{{Short description|American production designer}} {{Infobox person | image = | image_size = | name = Donald Graham Burt | birth_name = | birth_date = | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | occupation = [[production designer]] | years_active = 1993-present | spouse = | children = }}
'''Donald Graham Burt''' is an American [[production designer]]. He has worked on multiple films including [[The Joy Luck Club (film)|''The Joy Luck Club'']], ''[[Dangerous Minds]]'', and [[Donnie Brasco (film)|''Donnie Brasco'']], as well as with [[David Fincher]] on ''[[Zodiac (film)|Zodiac]]'' in [[2007 in film|2007]].<ref name="NYT">{{cite news|url=https://movies.nytimes.com/person/267158/Donald-Graham-Burt/biography|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100131205330/http://movies.nytimes.com/person/267158/Donald-Graham-Burt/biography|url-status=dead|archive-date=2010-01-31|title=Donald Graham Burt filmography|access-date=2009-02-27 | first=A. O. |department=Movies & TV Dept.|work=[[The New York Times]]|author-link=A. O. Scott|date=2010| last=Scott}}</ref> In 2008, he designed the sets for [[The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (film)|''The Curious Case of Benjamin Button'']] which won an [[Academy Awards|Academy Award]] for [[Academy Award for Best Production Design|Best Art Direction]] in 2009,<ref name="SF">{{cite web|url=http://www.slashfilm.com/2009/02/22/2009-academy-awards-winners/|title=2009 Academy Awards Winners|last=Sciretta|first=Peter|date=February 22, 2009|publisher=Slash Film|access-date=2009-02-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101017012946/http://www.slashfilm.com/2009/02/22/2009-academy-awards-winners/|archive-date=October 17, 2010|url-status=dead}}</ref> an [[ADG Excellence in Production Design Awards|Art Directors Guild]] Award for Best Achievement in Art Direction,<ref name="ADG">{{cite web|url=http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/art-directors-guild-awards-2009/|title=Art Directors Guild Awards 2009|publisher=[[Art Directors Guild]]|access-date=2009-02-27}}</ref> and a [[British Academy of Film and Television Arts|BAFTA Film Award]] for Best Production Design,<ref name="BAFTA">{{cite news|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/7830076.stm|title=Bafta Film Awards 2009: The winners |date=February 8, 2009|work=[[BBC News]]|access-date=2009-02-27}}</ref> along with receiving a nomination for a [[Satellite Award]] for Best Art Direction & Production Design.<ref name="SA">{{cite web|url=http://www.awardsdaily.com/?p=4414|title=Satellite Award Nominees|last=Ryan|first=Adams|date=November 30, 2008|publisher=Awards Daily|access-date=2009-02-27}}</ref> In 2020, Burt won an Academy Award for [[David Fincher]]'s [[black-and-white]] biographical drama film ''[[Mank]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Davis|first=Clayton|date=2021-03-11|title=2021 Oscars Predictions: All Awards Categories|url=https://variety.com/feature/2021-oscars-predictions-academy-awards-nominations-1234764774/|access-date=2021-03-15|website=Variety|language=en-US}}</ref>
Burt is a 1976 graduate of Independence (Kansas) High School and studied art at the University of Arizona.<ref>''Independence'' (Kansas) ''Daily Reporter'', February 23, 2009, p 1</ref> His father was a pastor and his mother was a homemaker. Before employment in the film industry, he worked as a night janitor in a small [[scene shop]] in [[Phoenix, Arizona|Phoenix]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Sharma|first=Atish|date=2023-12-09|title=Indian Food, Univ Philosophy, and Donald Burt's Knack for Winning Oscars|language=en-US|work=Homecrux|url=https://www.homecrux.com/interview-with-donald-graham-burt/219931/|access-date=2023-12-14}}</ref>
==Filmography== *''[[The Killer (2023 film)|The Killer]]'' (2023) *''[[Mank]]'' (2020) *''[[Outlaw King]]'' (2018) *''[[Hostiles (film)|Hostiles]]'' (2017) *''[[Gone Girl (film)|Gone Girl]]'' (2014) *''[[The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011 film)|The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo]]'' (2011) *''[[The Social Network]]'' (2010) *''[[The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (film)|The Curious Case of Benjamin Button]]'' (2008) *''[[It Might Get Loud]]'' (2008) *''[[Zodiac (film)|Zodiac]]'' (2007) *''In an Instant'' (2005) *''[[Because of Winn-Dixie (film)|Because of Winn-Dixie]] (2005)'' *''[[White Oleander (film)|White Oleander]]'' (2002) *''[[The Center of the World]]'' (2001) *''[[Anywhere but Here (film)|Anywhere But Here]]'' (1999) *''[[A Cool, Dry Place]]'' (1998) *''[[Donnie Brasco (film)|Donnie Brasco]]'' (1997) *''[[Kazaam]]'' (1996) *''[[Dangerous Minds]]'' (1995) *''[[The Joy Luck Club (film)|The Joy Luck Club]]'' (1993)
==Awards & nomination== * 2009 [[Academy Award]] for [[Academy Award for Best Art Direction|Best Art Direction]]<ref name="SF"/> * 2009 [[ADG Excellence in Production Design Awards|Art Directors Guild]] Award for Best Achievement in Art Direction<ref name="ADG"/> * 2009 [[British Academy of Film and Television Arts|BAFTA Film Award]] for Best Production Design<ref name="BAFTA"/> * 2009 [[Satellite Award]] nomination for Best Art Direction & Production Design<ref name="SA"/> * 2021 [[Academy Award]] for [[Academy Award for Best Production Design|Best Production Design]]
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==External links== *{{IMDb name|123426}}
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