternity" (1953)
* "The Last Posse" (1953)
* "The Bamboo Prison" (1954)
* "Private Hell 36" (1954)
* "Human Desire" (1954)
* "Three Stripes in the Sun" (1955)
* "Count Three and Pray" (1955)
* "Tight Spot" (1955)
* "The Violent Men" (1955)
* "Storm Center" (1956)
* "The Harder They Fall" (1956)
* "Battle Stations" (1956)
* "Decision at Sundown" (1957)
* "The Brothers Rico" (1957)
* "The Strange One" (1957)
* "Nightfall" (1957)
* "Me and the Colonel" (1958)
* "Screaming Mimi" (1958)
* "The True Story of Lynn Stuart" (1958)
* "Edge of Eternity" (1959)
* "They Came to Cordura" (1959)
* "Gidget" (1959)
* "Let No Man Write My Epitaph" (1960)
* "Hell to Eternity" (1960)
* "The Mountain Road" (1960)
* "Mr. Sardonicus" (1961)
* "Homicidal" (1961)
* "Cry for Happy" (1961)
* "Kid Galahad" (1962)
* "Birdman of Alcatraz" (1962)
* "Good Neighbor Sam" (1964)
* "Flight from Ashiya" (1964)
* "King Rat" (1965)
* "The Silencers" (1966)
* "The Ambushers" (1967)
* "Bonnie and Clyde" (1967)
* "How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying" (1967)
* "The Split" (1968)
* "The Madwoman of Chaillot" (1969)
* "Some Kind of a Nut" (1969)
* "The Learning Tree" (1969)
* "Where It's at" (1969)
* "Halls of Anger" (1970)
* "The Great White Hope" (1970)
* "Suppose They Gave a War and Nobody Came" (1970)
* "The Steagle" (1971)

Awards

Wins
* Academy Awards: Oscar, Best Cinematography, Black-and-White, for "From Here to Eternity"; 1954.
* Academy Awards: Oscar, Best Cinematography, for "Bonnie and Clyde"; 1968.

Nominations
* Golden Globes: Golden Globe, Best Cinematography, Black and White, for "All the King's Men"; (1950)
* Academy Awards: Oscar, Best Cinematography, Black-and-White, for "The Harder They Fall," (1957).
* Academy Awards: Oscar, Best Cinematography, Black-and-White, for "Birdman of Alcatraz," 1963.
* Academy Awards; Oscar, Best Cinematography, Black-and-White, for "King Rat"; 1966.

References

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* [http://www.filmreference.com/Writers-and-Production-Artists-Gi-Ha/Guffey-Burnett.html Burnett Guffey] at Film Reference
* [http://www.filmradar.com/calendar/item.php?id=3587 "Film Noirs"] photographed by Burnett Guffey
* [http://www.ifilm.com/artist/221794 Burnett Guffey] : four film trailers at Spike TV (iFilm)