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.
Movie Credits
Don Burgess has appeared in 3 movies.
These include Skateboarding's First Wave, Behind the Ultimate Spin: The Making of 'Spider-Man' and The Evening Star.Production Credits
Don Burgess has 60 production credits.Camera
Credited for Director of Photography in 49 shows - Ruckus, The Night Stalker, Death Before Dishonor, Summer Camp Nightmare, World Gone Wild, Under the Boardwalk, Tales from the Crypt, Blind Fury, Breaking Point, Two-Fisted Tales, Mo' Money, Josh and S.A.M., Forrest Gump, Ri¢hie Ri¢h, Forget Paris, The Evening Star, Contact, What Lies Beneath, Cast Away, Spider-Man, Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines, Radio, 13 Going on 30, The Polar Express, Christmas with the Kranks, Eight Below, My Super Ex-Girlfriend, The Trap, Enchanted, Fool's Gold, Aliens in the Attic, The Book of Eli, Source Code, Priest, The Muppets, Flight, 42, Muppets Most Wanted, The Conjuring 2, Allied, Monster Trucks, Same Kind of Different as Me, Wonder, The Christmas Chronicles, Aquaman, Sextuplets, Roald Dahl's The Witches, Pinocchio and Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom.
Credited for Camera Operator in 3 shows - Happy Birthday to Me, Divergent and The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1.
Credited for Additional Camera in 1 show - Deep Impact.
Credited for Additional Photography in 3 shows - Executive Decision, The Bourne Identity and The Avengers.
Credited for Second Unit Director of Photography in 1 show - Death Becomes Her.
Crew
Credited for Cinematography in 2 shows - Night Trap and The Christmas Chronicles: Part Two.
Directing
Credited for Director in 1 show - Skateboarding's First Wave.