Director, cinematographer, camera operator, screenwriter, producer
Guy Green
Guy Green, 1992
Born Guy Mervin Charles Green
(1913-11-05 ) 5 November 1913Died 15 September 2005(2005-09-15) (aged 91) Occupations Director cinematographer camera operator screenwriter producer Years active 1933–1986 Spouse Josephine Smith (1948-2005) (His death) Awards
Best Cinematography, Black-and-White 1947
Great Expectations
Guy Mervin Charles Green
OBE
BSC
(5 November 1913 – 15 September 2005) was an
English film director, producer, screenwriter, and cinematographer. In
1948 , he won an
Oscar as
cinematographer for the film
Great Expectations . In 2002, Green was given a
Lifetime Achievement Award by the
BAFTA , and, in 2004, he was named an Officer of the
Order of the British Empire for his lifetime contributions to British cinema.
Biography
Green was born in
Frome ,
Somerset ,
England . He began working in film in 1929 and became a noted film
cinematographer and a founding member of the
British Society of Cinematographers . Green became a full-time director of photography in the mid-1940s, working on such films as
David Lean 's
Oliver Twist in 1948.
About
1955 , Green switched to directing, and he moved to
Hollywood around
1962 . In addition to directing
A Patch of Blue (
1965 ), Green also wrote and co-produced the film. After his death, his widow Josephine told
AP that it was his proudest accomplishment. Among his other films as director are
The Angry Silence (
1960 ),
The Mark (
1961 ) (nominated for the
Palme d'Or at the
Cannes Film Festival ),
Jacqueline Susann's Once Is Not Enough (1975), and
The Devil's Advocate (
1977 ).
Green felt his career never recovered from the cancellation of a high profile film in 1969 during pre production.
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Green died in his
Beverly Hills home from kidney and heart failure, aged 91. In addition to his wife of 57 years, he was survived by his son, Michael; his daughter, Marilyn Feldman; and two grandchildren.
Works
Selected filmography
Song of the Plough (1933) aka Country Fair - clapper boy
Radio Parade of 1935 (1934) - camera operator
The Limping Man (1936) -camera operator
The Price of Folly (1937) - camera operator
Glamorous Night (1937) - camera operator
The Spell of Amy Nugent (1941) aka Spellbound - camera operator
Pimpernel Smith (1941) - camera operator
In Which We Serve (1942) -
camera operator
One of Our Aircraft Is Missing (1942) - camera operator
Escape to Danger (1943) - cinematographer
The Way Ahead (1944) aka Immortal Battalion -
cinematographer
This Happy Breed (1944) - camera operator
The Way to the Stars (1945) - 2nd unit
Carnival (1946) - cinematographer, writer
Great Expectations (1946) - cinematographer
Take My Life (1947) - cinematographer
Blanche Fury (1948) -cinematographer
Oliver Twist (1948) - cinematographer
The Passionate Friends (1949) - cinematographer
Adam and Evalyn (1949) - cinematographer
Madeleine (1950) -cinematography
Night Without Stars (1951) - cinematography
Captain Horatio Hornblower (1951, cinematographer)
The Hour of 13 (1952, cinematographer)
The Story of Robin Hood and His Merrie Men (1952, cinematographer)
Decameron Nights (1953) - cinematography
The Beggar's Opera (1953) - cinematography
Rob Roy: The Highland Rogue (1953) - cinematography
Cocktails in the Kitchen (1954) - cinematography
Souls in Conflict (1954) - cinematography
River Beat (1954) - director
Postmark for Danger (1955) aka Portrait of Alison - writer, director
The Warriors (1955) aka The Dark Avenger - cinematography
I Am a Camera (1955) - cinematography
Lost (1955) aka Tears for Simon -
director )
House of Secrets aka Triple Deception (1956) - director
Sea of Sand (1958) aka Desert Patrol - director
The Snorkel (1958, director)
SOS Pacific (1959, director)
The Angry Silence (1960, director)
ITV Play of the Week - episode "Hallelujah Corner" (1961) - writer
The Mark (1961, director)
Light in the Piazza (1962, director)
Diamond Head (1963, director)
55 Days at Peking (1963) - director, uncredited
A Patch of Blue (1965) - director, writer, producer
Pretty Polly (1967) - director
The Magus (1968) - director
A Walk in the Spring Rain (1969) - director
Luther (1974) - director
Jacqueline Susann's Once Is Not Enough (1975, director)
The Devil's Advocate (1977, director)
The Incredible Journey of Doctor Meg Laurel (1979, director)
Jennifer: A Woman's Story (1979) (TV movie) - director
Jimmy B. and Andre (1980) (TV movie) - director
Inmates: A Love Story (1981) (TV movie) - director
Isabel's Choice (1981) (TV movie) - director
Strong Medicine (1987) (TV Movie) - director
References
External links
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