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).
Crew
Bonnie and Clyde
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Birdman of Alcatraz
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Good Neighbor Sam
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Sirocco
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From Here to Eternity
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The Split
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Night Editor
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The Sniper
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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
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Knock on Any Door
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Convicted
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Framed
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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
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Screaming Mimi
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Storm Center
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In a Lonely Place
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Not One Shall Die
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To the Ends of the Earth
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I Love a Mystery
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The Strange One
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The Sign of the Ram
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The Last Posse
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The Family Secret
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Count Three and Pray
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Suppose They Gave a War and Nobody Came?
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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
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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
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Father Is a Bachelor
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Scandal Sheet
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Assignment: Paris
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The Bamboo Prison
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The Violent Men
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Battle Stations
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Decision at Sundown
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The True Story of Lynn Stuart
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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
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Some Kind of a Nut
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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
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The Notorious Lone Wolf
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The Conquerors
Camera Operator
Johnny O'Clock
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A Bird in the Head
Cinematography
You Only Live Once
Assistant Camera
The Informer
Camera Operator
Blonde from Brooklyn
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Eve Knew Her Apples
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And Baby Makes Three
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Gallant Journey
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The Iron Horse
Additional Photography
Kansas City Kitty
Cinematography
The Gallant Blade
Cinematography
Tahiti Nights
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The Yankee Clipper
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