Burnett Guffey

  • Known for: Cinematographer
  • Date of birth: 1905. May 26.
  • Place of birth: 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...

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