
Person
Guy Green
Directing · 1913–2005 · Frome, Somerset, England, UK
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), Jacqueline Susann's Once Is Not Enough (1975), 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 was survived by his son, Michael; his daughter, Marilyn Feldman; and two grandchildren.
Known for

Oliver Twist
Director of Photography

Great Expectations
Director of Photography

Once Is Not Enough
Director

This Happy Breed
Camera Operator

A Patch of Blue
Director

Pretty Polly
Director

Captain Horatio Hornblower R.N.
Director of Photography

In Which We Serve
Camera Operator

The Way Ahead
Director of Photography

The Dark Avenger
Director of Photography
Filmography
- 2000A Profile of In Which We ServeInterviewee
- 1986Strong MedicineDirector
- 1986Strong MedicineDirector
- 1981Isabel's ChoiceDirector
- 1981Inmates: A Love StoryDirector
- 1980Jimmy B. & AndreDirector
- 1979Jennifer: A Woman’s StoryDirector
- 1979The Incredible Journey of Doctor Meg LaurelDirector
- 1977The Devil's AdvocateDirector
- 1975Once Is Not EnoughDirector
- 1974LutherDirector
- 1970A Walk in the Spring RainDirector
- 1968The MagusDirector
- 1967Pretty PollyDirector
- 1965A Patch of BlueDirector
- 1965A Cinderella Named ElizabethSelf
- 1962Diamond HeadDirector
- 1962Light in the PiazzaDirector
- 1961The MarkDirector
- 1960The Angry SilenceDirector
- 1959SOS PacificDirector
- 1958Sea of SandDirector
- 1958The SnorkelDirector
- 1956House of SecretsDirector
- 1956LostDirector
- 1955Portrait of AlisonWriter
- 1955I Am a CameraDirector of Photography
- 1955The Dark AvengerDirector of Photography
- 1954For Better, for WorseDirector of Photography
- 1954River BeatDirector
- 1953Rob Roy, The Highland RogueDirector of Photography
- 1953The Beggar's OperaDirector of Photography
- 1952The Hour of 13Director of Photography
- 1952The Story of Robin Hood and His Merrie MenDirector of Photography
- 1951Captain Horatio Hornblower R.N.Director of Photography
- 1951Night Without StarsDirector of Photography
- 1950MadeleineDirector of Photography
- 1949Adam and EvelyneDirector of Photography
- 1949The Passionate FriendsDirector of Photography
- 1948Oliver TwistDirector of Photography
- 1948Blanche FuryDirector of Photography
- 1947Take My LifeDirector of Photography
- 1946Great ExpectationsDirector of Photography
- 1946CarnivalDirector of Photography
- 1944The Way AheadDirector of Photography
- 1944This Happy BreedCamera Operator
- 1943Escape to DangerDirector of Photography
- 1942In Which We ServeCamera Operator
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