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name: "Burnett Guffey"
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roles: ["Cinematographer"]
born: "26 May 1905"
died: "30 May 1983"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 4
average_fi1m_score: 80
average_over: 4
updated: "2026-09-20T04:46:54.285237+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Burnett Guffey

Cinematographer. Born 26 May 1905 in Del Rio, Tennessee, USA. Died 30 May 1983.

## Details

- **Work:** Cinematographer
- **Born:** 26 May 1905, Del Rio, Tennessee, USA
- **Died:** 30 May 1983
- **Active:** 1935–1967
- **Academy Awards:** 2 Oscars (2 won · 3 nominated)
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1930s 73 (1), 1940s 74 (1), 1950s 83 (1), 1960s 88 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 80 to 78 across 4 titles
- **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 4, Crime 2, Romance 1, War 1
- **Screen time:** 7 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $101m across 3 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burnett_Guffey, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q509671, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0346532/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/6452

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*From Here to Eternity*](https://film.one/film/from-here-to-eternity.md) (83)
- **The Roku Channel:** [*All the King's Men*](https://film.one/film/all-the-kings-men.md) (74)

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## Biography

Burnett Guffey was an American cinematographer who worked on over 100 films between the late 1920s and 1971. Born on 26 May 1905 in Del Rio, Tennessee, he began as an assistant cameraman in 1923 and served as a camera operator on films including John Ford's *The Informer* (1935) before becoming a director of photography in 1944.

He photographed *All the King's Men* (1949) and *In a Lonely Place* (1950), and was noted for his work on film noir. Guffey won Academy Awards for *From Here to Eternity* (1953) and *Bonnie and Clyde* (1967), with further nominations for *The Harder They Fall* (1956), *Birdman of Alcatraz* (1962) and *King Rat* (1965). He served as president of the American Society of Cinematographers from 1957 to 1958.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (4)

- *Bonnie and Clyde* (1967), Fi1m 88, Director of Photography, Cinematography — [page](https://film.one/film/bonnie-and-clyde.md)
- *From Here to Eternity* (1953), Fi1m 83, Cinematography, Director of Photography — [page](https://film.one/film/from-here-to-eternity.md)
- *All the King's Men* (1949), Fi1m 74, Cinematography, Director of Photography — [page](https://film.one/film/all-the-kings-men.md)
- *The Informer* (1935), Fi1m 73, Camera Operator — [page](https://film.one/film/the-informer.md)

