Burnett Guffey
Director of Photography | Camera Operator
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. Accordi...
Place of Birth: Del Rio, Tennessee, USA
Date of Birth: May 26, 1905
Date of Death: May 30, 1983
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