Guy Mervin Charles Green OBE

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(5 November 191315 September 2005) was an

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film director, producer, screenwriter, and cinematographer. In 1948, he won an

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for the film ''

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''. In 2002, Green was given a

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by the BAFTA, and, in 2004, he was named an Officer of the

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for his lifetime contributions to British cinema.

Biography

Green was born in

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. He began working in film in 1929 and became a noted film

and a founding member of the

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. Green became a full-time director of photography in the mid-1940s, working on such films as

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's ''

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'' in 1948. About

1955 Events January * January 3 – José Ramón Guizado becomes president of Panama. * January 17 – , the first nuclear-powered submarine, puts to sea for the first time, from Groton, Connecticut. * January 18– 20 – Battle of Yijian ...

, Green switched to directing, and he moved to

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around 1962. In addition to directing ''

A Patch of Blue ''A Patch of Blue'' is a 1965 American drama film directed by Guy Green about the friendship between an educated black man (played by Sidney Poitier) and an illiterate, blind, white 18-year-old girl (played by Elizabeth Hartman), and the proble ...

'' (

1965 Events January–February * January 14 – The Prime Minister of Northern Ireland and the Taoiseach of the Republic of Ireland meet for the first time in 43 years. * January 20 ** Lyndon B. Johnson is Second inauguration of Lyndo ...

), 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 Angry Silence'' is a 1960 black-and-white British drama film directed by Guy Green and starring Richard Attenborough, Pier Angeli, Michael Craig and Bernard Lee. The film marked the first release through screenwriter Bryan Forbes's pr ...

'' (

1960 It is also known as the "Year of Africa" because of major events—particularly the independence of seventeen African nations—that focused global attention on the continent and intensified feelings of Pan-Africanism. Events January * Ja ...

), '' The Mark'' (

1961 Events January * January 3 ** United States President Dwight D. Eisenhower announces that the United States has severed diplomatic and consular relations with Cuba ( Cuba–United States relations are restored in 2015). ** Aero Flight 311 ...

) (nominated for the

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at the

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), ''

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'' (1975), and '' The Devil's Advocate'' (

1977 Events January * January 8 – Three bombs explode in Moscow within 37 minutes, killing seven. The bombings are attributed to an Armenian separatist group. * January 10 – Mount Nyiragongo erupts in eastern Zaire (now the Democratic R ...

). Green died in his

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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 ''Song of the Plough'', later re-released with the alternative title ''Country Fair'', is a 1933 British drama film directed by John Baxter and starring Stewart Rome, Rosalinde Fuller and Allan Jeayes. The screenplay concerns an English farmer ...

'' (1933) aka ''Country Fair'' - clapper boy * ''

Radio Parade of 1935 ''Radio Parade of 1935'' (1934), released in the US as ''Radio Follies'', is a British comedy film directed by Arthur B. Woods and starring Will Hay, Clifford Mollison and Helen Chandler. It followed on from the 1933 film ''Radio Parade''. Plot ...

'' (1934) - camera operator * '' The Limping Man'' (1936) -camera operator * ''

The Price of Folly ''The Price of Folly'' is a 1937 British drama film directed by Walter Summers and starring Leonora Corbett, Colin Keith-Johnston and Judy Kelly. The screenplay concerns a man who, after a failed attempt to kill a woman, finds himself blackmaile ...

'' (1937) - camera operator * ''

Glamorous Night ''Glamorous Night'' is a musical with a book and music by Ivor Novello and lyrics by Christopher Hassall, Novello's collaborator in six of the eight Novello musicals staged between 1935 and 1951. ''Glamorous Night'' was the first of severa ...

'' (1937) - camera operator * ''

The Spell of Amy Nugent ''Spellbound'' (1941) is a British drama film directed by John Harlow. The film is based on the 1909 novel ''The Necromancers'' by Robert Hugh Benson. The film was released in the US in 1945 under the titles of ''Ghost Story'' and ''The Spell ...

