Burnett Guffey (May 26, 1905 - May 30, 1983 in Del Rio, Tennessee) was an American cinematographer. The Academy Award-winning lensman began as an assistant cameraman in the early 1920 while still a teenager. Guffey was hired as a Director of Photography for Columbia Pictures in 1944. He won Academy Awards for "From Here to Eternity" (1953) and "Bonnie and Clyde" (1967) while working for Warner Brothers. Wikipedia
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Entering films in 1923 as an assistant cameraman, Burnett Guffey was picked by John Ford to handle second-unit photography on The Iron Horse (1924). After that film, however, Guffey returned to his assistant cameraman position, a job he held until 1928, w www.imdb.com/name/nm0346532/