Guy Mervin Charles Green OBE BSC
(5 November 191315 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.
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
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1913 births
2005 deaths
People from Frome
BAFTA winners (people) Best Cinematographer Academy Award winners British cinematographers Deaths from kidney failure English film directors English male screenwriters Officers of the Order of the British Empire 20th-century English screenwriters 20th-century English male writers