'' (1941) aka ''Spellbound'' - camera operator * ''

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'' (1941) - camera operator * ''

In Which We Serve ''In Which We Serve'' is a 1942 British patriotic war film directed by Noël Coward and David Lean. It was made during the Second World War with the assistance of the Ministry of Information (United Kingdom), Ministry of Information. The scree ...

'' (1942) -

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* ''

One of Our Aircraft Is Missing ''One of Our Aircraft Is Missing'' (stylized onscreen as ''......one of our aircraft is missing'') is a 1942 British black-and-white war film, mainly set in the German-occupied Netherlands. It was the fourth collaboration between the British writ ...

'' (1942) - camera operator * ''

Escape to Danger ''Escape to Danger'' is a 1943 British thriller film directed by Lance Comfort and Victor Hanbury and starring Eric Portman, Ann Dvorak and Karel Stepanek. Plot During the Second World War a British schoolteacher working in Denmark is caught u ...

'' (1943) - cinematographer * ''

The Way Ahead ''The Way Ahead'' (also known as ''Immortal Battalion'') (1944) is a British Second World War drama film directed by Carol Reed. The screenplay was written by Eric Ambler and Peter Ustinov. The film stars David Niven, Stanley Holloway and Willi ...

'' (1944) aka ''Immortal Battalion'' -

* ''

This Happy Breed ''This Happy Breed'' is a play by Noël Coward. It was written in 1939 but, because of the outbreak of World War II, it was not staged until 1942, when it was performed on alternating nights with another Coward play, ''Present Laughter''. The t ...

'' (1944) - camera operator * ''

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'' (1945) - 2nd unit * ''

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'' (1946) - cinematographer, writer * ''

'' (1946) - cinematographer * ''

Take My Life ''Take My Life'' is a 1947 British crime film directed by Ronald Neame and starring Hugh Williams, Greta Gynt and Marius Goring. It was adapted from Winston Graham's 1947 novel of the same name. It was shot at Pinewood Studios and on location ...

'' (1947) - cinematographer * ''

Blanche Fury ''Blanche Fury'' is a 1948 British Technicolor drama film directed by Marc Allégret and starring Valerie Hobson, Stewart Granger and Michael Gough. It was adapted from a 1939 novel of the same title by Joseph Shearing. In Victorian era Engla ...

'' (1948) -cinematographer * ''

'' (1948) - cinematographer * '' The Passionate Friends'' (1949) - cinematographer * ''

Adam and Evalyn ''Adam and Evelyne'', released in the U.S. as ''Adam and Evalyn'', is a 1949 romance film starring Stewart Granger and Jean Simmons. According to Robert Osborne, host of Turner Classic Movies, this suited the stars, as they were romantically inv ...

'' (1949) - cinematographer * '' Madeleine'' (1950) -cinematography * ''

Night Without Stars ''Night Without Stars'' is a 1951 British black-and-white dramatic thriller film, starring David Farrar, Nadia Gray and Maurice Teynac. The screenplay was written by Winston Graham based upon his eponymous 1950 novel. The film was directe ...

'' (1951) - cinematography * ''

Captain Horatio Hornblower ''Captain Horatio Hornblower'' (a.k.a. ''Captain Horatio Hornblower R.N.'' in the UK, "R.N." standing for "Royal Navy") is a 1951 British naval swashbuckling war film in Technicolor from Warner Bros., produced by Gerry Mitchell, directed by Rao ...

'' (1951, cinematographer) * ''

The Hour of 13 ''The Hour of 13'' is a 1952 British historical mystery film directed by Harold French and starring Peter Lawford, Dawn Addams and Roland Culver. It was made at Elstree Studios by the British subsidiary of MGM. The film's sets were designed ...

'' (1952, cinematographer) * ''

The Story of Robin Hood and His Merrie Men ''The Story of Robin Hood'' is a 1952 action-adventure film produced by RKO- Walt Disney British Productions, based on the Robin Hood legend, made in Technicolor and filmed in Buckinghamshire, England. It was written by Lawrence Edward Watkin and ...

