George J. Folsey
Camera
Born 1898-07-02
Died 1988-11-01
New York City, New York, USA
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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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Filmography
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Other credits
59 credits
Forbidden Planet
Meet Me in St. Louis
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
The Harvey Girls
Marie Antoinette
Till the Clouds Roll By
The Clock
The Fastest Gun Alive
Vengeance Valley
House of Numbers
The Great Ziegfeld
The Cocoanuts
Adam's Rib
A Guy Named Joe
Executive Suite
Animal Crackers
The Cobweb
State of the Union
Saddle the Wind
The Man from M.A.R.S.
Take Me Out to the Ball Game
Ziegfeld Follies
All the Brothers Were Valiant
Hit the Deck
Deep in My Heart
Rio Rita
Sinners
Chained
The Great Sinner
Torpedo Run
Malaya
Thousands Cheer
Andy Hardy's Double Life
Men of the Fighting Lady
Forsaking All Others
The Secret Heart
Come Live with Me
I Live My Life
Million Dollar Mermaid
The White Cliffs of Dover
The Gorgeous Hussy
These Wilder Years
Stage Mother
Men in White
Slim Shoulders
Mannequin
Reckless
The Shining Hour
Page Miss Glory
Lovely to Look At
Fast and Loose
The Man with a Cloak
The Big Hangover
A Life of Her Own
Operator 13
The Law and the Lady
Panama Hattie
The Green Years
Green Dolphin Street
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