Don Burgess

Personal Info

Known For Camera

Gender Male

Birthday 1956-05-28 (68 years old)

Place of Birth Santa Monica, California, USA

Also Known As Don Michael Burgess, Mike Burgess, Michael Burgess

Don Burgess

Biography

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), The Conjuring 2 (2016), and Aquaman (2018). He studied at the ArtCenter College of Design in Los Angeles.

Known For

Camera

2024
A Family Affair

as Director of Photography

2024
Here

as Director of Photography

2023
Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom

as Director of Photography

2022
Pinocchio

as Director of Photography

2020
The Christmas Chronicles: Part Two

as Director of Photography

2020
Roald Dahl's The Witches

as Director of Photography

2019
Sextuplets

as Director of Photography

2018
Night Trap

as Director of Photography

2018
Aquaman

as Director of Photography

2018
The Christmas Chronicles

as Director of Photography

2017
Wonder

as Director of Photography

2017
Same Kind of Different as Me

as Director of Photography

2016
The Conjuring 2

as Director of Photography

2016
Allied

as Director of Photography

2016
Monster Trucks

as Director of Photography

2014
Muppets Most Wanted

as Director of Photography

2014
Divergent

as Camera Operator

2013
42

as Director of Photography

2012
Flight

as Director of Photography

2012
The Avengers

as Additional Photography

2011
Priest

as Director of Photography

2011
Source Code

as Director of Photography

2011
The Muppets

as Director of Photography

2010
The Book of Eli

as Director of Photography

2009
Aliens in the Attic

as Director of Photography

2008
Fool's Gold

as Director of Photography

2007
Enchanted

as Director of Photography

2007
The Trap

as Director of Photography

2006
My Super Ex-Girlfriend

as Director of Photography

2006
Eight Below

as Director of Photography

2004
13 Going on 30

as Director of Photography

2004
The Polar Express

as Director of Photography

2004
Christmas with the Kranks

as Director of Photography

2003
Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines

as Director of Photography

2003
Radio

as Director of Photography

2002
Spider-Man

as Director of Photography

2002
The Bourne Identity

as Additional Photography

2000
What Lies Beneath

as Director of Photography

2000
Cast Away

as Director of Photography

1998
Deep Impact

as Additional Camera

1997
Contact

as Director of Photography

1996
Executive Decision

as Additional Photography

1996
The Evening Star

as Director of Photography

1995
Forget Paris

as Director of Photography

1994
Forrest Gump

as Director of Photography

1994
Ri¢hie Ri¢h

as Director of Photography

1993
Josh and S.A.M.

as Director of Photography

1992
Death Becomes Her

as Second Unit Director of Photography

1992
Mo' Money

as Director of Photography

1992
Two-Fisted Tales

as Director of Photography

1989
Blind Fury

as Director of Photography

1989
Under the Boardwalk

as Director of Photography

1989
Breaking Point

as Director of Photography

1989
Tales from the Crypt

as Director of Photography

1987
World Gone Wild

as Director of Photography

1987
Death Before Dishonor

as Director of Photography

1987
Summer Camp Nightmare

as Director of Photography

1986
The Night Stalker

as Director of Photography

1985
Runaway Train

as Second Unit Director of Photography

1981
Happy Birthday to Me

as Camera Operator

1981
Ruckus

as Director of Photography

Director