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George J. Folsey
American cinematographer

George J. Folsey

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American cinematographer
A.K.A.
George Joseph Folsey George Folsey
Gender
Male
Place of birth
Brooklyn, USA
Place of death
Santa Monica, USA
Age
90 years
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Biography

George Joseph Folsey, A.S.C., was an American cinematographer who worked on 162 films between 1919 and his retirement in 1976.

Biography

Born in Brooklyn, Folsey was hired by Jesse Louis Lasky to work as an office boy in his newly formed Jesse L. Lasky Feature Play Company in New York City. Folsey earned his first screen credit for His Bridal Night in 1919. Leading lady Alice Brady was so satisfied with the way he photographed her she offered him a contract to shoot all her films. 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. is a director/producer/editor.

Folsey died in Santa Monica, California.

Partial filmography

  • The Fear Market (1920)
  • The Price of Possession (1921)
  • A Heart to Let (1921)
  • Room and Board (1921)
  • A Game Chicken (1922)
  • Slim Shoulders (1922)
  • The Fighting Blade (1923)
  • Twenty-One (1923)
  • The Letter (1929)
  • The Cocoanuts (1929)
  • Animal Crackers (1930)
  • The Royal Family of Broadway (1930)
  • Secrets of a Secretary (1931)
  • The Cheat (1931)
  • The Great Ziegfeld (1936)
  • Mannequin (1937)
  • Lady of the Tropics (1939)
  • Thousands Cheer (1943)
  • A Guy Named Joe (1943)
  • The White Cliffs of Dover (1944)
  • Meet Me in St. Louis (1944)
  • The Clock (1945)
  • The Harvey Girls (1946)
  • The Green Years (1946)
  • Green Dolphin Street (1947)
  • State of the Union (1948)
  • Adam's Rib (1949)
  • A Life of Her Own (1950)
  • The Law and the Lady (1951)
  • Million Dollar Mermaid (1952)
  • Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954)
  • The Cobweb (1955)
  • The Fastest Gun Alive (1956)
  • Torpedo Run (1958)
  • Cash McCall (1960)
  • The Balcony (1963)
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