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Don Burgess

Don Burgess

Camera1956Santa Monica, California, USA

Biography

Don Michael Burgess, ASC (born May 28, 1956) is an American cinematographer best known for his collaborations with director Robert Zemeckis.

He was nominated for the Academy Award and BAFTA Award for Best Cinematography for Zemeckis' Forrest Gump (1994). In 2024, he received the American Society of Cinematographers' Lifetime Achievement Award.

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Acting History

2024
A Family Affair
Director of Photography
Here
Director of Photography
2023
Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom
Director of Photography
2022
Pinocchio
Director of Photography
2020
The Christmas Chronicles: Part Two
Director of Photography
Roald Dahl's The Witches
Director of Photography
2019
Sextuplets
Director of Photography
2018
Aquaman
Director of Photography
The Christmas Chronicles
Director of Photography
2017
Wonder
Director of Photography
Same Kind of Different as Me
Director of Photography
2016
The Conjuring 2
Director of Photography
Monster Cars
Director of Photography
Allied
Director of Photography
2014
Muppets Most Wanted
Director of Photography
Divergent
Camera Operator
2013
42
Director of Photography
2012
Flight
Director of Photography
The Avengers
Additional Photography
2011
Source Code
Director of Photography
Priest
Director of Photography
The Muppets
Director of Photography
2010
The Book of Eli
Director of Photography
2009
Aliens in the Attic
Director of Photography
2008
Fool's Gold
Director of Photography
2007
The Trap
Director of Photography
Enchanted
Director of Photography
2006
My Super Ex-Girlfriend
Director of Photography
Eight Below
Director of Photography
2004
13 Going on 30
Director of Photography
Christmas with the Kranks
Director of Photography
The Polar Express
Director of Photography
2003
Radio
Director of Photography
Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines
Director of Photography
2002
2000
Cast Away
Director of Photography
What Lies Beneath
Director of Photography
1998
Deep Impact
Additional Camera
1997
Contact
Director of Photography
1996
The Evening Star
as Stage Manager
Executive Decision
Additional Photography
The Evening Star
Director of Photography
1995
Forget Paris
Director of Photography
1994
Ri¢hie Ri¢h
Director of Photography
Forrest Gump
Director of Photography
1993
Josh and S.A.M.
Director of Photography
1992
Mo Money
Director of Photography
Night Trap
Director of Photography
Death Becomes Her
Second Unit Director of Photography
Two-Fisted Tales
Director of Photography
1991
Nothing But Trouble
Second Unit Director of Photography
1989
Blind Fury
Director of Photography
Under the Boardwalk
Director of Photography
Breaking Point
Director of Photography
Tales from the Crypt
TVDirector of Photography
1987
Death Before Dishonor
Director of Photography
The Butterfly Revolution
Director of Photography
World Gone Wild
Director of Photography
1986
The Night Stalker
Director of Photography
1985
Runaway Train
Second Unit Director of Photography
1981
Ruckus
Director of Photography
Happy Birthday to Me
Camera Operator

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Personal Info

Known For
Camera
Gender
Male
Birthday
5/28/1956(69 years old)
Place of Birth
Santa Monica, California, USA