Don Burgess (cinematographer)
Don Michael Burgess,, is an American cinematographer who was nominated for the Academy Award and BAFTA Award for Best Cinematography for Forrest Gump, directed by frequent collaborator Robert Zemeckis. Burgess was Director of Photography for films including Cast Away, Spider-Man, The Polar Express Enchanted, Source Code, The Muppets, The Conjuring 2, and Aquaman. He studied at the ArtCenter College of Design in Los Angeles.
Filmography
As director of photography
Film| 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 | |
| 1987 | Playboy: Bedtime Stories | Anthony Spinelli Robert C. Hughes | Direct-to-video anthology film; 1 segment |
| 1987 | Death Before Dishonor | Terry Leonard | |
| 1988 | World Gone Wild | Lee H. Katzin | |
| 1989 | Under the Boardwalk | Fritz Kiersch | |
| 1989 | Blind Fury | Phillip Noyce | |
| 1992 | Two-Fisted Tales | Robert Zemeckis | Segment "Yellow" |
| 1992 | Mo' Money | Peter MacDonald | |
| 1992 | Night Trap | James Riley | FMV video game Filmed in 1987 |
| 1993 | 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 |
| 1994 | 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 | Robert Zemeckis | |
| 2000 | Cast Away | Robert Zemeckis | - |
| 2002 | Spider-Man | Sam Raimi | |
| 2003 | ' | Jonathan Mostow | |
| 2003 | Radio | Michael Tollin | |
| 2004 | 13 Going on 30 | Gary Winick | |
| 2004 | The Polar Express | Robert Zemeckis | |
| 2004 | Christmas with the Kranks | Joe Roth | |
| 2006 | Eight Below | Frank Marshall | |
| 2006 | 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 | |
| 2011 | Priest | Scott Stewart | |
| 2011 | The Muppets | James Bobin | |
| 2012 | Flight | Robert Zemeckis | |
| 2013 | 42 | Brian Helgeland | |
| 2014 | Muppets Most Wanted | James Bobin | |
| 2016 | The Conjuring 2 | James Wan | |
| 2016 | Allied | Robert Zemeckis | |
| 2016 | Monster Trucks | Chris Wedge | |
| 2017 | Same Kind of Different as Me | Michael Carney | Filmed in 2014 |
| 2017 | Wonder | Stephen Chbosky | |
| 2018 | The Christmas Chronicles | Clay Kaytis | |
| 2018 | Aquaman | James Wan | |
| 2021 | The Witches | Robert Zemeckis | Post-production |
Television'
| Year | Title | Director | Notes |
| 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 | Episode "And All Through the House" |
| 1993 | Space Rangers'' | Mikael Salomon | Episode "Fort Hope" |
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 | 2nd Unit Director of Photography |
| 1984 | 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 | 2nd Unit Director of Photography |
| 1987 | Cherry 2000 | Steve De Jarnatt | Jacques Haitkin | 2nd Unit Director of Photography |
| 1988 | Moving | Alan Metter | Donald McAlpine | 2nd Unit Director of Photography |
| 1988 | Lucky Stiff | Anthony Perkins | Jacques Haitkin | 2nd Unit Director of Photography |
| 1989 | Back to the Future Part II | Robert Zemeckis | Dean Cundey | 2nd Unit Director of Photography |
| 1990 | Back to the Future Part III | Robert Zemeckis | Dean Cundey | 2nd Unit Director of Photography |
| 1990 | The Rookie | Clint Eastwood | Jack N. Green | 2nd Unit Director of Photography |
| 1991 | Nothing but Trouble | Dan Aykroyd | Dean Cundey | 2nd Unit Director of Photography |
| 1991 | Backdraft | Ron Howard | Mikael Salomon | 2nd Unit Director of Photography |
| 1992 | Batman Returns | Tim Burton | Stefan Czapsky | 2nd Unit Director of Photography |
| 1992 | Death Becomes Her | Robert Zemeckis | Dean Cundey | 2nd Unit Director of Photography |
| 1992 | Noises Off... | Peter Bogdanovich | Tim Suhrstedt | 2nd Unit Director of Photography |
| 1992 | Traces of Red | Andy Wolk | Tim Suhrstedt | Additional photography |
| 1996 | Executive Decision | Stuart Baird | Alex Thomson | Additional photography |
| 1998 | Deep Impact | Mimi Leder | Dietrich Lohmann | Additional photography |
| 2002 | The Bourne Identity | Doug Liman | Oliver Wood | Additional photography |
| 2014 | Divergent | Neil Burger | Alwin H. Küchler | Additional photography |
| 2015 | Ted 2 | Seth MacFarlane | Michael Barrett | Additional photography |