Don Burgess has enjoyed a long association with Robert Zemeckis, having also lensed the directors' films "The Polar Express," "Cast Away," "What Lies Beneath" and "Contact." Burgess was previously honored with an Academy Award® nomination for his cinematography on Zemeckis' Oscar-winning hit "Forrest Gump." Burgess also received BAFTA and American Society of Cinematographer Award nominations for his work on that film. He earlier won a CableACE Award for his work on a Zemeckis-directed episode of "Tales from the Crypt."
Burgess was the cinematogapher on the family-comedy "The Muppets" directed by James Bobin, as well as the hit sci-fi thriller "Source Code," directed by Duncan Jones and starring Jake Gyllenhaal. He lensed the post-apocalyptic thriller "Priest," directed by Scott Stewart, and Albert and Allen Hughes' post-apocalyptic drama, "The Book of Eli," starring Denzel Washington.
Burgess' diverse feature film credits also include the smash hit comedy fable "Enchanted," the blockbuster action hits "Spider-Man" and "Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines," the adventure film "Eight Below," and the comedies "Fool's Gold," "My Super Ex-Girlfriend," "13 Going on 30," "Christmas with the Kranks" and "Forget Paris."
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