'' (1952, cinematographer) * ''

Decameron Nights ''Decameron Nights'' is a 1953 anthology Technicolor film based on three tales from ''The Decameron'' by Giovanni Boccaccio, specifically the ninth and tenth tales of the second day and the ninth tale of the third. It stars Joan Fontaine and, a ...

'' (1953) - cinematography * ''

The Beggar's Opera ''The Beggar's Opera'' is a ballad opera in three acts written in 1728 by John Gay with music arranged by Johann Christoph Pepusch. It is one of the watershed plays in Augustan drama and is the only example of the once thriving genre of satiri ...

'' (1953) - cinematography * '' Rob Roy: The Highland Rogue'' (1953) - cinematography * ''Cocktails in the Kitchen'' (1954) - cinematography * ''Souls in Conflict'' (1954) - cinematography * ''

River Beat ''River Beat'' is a 1954 British noir crime film directed by Guy Green and starring John Bentley, Phyllis Kirk and Leonard White. The screenplay concerns a river police inspector who faces a moral dilemma when a woman he knows gets caught u ...

'' (1954) - director * ''

Postmark for Danger ''Portrait of Alison'' is a 1956 British atmospheric crime film directed by Guy Green. It was based on a BBC television series ''Portrait of Alison'' which aired the same year. In the United States the film was released as ''Postmark for Dange ...

'' (1955) aka ''Portrait of Alison'' - writer, director * '' The Warriors'' (1955) aka ''The Dark Avenger'' - cinematography * ''

I Am a Camera ''I Am a Camera'' is a 1951 Broadway play by John Van Druten adapted from Christopher Isherwood's 1939 novel ''Goodbye to Berlin'', which is part of '' The Berlin Stories''. The title is a quotation taken from the novel's first page: "I am a cam ...

'' (1955) - cinematography * ''

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'' (1955) aka ''Tears for Simon'' -

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) * '' House of Secrets'' aka ''Triple Deception'' (1956) - director * ''

Sea of Sand ''Sea of Sand'' (released in the US as ''Desert Patrol'') is a 1958 British war film starring Richard Attenborough, John Gregson and Michael Craig (actor), Michael Craig. The film, which was directed by Guy Green (filmmaker), Guy Green, is abou ...

'' (1958) aka ''Desert Patrol'' - director * ''

The Snorkel ''The Snorkel'' is a 1958 British thriller film from Hammer Films. It was directed by Guy Green and stars Peter van Eyck, Betta St. John and Mandy Miller. It was the last film role for Miller. Plot Paul Decker kills his wife, Madge, by drug ...

'' (1958, director) * '' SOS Pacific'' (1959) - director)- * ''

'' (1960, director) * ''

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'' - 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 * ''

'' (1965) - director, writer, producer * ''

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'' (1967) - director * '' The Magus'' (1968) - director * ''

A Walk in the Spring Rain ''A Walk in the Spring Rain'' is a 1970 American romantic drama film in Eastmancolor made by Columbia Pictures, directed by Guy Green and produced by Stirling Silliphant, from his own screenplay based on the novel by Rachel Maddux. Outside loca ...

(1969) - director * ''

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'' (1974) - director * ''

'' (1975, director) * '' The Devil's Advocate'' (1977, director) * ''

The Incredible Journey of Doctor Meg Laurel ''The Incredible Journey of Doctor Meg Laurel'' is a 1979 American made-for-television medical drama film directed by Guy Green, starring Lindsay Wagner and Jane Wyman (credited as Miss Jane Wyman) with a supporting cast including Andrew Dugg ...

'' (1979, 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 ''Strong Medicine'' is an American medical drama with a focus on feminism, feminist politics, health issues and class conflict that aired on the Lifetime Television, Lifetime network from 2000 to 2006. It was created and produced in part by Who ...

'' (1987) (TV Movie) - director

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