Don Burgess

CinematographerActorDirectorCrew May 28 (age 69) Santa Monica, California, USA 1981–2025 (44 year career)

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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.

Known For

Film

Forrest Gump

Director of Photography

Film

The Avengers

Additional Photography

Film

Wonder

Director of Photography

Film

Spider-Man

Director of Photography

Film

Cast Away

Director of Photography

Film

The Bourne Identity

Additional Photography

Film

The Conjuring 2

Director of Photography

Film

Source Code

Director of Photography

Filmography

Acting (5)

Movies (5)

You Know: Uncovering What Lies Beneath

2025

as Self

Skateboarding's First Wave

2015

as Self

Behind the Scenes of 'Spider-Man'

2004

as Self

Behind the Ultimate Spin: The Making of 'Spider-Man'

as Self

The Evening Star

as Stage Manager

Crew (66)

Movies (65)

The Thursday Murder Club

2025

Director of Photography

6.6

Here

2024

Director of Photography

6.5

A Family Affair

2024

Director of Photography

5.7

Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom

2023

Director of Photography

6.5

Pinocchio

2022

Director of Photography

6.3

Roald Dahl's The Witches

2020

Director of Photography

6.3

The Christmas Chronicles: Part Two

2020

Director of Photography

6.5

Sextuplets

2019

Director of Photography

6.2

Aquaman

2018

Director of Photography

6.9

The Christmas Chronicles

2018

Director of Photography

7.2

Wonder

2017

Director of Photography

8.1

Same Kind of Different as Me

2017

Director of Photography

6.8

The Conjuring 2

2016

Director of Photography

7.3

Allied

2016

Director of Photography

6.8

Monster Trucks

2016

Director of Photography

6.1

Skateboarding's First Wave

2015

Director

Divergent

2014

Camera Operator

6.9

The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1

2014

Camera Operator

6.8

Muppets Most Wanted

2014

Director of Photography

6.3

2013

Director of Photography

7.2

The Avengers

2012

Additional Photography

8.0

Flight

2012

Director of Photography

6.9

Priest

2011

Director of Photography

5.9

The Muppets

2011

Director of Photography

6.7

Source Code

2011

Director of Photography

7.3

The Book of Eli

2010

Director of Photography

6.8

Aliens in the Attic

2009

Director of Photography

5.7

Fool's Gold

2008

Director of Photography

5.8

Enchanted

2007

Director of Photography

6.8

The Trap

2007

Director of Photography

4.8

Eight Below

2006

Director of Photography

7.0

My Super Ex-Girlfriend

2006

Director of Photography

5.1

13 Going on 30

2004

Director of Photography

6.8

Christmas with the Kranks

2004

Director of Photography

6.2

The Polar Express

2004

Director of Photography

6.7

Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines

2003

Director of Photography

6.2

Radio

2003

Director of Photography

7.3

Spider-Man

2002

Director of Photography

7.3

The Bourne Identity

2002

Additional Photography

7.5

Cast Away

2000

Director of Photography

7.7

What Lies Beneath

2000

Director of Photography

Deep Impact

Additional Camera

Contact

Director of Photography

7.4

Executive Decision

1996

Additional Photography

6.3

The Evening Star

1996

Director of Photography

6.0

Forget Paris

1995

Director of Photography

6.3

Forrest Gump

1994

Director of Photography

8.5

Ri¢hie Ri¢h

1994

Director of Photography

5.9

Josh & S.A.M.

1993

Director of Photography

4.7

Death Becomes Her

1992

Second Unit Director of Photography

6.8

Mo' Money

1992

Director of Photography

5.5

Night Trap

1992

Director of Photography

5.0

Two-Fisted Tales

1992

Director of Photography

5.0

Nothing But Trouble

1991

Second Unit Director of Photography

5.2

Under the Boardwalk

1989

Director of Photography

3.7

Blind Fury

1989

Director of Photography

6.5

Breaking Point

1989

Director of Photography

4.7

Playboy: Bedtime Stories

1987

Cinematography

2.8

Death Before Dishonor

1987

Director of Photography

4.6

World Gone Wild

1987

Director of Photography

5.1

Summer Camp Nightmare

1987

Director of Photography

4.8

The Night Stalker

1986

Director of Photography

3.6

Runaway Train

1985

Second Unit Director of Photography

Happy Birthday to Me

Camera Operator

Ruckus

Director of Photography

5.5

Television (1)

Tales from the Crypt

1989

Director of Photography

8.0