Guy Green (filmmaker)

Guy Mervin Charles GreenOBEBSC (5 November 1913 – 15 September 2005) was anEnglishfilm director, producer, screenwriter, and cinematographer. In1948,he won anOscarascinematographerfor the filmGreat Expectations.In 2002, Green was given aLifetime Achievement Awardby theBAFTA,and, in 2004, he was named an Officer of theOrder of the British Empirefor his lifetime contributions to British cinema.

Guy Green
Guy Green, 1992
Born	Guy Mervin Charles Green (1913-11-05)5 November 1913 Frome,Somerset,England
Died	15 September 2005(2005-09-15)(aged 91) Beverly Hills,California,US
Occupations	Director cinematographer camera operator screenwriter producer
Years active	1933–1986
Spouse	Josephine Smith (1948-2005) (His death)
Awards	Best Cinematography, Black-and-White 1947Great Expectations

Biography

Green was born inFrome,Somerset,England.He began working in film in 1929 and became a noted filmcinematographerand a founding member of theBritish Society of Cinematographers.Green became a full-time director of photography in the mid-1940s, working on such films asDavid Lean'sOliver Twistin 1948.

About1955,Green switched to directing, and he moved toHollywoodaround1962.In addition to directingA Patch of Blue(1965), Green also wrote and co-produced the film. After his death, his widow Josephine toldAPthat it was his proudest accomplishment. Among his other films as director areThe Angry Silence(1960),The Mark(1961) (nominated for thePalme d'Orat theCannes Film Festival),Jacqueline Susann's Once Is Not Enough(1975), andThe Devil's Advocate(1977).

Green felt his career never recovered from the cancellation of a high profile film in 1969 during pre production.

Green died in hisBeverly Hillshome 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) akaCountry 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) akaSpellbound- 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) akaImmortal 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) akaPortrait of Alison- writer, director
• The Warriors(1955) akaThe Dark Avenger- cinematography
• I Am a Camera(1955) - cinematography
• Lost(1955) akaTears for Simon-director)
• House of SecretsakaTriple Deception(1956) - director
• Sea of Sand(1958) akaDesert 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

External links

• "The British Entertainment History Project | Guy Green |".historyproject.org.uk.
• Guy GreenatIMDb
• Josephine StuartatIMDb