## Complete filmography (90)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Steagle* (1971), Director of Photography
- *The Great White Hope* (1970), Director of Photography
- *Suppose They Gave a War and Nobody Came?* (1970), Director of Photography
- *Halls of Anger* (1970), Director of Photography
- *The Madwoman of Chaillot* (1969), Director of Photography
- *Some Kind of a Nut* (1969), Director of Photography
- *The Learning Tree* (1969), Director of Photography
- *Where It's At* (1969), Director of Photography
- *The Split* (1968), Director of Photography
- *The Ambushers* (1967), Director of Photography
- *Bonnie and Clyde* (1967), Director of Photography — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/bonnie-and-clyde.md)
- *How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying* (1967), Director of Photography
- *The Silencers* (1966), Director of Photography
- *King Rat* (1965), Director of Photography
- *Good Neighbor Sam* (1964), Director of Photography
- *Flight from Ashiya* (1964), Director of Photography
- *Kid Galahad* (1962), Director of Photography
- *Birdman of Alcatraz* (1962), Director of Photography
- *Mr. Sardonicus* (1961), Director of Photography
- *Homicidal* (1961), Director of Photography
- *Cry for Happy* (1961), Director of Photography
- *Let No Man Write My Epitaph* (1960), Director of Photography
- *Hell to Eternity* (1960), Director of Photography
- *The Mountain Road* (1960), Director of Photography
- *Edge of Eternity* (1959), Director of Photography
- *They Came to Cordura* (1959), Director of Photography
- *Gidget* (1959), Director of Photography
- *Dogface* (1959), Director of Photography
- *Me and the Colonel* (1958), Director of Photography
- *Screaming Mimi* (1958), Director of Photography
- *The True Story of Lynn Stuart* (1958), Director of Photography
- *Decision at Sundown* (1957), Director of Photography
- *The Brothers Rico* (1957), Director of Photography
- *The Strange One* (1957), Director of Photography
- *Not One Shall Die* (1957), Director of Photography
- *Nightfall* (1956), Director of Photography
- *Storm Center* (1956), Director of Photography
- *The Harder They Fall* (1956), Director of Photography
- *Battle Stations* (1956), Director of Photography
- *Three Stripes in the Sun* (1955), Director of Photography
- *Count Three and Pray* (1955), Director of Photography
- *Tight Spot* (1955), Director of Photography
- *The Violent Men* (1955), Director of Photography
- *Private Hell 36* (1954), Director of Photography
- *Human Desire* (1954), Director of Photography
- *The Bamboo Prison* (1954), Director of Photography
- *From Here to Eternity* (1953), Director of Photography — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/film/from-here-to-eternity.md)
- *The Last Posse* (1953), Director of Photography
- *Assignment: Paris* (1952), Director of Photography
- *The Sniper* (1952), Director of Photography
- *Scandal Sheet* (1952), Director of Photography
- *The Family Secret* (1951), Director of Photography
- *Two of a Kind* (1951), Director of Photography
- *Sirocco* (1951), Director of Photography
- *Emergency Wedding* (1950), Director of Photography
- *Convicted* (1950), Director of Photography
- *In a Lonely Place* (1950), Director of Photography
- *Father Is a Bachelor* (1950), Director of Photography
- *The Reckless Moment* (1949), Director of Photography
- *And Baby Makes Three* (1949), Director of Photography
- *All the King's Men* (1949), Director of Photography — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/all-the-kings-men.md)
- *The Undercover Man* (1949), Director of Photography
- *Knock on Any Door* (1949), Director of Photography
- *The Gallant Blade* (1948), Director of Photography
- *The Sign of the Ram* (1948), Director of Photography
- *To the Ends of the Earth* (1948), Director of Photography
- *Framed* (1947), Director of Photography
- *Johnny O'Clock* (1947), Director of Photography
- *So Dark the Night* (1946), Director of Photography
- *Gallant Journey* (1946), Director of Photography
- *Night Editor* (1946), Director of Photography
- *A Bird in the Head* (1946), Director of Photography
- *The Notorious Lone Wolf* (1946), Director of Photography
- *Meet Me on Broadway* (1946), Director of Photography
- *My Name Is Julia Ross* (1945), Director of Photography
- *Blonde from Brooklyn* (1945), Director of Photography
- *Eve Knew Her Apples* (1945), Director of Photography
- *I Love a Mystery* (1945), Director of Photography
- *Eadie Was a Lady* (1945), Director of Photography
- *Tahiti Nights* (1944), Director of Photography
- *Kansas City Kitty* (1944), Director of Photography
- *The Soul of a Monster* (1944), Director of Photography
- *Sailor's Holiday* (1944), Director of Photography
- *You Only Live Once* (1937), Assistant Camera
- *The Informer* (1935), Camera Operator — Fi1m 73, [page](https://film.one/film/the-informer.md)
- *The Conquerors* (1932), Camera Operator
- *Love Over Night* (1928), Assistant Camera
- *The Yankee Clipper* (1927), Assistant Camera
- *The Iron Horse* (1925), Additional Photography
- *The Courtship of Miles Standish* (1923), Assistant Camera

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 2 won, 3 nominated

- 1968: Best Cinematography (won), for *Bonnie and Clyde*
- 1966: Best Cinematography, Black-and-White (nominated), for *King Rat*
- 1963: Best Cinematography, Black-and-White (nominated), for *Birdman of Alcatraz*
- 1957: Best Cinematography, Black-and-White (nominated), for *The Harder They Fall*
- 1954: Best Cinematography, Black-and-White (won), for *From Here to Eternity*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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