Burnett Guffey
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Film & TV
Del Rio, Tennessee, USA
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…
Known for
- My Father: Gordon Parks — Self1969
- The Moviemakers — Self1969
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Del Rio
- Place of death
- Goleta
- Occupation
- cinematographer
- Languages spoken
- English language
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- date of birth
- 1905-05-26
- date of death
- 1983-05-30
- nominated for
- Academy Award for Best Cinematography
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