Awards & Winners

George J. Folsey

Date of Birth 02-July-1898
Place of Birth Brooklyn
(United States of America, New York City, New York, New York-White Plains-Wayne, NY-NJ Metropolitan Division)
Nationality United States of America
Also know as George Folsey, George J. Falsey, George Joseph Folsey, George J. Folsey, A.S.C.
Profession Cinematographer
George J. Folsey, A.S.C. was an American cinematographer who worked on 162 films between 1919 and his retirement in 1976. Born George Joseph Folsey in Brooklyn, he 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. He 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.

Awards by George J. Folsey

Check all the awards nominated and won by George J. Folsey.

1969


Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Individual Achievement in Cinematography
Honored for : Here's Peggy Fleming

Nominations 1969 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Individual Achievement in Cinematography Here's Peggy Fleming

1963


Nominations 1963 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Academy Award for Best Cinematography, Black-and-White The Balcony

1954


Nominations 1954 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Academy Award for Best Cinematography, Black-and-White Executive Suite
Academy Award for Best Cinematography Seven Brides for Seven Brothers

1953


Nominations 1953 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Academy Award for Best Cinematography All the Brothers Were Valiant

1952


Nominations 1952 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Academy Award for Best Cinematography Million Dollar Mermaid

1947


Nominations 1947 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Academy Award for Best Cinematography, Black-and-White Green Dolphin Street

1946


Nominations 1946 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Academy Award for Best Cinematography, Black-and-White The Green Years

1944


Nominations 1944 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Academy Award for Best Cinematography, Black-and-White The White Cliffs of Dover
Academy Award for Best Cinematography Meet Me in St. Louis

1943


Nominations 1943 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Academy Award for Best Cinematography Thousands Cheer

1939


Nominations 1939 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Academy Award for Best Cinematography, Black-and-White Lady of the Tropics
THIS IS NOT AN OFFICIAL NOMINATION. Title was on a preliminary list of submissions/nominees from the studios from which the two official nominees (Stagecoach and Wuthering Heights) would be selected.

1937


Nominations 1937 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Academy Award for Best Cinematography The Gorgeous Hussy

1936


Nominations 1936 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Academy Award for Best Cinematography, Black-and-White The Gorgeous Hussy

1934


Nominations 1934 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Academy Award for Best Cinematography, Black-and-White Operator 13
came in 2nd
Academy Award for Best Cinematography Operator 13

1933


Nominations 1933 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Academy Award for Best Cinematography, Black-and-White Reunion in Vienna
came in 2nd