Guy Green (filmmaker)
Guy Mervin Charles Green OBE BSC 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, making his first films for Nat Cohen.
Green made some films for the Rank Organisation such as SOS Pacific.
He moved to Hollywood around 1962. In addition to directing A Patch of Blue, 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, The Mark, Jacqueline Susann's Once Is Not Enough, and The Devil's Advocate.
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
Song of the Plough aka Country Fair – clapper boyRadio Parade of 1935 – camera operatorThe Limping Man – camera operatorThe Price of Folly – camera operatorGlamorous Night – camera operatorThe Spell of Amy Nugent aka Spellbound – camera operator Pimpernel Smith – camera operatorIn Which We Serve – camera operatorOne of Our Aircraft Is Missing – camera operatorEscape to Danger – cinematographerThe Way Ahead aka Immortal Battalion – cinematographerThis Happy Breed – camera operatorThe Way to the Stars – 2nd unitCarnival – cinematographer, writerGreat Expectations – cinematographerTake My Life – cinematographerBlanche Fury – cinematographerOliver Twist – cinematographerThe Passionate Friends – cinematographerAdam and Evalyn – cinematographerMadeleine – cinematographyNight Without Stars – cinematographyCaptain Horatio Hornblower – cinematographerThe Hour of 13 – cinematographerThe Story of Robin Hood and His Merrie Men – cinematographerDecameron Nights – cinematographyThe Beggar's Opera – cinematographyRob Roy: The Highland Rogue – cinematographyCocktails in the Kitchen – cinematographySouls in Conflict – cinematographyRiver Beat – directorPostmark for Danger aka Portrait of Alison – writer, directorThe Warriors aka The Dark Avenger – cinematographyI Am a Camera – cinematographyLost aka Tears for Simon – directorHouse of Secrets aka Triple Deception – directorSea of Sand aka Desert Patrol – directorThe Snorkel – directorSOS Pacific – directorThe Angry Silence – directorITV Play of the Week – episode "Hallelujah Corner" – writerThe Mark – directorLight in the Piazza – directorDiamond Head – director55 Days at Peking – director, uncreditedA Patch of Blue – director, writer, producerPretty Polly – directorThe Magus – directorA Walk in the Spring Rain – directorLuther – directorJacqueline Susann's Once Is Not Enough – directorThe Devil's Advocate – directorThe Incredible Journey of Doctor Meg Laurel – directorJennifer: A Woman's Story – directorJimmy B. and Andre – directorInmates: A Love Story – directorIsabel's Choice – directorStrong Medicine – director