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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.
Guy Green was a British filmmaker who won an Oscar for his cinematography on David Lean's Great Expectations. He also directed several acclaimed films, such as The Angry Silence, A Patch of Blue, and Luther.
- January 1, 1
- Frome, Somerset, England, UK
- January 1, 1
- Beverly Hills, California, USA
Guy Green, who has died aged 91, was a remarkable cinematographer who became a less remarkable director. He will be remembered mostly for the films he shot for David Lean in the 1940s,...
Learn about Guy Green, the British filmmaker who won an Oscar for his cinematography on David Lean's Great Expectations and also directed several acclaimed movies. Find out his early career, his collaborations with Lean and other actors, and his personal life.
- November 5, 1913
- September 15, 2005
Sep 17, 2005 · Guy Green, who won an Academy Award for cinematography for the 1946 film ''Great Expectations,'' died on Thursday at his home in Beverly Hills. He was 91. The cause was heart and...
Sep 15, 2005 · Guy Green. 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.
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May 9, 2015 · Guy Green OBE BSC was born on 15 November 1913 in Frome, Somerset. He left school at sixteen joining a passenger liner as a projectionist for the commercial Maritime Film Service. He went on to work as a clapper boy with a company that shot advertisements. He became a partner in a portrait studio and in 1933 he became an assistant cameraman.
