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Don Burgess

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Directed credits

58

Prolific

Very extensive directing filmography.

TMDB popularity

2.5

Moderate attention

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Directed movies: 57Directed series: 1All crew credits: 66

TMDB ID: 36

IMDb ID: nm0121281

Known for: Camera

Born: May 28, 1956

Age: 69

Place of birth: Santa Monica, California, USA

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1981 - 2025

Years active: 45

Average TMDB rating: 6.63

Wikidata: Q484980

Also known as

Don Michael Burgess • Mike Burgess • Michael Burgess

Frequent jobs

Director of Photography (54)Second Unit Director of Photography (3)Director (1)Additional Photography (3)Camera Operator (3)Additional Camera (1)Cinematography (1)

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.

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