Green was born in Frome Somerset England He began working in film in 1929 and became a noted film cinematographer and a founding member of the British Society of Cinematographers Green became a fulltime director of photography in the mid1940s working on such films as David Leans Oliver Twist in 1948 In about 1955 Green switched to directing and he moved to Hollywood around 1962 In addition to directing A Patch of Blue 1965 Green also wrote and coproduced the film After his death his widow Josephine told AP that it was his proudest accomplishment Among his other films as director are The Angry Silence 1960 The Mark 1961 nominated for the Palme dOr at the Cannes Film Festival Jacqueline Susanns Once Is Not Enough 1975 and The Devils Advocate 1977 Green died in his Beverly Hills home from kidney and heart failure aged 91 In addition to his wife of 57 years he was survived by his son Michael his daughter Marilyn Feldman and two grandchildren
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