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Don Burgess

Camera

Born May 28, 1956 · Santa Monica, California, USA

Also known as Don Michael Burgess · Mike Burgess · Michael Burgess

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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Don Burgess (cinematographer), licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Awards & recognition

  • Academy AwardBest Cinematography · 1995 · nominated

Filmography50+ titles

Forrest Gump

1994Director of Photography

Wonder

2017Director of Photography

The Avengers

2012Additional Photography

Tales from the Crypt

1989Director of Photography

Cast Away

2000Director of Photography

The Bourne Identity

2002Additional Photography

Contact

1997Director of Photography

The Conjuring 2

2016Director of Photography

Source Code

2011Director of Photography

Radio

2003Director of Photography

Spider-Man

2002Director of Photography

The Christmas Chronicles

2018Director of Photography

42

2013Director of Photography

Eight Below

2006Director of Photography

Runaway Train

1985Second Unit Director of Photography

Aquaman

2018Director of Photography

Divergent

2014Camera Operator

Flight

2012Director of Photography

Same Kind of Different as Me

2017Director of Photography

Allied

2016Director of Photography

The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1

2014Camera Operator

The Book of Eli

2010Director of Photography

Enchanted

2007Director of Photography

13 Going on 30

2004Director of Photography

Death Becomes Her

1992Second Unit Director of Photography

The Muppets

2011Director of Photography

The Polar Express

2004Director of Photography

The Thursday Murder Club

2025Director of Photography

Here

2024Director of Photography

Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom

2023Director of Photography

The Christmas Chronicles: Part Two

2020Director of Photography

Blind Fury

1989Director of Photography

What Lies Beneath

2000Director of Photography

Pinocchio

2022Director of Photography

The Witches

2020Director of Photography

Muppets Most Wanted

2014Director of Photography

Executive Decision

1996Additional Photography

Forget Paris

1995Director of Photography

Sextuplets

2019Director of Photography

Christmas with the Kranks

2004Director of Photography

Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines

2003Director of Photography

Deep Impact

1998Additional Camera

Monster Trucks

2016Director of Photography

The Evening Star

1996as Stage Manager

Happy Birthday to Me

1981Camera Operator

Priest

2011Director of Photography

Richie Rich

1994Director of Photography

Fool's Gold

2008Director of Photography

A Family Affair

2024Director of Photography

Aliens in the Attic

2009Director of Photography