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George J. Folsey
New York City, New York, USA
George Joseph Folsey (July 2, 1898 – November 1, 1988) was an American cinematographer who worked on 162 films between 1919 and his retirement in 1976. He worked for both Associa…
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George Joseph Folsey (July 2, 1898 – November 1, 1988) was an American cinematographer who worked on 162 films between 1919 and his retirement in 1976. He worked for both Associated First National and Paramount Astoria Studios before relocating to Hollywood and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, where he spent the bulk of his career. Folsey's many credits include The Letter, The Cocoanuts, Animal Crackers, The Great Ziegfeld, A Guy Named Joe, The White Cliffs of Dover, Meet Me in St. Louis, The Clock, The Harvey Girls, Adam's Rib, A Life of Her Own, Million Dollar Mermaid, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, The Cobweb, Cash McCall, and The Balcony. For television he served as director of photography for various episodes of the ABC series The Fugitive and an NBC special starring figure skater Peggy Fleming, for which he won an Emmy Award for Best Cinematography For Nonfiction Programming. Folsey was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Cinematography thirteen times but never won. Eight months before his death he was honored with the first Lifetime Achievement Award presented by the American Society of Cinematographers, for which he served as President in 1956-57. Folsey's son George Jr. was a director/producer/editor. Folsey died in Santa Monica, California.
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1982
The Marx Brothers in a Nutshell
Movie Self
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1963
The Balcony
Movie Director of Photography
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1961
Anatomy of an Accident
Movie Cinematography
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1960
I Passed for White
Movie Director of Photography
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1960
Cash McCall
Movie Director of Photography
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1959
Count Your Blessings
Movie Director of Photography
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1958
Torpedo Run
Movie Director of Photography
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1958
The High Cost of Loving
Movie Director of Photography
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1958
Saddle the Wind
Movie Director of Photography
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1957
House of Numbers
Movie Director of Photography
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1957
Tip on a Dead Jockey
Movie Director of Photography
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1956
The Power and the Prize
Movie Director of Photography
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1956
These Wilder Years
Movie Director of Photography
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1956
The Fastest Gun Alive
Movie Director of Photography
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1956
Forbidden Planet
Movie Director of Photography
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1955
The Battle of Gettysburg
Movie Director of Photography
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1955
The Cobweb
Movie Director of Photography
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1955
Hit the Deck
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1954
Deep in My Heart
Movie Director of Photography
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1954
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
Movie Director of Photography
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1954
Men of the Fighting Lady
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1954
Executive Suite
Movie Director of Photography
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1954
Tennessee Champ
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1953
All the Brothers Were Valiant
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1952
Million Dollar Mermaid
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1952
Shadow in the Sky
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1952
Lovely to Look At
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1951
The Man with a Cloak
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1951
The Law and the Lady
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1951
Mr. Imperium
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1951
Vengeance Valley
Movie Director of Photography
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1950
A Life of Her Own
Movie Director of Photography
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1950
The Big Hangover
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1949
Malaya
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1949
Adam's Rib
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1949
The Great Sinner
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1949
Take Me Out to the Ball Game
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1948
State of the Union
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1947
Green Dolphin Street
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1946
The Secret Heart
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