Don Burgess | |
|---|---|
| Born | May 28, 1956 |
| Alma mater | ArtCenter College of Design, BFA, Film 1982 |
| Occupation | Cinematographer |
Don Michael Burgess, ASC, (born May 28, 1956) is an American cinematographer who was nominated for the Academy Award and BAFTA Award for Best Cinematography for Forrest Gump (1994), directed by frequent collaborator Robert Zemeckis. Burgess was Director of Photography for films including Cast Away (2000), Spider-Man (2002), The Polar Express (2004) Enchanted (2007), Source Code (2011), The Muppets (2011), and The Conjuring 2 (2016). He studied at the ArtCenter College of Design in Los Angeles.[1]
Filmography[]
As director of photography[]
| Year | Title | Director | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | Ruckus | Max Kleven | with Michael A. Jones |
| 1985 | Fury to Freedom | Erik Jacobson | |
| 1986 | The Night Stalker | Don Edmonds | |
| 1987 | Summer Camp Nightmare | Bert L. Dragin | |
| Playboy: Bedtime Stories | Anthony Spinelli
Robert C. Hughes |
Direct-to-video anthology film; 1 segment | |
| Death Before Dishonor | Terry Leonard | ||
| 1988 | World Gone Wild | Lee H. Katzin | |
| 1989 | Under the Boardwalk | Fritz Kiersch | |
| Blind Fury | Phillip Noyce | ||
| 1990 | The Court-Martial of Jackie Robinson | Larry Peerce | Television film
Nominated - A.S.C. Award for Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in Movies of the Week |
| 1991 | Tales from the Crypt | Robert Zemeckis | 1 episode |
| 1992 | Two-Fisted Tales | Anthology film; 1 segment | |
| Mo' Money | Peter MacDonald | ||
| Night Trap | James Riley | FMV video game Filmed in 1987 | |
| 1993 | Space Rangers | Mikael Salomon | 1 episode |
| Josh and S.A.M. | Billy Weber | ||
| 1994 | Forrest Gump | Robert Zemeckis | Nominated - Academy Award for Best Cinematography Nominated - BAFTA Award for Best Cinematography Nominated - A.S.C. Award for Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in Theatrical Releases |
| Richie Rich | Donald Petrie | ||
| 1995 | Forget Paris | Billy Crystal | |
| 1996 | The Evening Star | Robert Harling | |
| 1997 | Contact | Robert Zemeckis | Nominated - Satellite Award for Best Cinematography |
| 2000 | What Lies Beneath | ||
| Cast Away | |||
| 2002 | Spider-Man | Sam Raimi | |
| 2003 | Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines | Jonathan Mostow | |
| Radio | Michael Tollin | ||
| 2004 | 13 Going on 30 | Gary Winick | |
| The Polar Express | Robert Zemeckis | ||
| Christmas with the Kranks | Joe Roth | ||
| 2006 | Eight Below | Frank Marshall | |
| My Super Ex-Girlfriend | Ivan Reitman | ||
| 2007 | Enchanted | Kevin Lima | |
| 2008 | Fool's Gold | Andy Tennant | |
| 2009 | Aliens in the Attic | John Schultz | |
| 2010 | The Book of Eli | The Hughes Brothers | |
| 2011 | Source Code | Duncan Jones | |
| Priest | Scott Stewart | ||
| The Muppets | James Bobin | ||
| 2012 | Flight | Robert Zemeckis | |
| 2013 | 42 | Brian Helgeland | |
| 2014 | Muppets Most Wanted | James Bobin | |
| 2016 | The Conjuring 2 | James Wan | |
| Allied | Robert Zemeckis | ||
| Monster Trucks | Chris Wedge | ||
| 2017 | Same Kind of Different as Me | Michael Carney | Filmed in 2014 |
| Wonder | Stephen Chbosky | ||
| 2018 | Aquaman | James Wan | |
| 2019 | The Curse of La Llorona | Michael Chaves |
Second unit director of photography[]
| Year | Title | Director | D.O.P. | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 | Happy Birthday to Me | J. Lee Thompson | Miklos Lente | 2nd Unit Director of Photography |
| 1984 | Hot Dog…The Movie | Peter Markle | Paul Ryan | |
| Sheena | John Guillermin | Pasqualino De Santis | Director of Photography: Action unit | |
| 1985 | Runaway Train | Andrei Konchalovsky | Alan Hume | 2nd Unit Director of Photography |
| 1986 | Quiet Cool | Clay Borris | Jacques Haitkin | |
| 1987 | Cherry 2000 | Steve De Jarnatt | ||
| 1988 | Moving | Alan Metter | Donald McAlpine | |
| Lucky Stiff | Anthony Perkins | Jacques Haitkin | ||
| 1989 | Back to the Future Part II | Robert Zemeckis | Dean Cundey | |
| 1990 | Back to the Future Part III | |||
| The Rookie | Clint Eastwood | Jack N. Green | ||
| 1991 | Nothing but Trouble | Dan Aykroyd | Dean Cundey | |
| Backdraft | Ron Howard | Mikael Salomon | ||
| 1992 | Batman Returns | Tim Burton | Stefan Czapsky | |
| Death Becomes Her | Robert Zemeckis | Dean Cundey | ||
| Noises Off... | Peter Bogdanovich | Tim Suhrstedt | ||
| Traces of Red | Andy Wolk | Additional photography | ||
| 1996 | Executive Decision | Stuart Baird | Alex Thomson | |
| 1998 | Deep Impact | Mimi Leder | Dietrich Lohmann | |
| 2002 | The Bourne Identity | Doug Liman | Oliver Wood | |
| 2014 | Divergent | Neil Burger | Alwin H. Küchler | |
| 2015 | Ted 2 | Seth MacFarlane | Michael Barrett |