Burnett Guffey
Camera
🎂 1905-05-26
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).​
Cast credits(2)
Camera (83)
Director of Photography
1967
Director of Photography
1953
Director of Photography
1962
Director of Photography
1950
Assistant Camera
1937
Director of Photography
1959
Director of Photography
1956
Director of Photography
1949
Director of Photography
1945
Director of Photography
1952
Director of Photography
1962
Director of Photography
1961
Director of Photography
1956
Director of Photography
1955
Director of Photography
1965
Director of Photography
1949
Director of Photography
1957
Director of Photography
1967
Director of Photography
1959
Director of Photography
1964
Director of Photography
1954
Additional Photography
1925
Director of Photography
1967
Director of Photography
1947
Director of Photography
1952
Director of Photography
1969
Director of Photography
1950
Director of Photography
1957
Director of Photography
1946
Director of Photography
1949
Director of Photography
1955
Director of Photography
1951
Director of Photography
1961
Director of Photography
1954
Director of Photography
1966
Director of Photography
1954
Director of Photography
1947
Director of Photography
1958
Director of Photography
1951
Director of Photography
1959
Director of Photography
1948
Director of Photography
1970
Director of Photography
1958
Director of Photography
1957
Director of Photography
1960
Director of Photography
1952
Director of Photography
1968
Director of Photography
1960
Camera Operator
1935
Director of Photography
1970
Director of Photography
1961
Director of Photography
1946
Director of Photography
1964
Director of Photography
1960
Director of Photography
1970
Director of Photography
1949
Director of Photography
1969
Director of Photography
1948
Director of Photography
1969
Director of Photography
1950
Director of Photography
1951
Director of Photography
1944
Director of Photography
1956
Director of Photography
1946
Director of Photography
1945
Director of Photography
1950
Director of Photography
1953
Director of Photography
1971
Director of Photography
1957
Director of Photography
1955
Director of Photography
1955
Director of Photography
1945
Director of Photography
1958
Camera Operator
1932
Director of Photography
1969
Director of Photography
1956
Director of Photography
1946
Director of Photography
1949
Director of Photography
1945
Director of Photography
1944
Director of Photography
1944
Director of Photography
1945
Director of Photography
1959
