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Don Burgess

Don Burgess

Cinematographer

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. Burgess comes from a family of builders and initially wanted to be an architect in his youth. His introduction to photography came through his father building a darkroom for his sister since she was in a high school photography class at the time. When in high school, he made ski movies and motorcycle movies. He attended the ArtCenter College of Design in Pasadena and cited nature documentarian Mike Hoover as an influence. While attending ArtCenter, he worked as a film loader on William Friedkin's Sorcerer (1977). Burgess spent the first decade of his career shooting various independent and low-budget films, as well as nature documentaries for the National Geographic Channel. In 1987, he shot the full-motion video game Night Trap, which was eventually released in 1992. He was also a second unit cinematographer on Runaway Train (1985), Cherry 2000 (1986), and Back to the Future Part II (1989) & Part III (1990), which brought him into contact with Robert Zemeckis. In 1994, Zemeckis was the main cinematographer on Zemeckis' Forrest Gump, earning Oscar and BAFTA Award nominations for his work. He has subsequently worked with Zemeckis on 10 films, including Contact (1997), Cast Away (2000), and The Polar Express (2004). His work with other directors includes Spider-Man (2002), Enchanted (2007), The Book of Eli (2010), Source Code (2011), The Muppets (2011), 42 (2013), The Conjuring 2 (2016), Aquaman (2018), and Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom (2023). On March 3, 2024, Burgess received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the American Society of Cinematographers. Description above from the Wikipedia article Don Burgess (cinematographer), licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Born: May 28, 1956 (Age 68) in Santa Monica, California, USA

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Don Burgess  Movies & TV Credits

Title Rating Job Role(s) Year
Movie
7.3
ActorSelf2002
Movie
6.1
ActorStage Manager1996
Short Film
7.3
ActorSelf2015
Movie
6.5
DirectingDirector of Photography2004
Movie
7.7
DirectingDirector of Photography2013
Movie
5.3
DirectingDirector of Photography2009
Movie
6.9
DirectingDirector of Photography2016
Movie
7
DirectingDirector of Photography2018
Movie
6.2
DirectingDirector of Photography1989
Movie
7.9
DirectingDirector of Photography2000
Movie
5.6
DirectingDirector of Photography2004
Movie
7.6
DirectingDirector of Photography1997
Movie
6.6
DirectingSecond Unit Director of Photography1992
Movie
4.7
DirectingDirector of Photography1987
Movie
6.1
CameraAdditional Camera1998
Movie
6.8
CameraCamera Operator2014
Movie
7.4
DirectingDirector of Photography2006
Movie
7.2
DirectingDirector of Photography2007
Movie
6.3
CameraAdditional Photography1996
Movie
7.2
DirectingDirector of Photography2012
Movie
5.6
DirectingDirector of Photography2008
Movie
6.3
DirectingDirector of Photography1995
Movie
8.6
DirectingDirector of Photography1994
Movie
5.8
CameraCamera Operator1981
Movie
5.5
DirectingDirector of Photography1993
Movie
5.6
DirectingDirector of Photography1992
Movie
5.9
DirectingDirector of Photography2016
Movie
6.3
DirectingDirector of Photography2014
Movie
5
DirectingDirector of Photography2006
Movie
5.2
DirectingSecond Unit Director of Photography1991
Movie
5.6
DirectingDirector of Photography2011
Movie
7.1
DirectingDirector of Photography2003
Movie
5.2
DirectingDirector of Photography1994
Movie
5.5
DirectingDirector of Photography1981
Movie
7.1
DirectingSecond Unit Director of Photography1985
Movie
6.8
DirectingDirector of Photography2017
Movie
7.6
DirectingDirector of Photography2011
Movie
7.2
DirectingDirector of Photography2002
Movie
5.1
DirectingDirector of Photography1987
Movie
6.1
DirectingDirector of Photography2003
Movie
7.8
CameraAdditional Photography2012
Movie
6.7
DirectingDirector of Photography2010
Movie
8
CameraAdditional Photography2002
Movie
7.5
DirectingDirector of Photography2016
Movie
6.1
DirectingDirector of Photography1996
Movie
6.8
CameraCamera Operator2014
Movie
7.2
DirectingDirector of Photography2011
Movie
4.8
DirectingDirector of Photography1986
Movie
6.7
DirectingDirector of Photography2004
Movie
5.2
DirectingDirector of Photography1989
Movie
6.4
DirectingDirector of Photography2000
Movie
8.1
DirectingDirector of Photography2017
Movie
4.8
DirectingDirector of Photography1987
Movie
7.2
DirectingDirector of Photography2018
Movie
5
DirectingDirector of Photography2022
Movie
5.3
DirectingDirector of Photography2020
Movie
5.8
DirectingDirector of Photography2023
Movie
4.7
DirectingDirector of Photography2019
Movie
5.9
DirectingDirector of Photography2020
Movie
6.4
DirectingDirector of Photography2024
Movie
5.9
DirectingDirector of Photography2018
TV Show
8.2
DirectingDirector of Photography
1 Episode
1989-1996
Short Film
4.9
DirectingDirector of Photography2007
Short Film
7.3
DirectingDirector2015
Short Film
5.1
DirectingDirector of Photography2024
Movie
5.6
DirectingDirector of Photography1992
Movie
5.2
DirectingDirector of Photography1989
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