George J. Folsey - Awards & Nominations

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.

1987

American Society of Cinematographers Lifetime Achievement Award

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

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