Guy Green

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, 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 (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) (TV movie) – 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