Burnett Guffey

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Burnett Guffey (May 26, 1905 - May 30, 1983 in Del Rio, Tennessee) was an American cinematographer . The Academy Award-winning lensman began as an assistant cameraman in the early 1920 while still a teenager. Guffey was hired as a Director of Photography for Columbia Pictures in 1944. He won Academy Awards for From Here to Eternity (1953) and Bonnie and Clyde (1967) while working for Warner Brothers. Some of his notable films include All the King's Men (1949), In a Lonely Place (1950), and The Great White Hope (1970). Guffey worked with Alfred Hitchcock on Foreign Correspondent (1940) and with director John Ford.