Guy Green (filmmaker)
| Guy Green | |
|---|---|
 Guy Green, 1992 | |
| Born |
Guy Mervin Charles Green 5 November 1913 Frome, Somerset, England |
| Died |
15 September 2005 (aged 91) Beverly Hills, California |
| Occupation | director, cinematographer, camera operator, screenwriter, producer |
| Years active | 1933–1986 |
| Spouse(s) | 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 1946 he won an Academy Award 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.
In 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), and The Devil's Advocate (1977).
Green died in his Beverly Hills home from kidney and heart failure, aged 91. In addition to his wife of 57 years, he is survived by his son, Michael; his daughter, Marilyn Feldman; and two grandchildren.
Works
Selected filmography
- In Which We Serve (1942, camera operator)
- One of Our Aircraft Is Missing (1942, camera operator)
- The Way Ahead (1944, cinematographer)
- This Happy Breed (1944, camera operator)
- The Way to the Stars (1945, camera operator)
- Great Expectations (1946, cinematographer)
- Oliver Twist (1948, cinematographer)
- Captain Horatio Hornblower (1951, cinematographer)
- The Story of Robin Hood and His Merrie Men (1952, cinematographer)
- River Beat (1954, director)
- Lost (1955, director)
- House of Secrets (1956, director)
- Sea of Sand (1958, director)
- SOS Pacific (1959, director)
- The Angry Silence (1960, director)
- The Mark (1961, director)
- The Light in the Piazza (1962, director)
- 55 Days at Peking (1963, director, uncredited)
- Diamond Head (1963, director)
- A Patch of Blue (1965, director, writer, producer)
- Pretty Polly (1967) (director)
- The Magus (1968, director)
- Once Is Not Enough (1975, director)
- The Devil's Advocate (1977, director)
- The Incredible Journey of Doctor Meg Laurel (1979, director)