Burnett Guffey

Born May 26, 1905· Del Rio, Tennessee, USA

† Died May 30, 1983

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Emerging from a modest Tennessee upbringing, Guffey entered the film world as a teenage camera assistant on John Ford’s The Iron Horse and, after a stint as a bank messenger, joined Famous Players-Lasky in 1927, becoming a camera operator by 1928. He honed his craft on 1930s-40s productions such as Clive of India, The Informer and Cover Girl before debuting as Director of Photography for Columbia…

Biography written by WatchMoods, based on public sources

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