Donald Graham Burt

{{Short description|American production designer}}

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Donald Graham Burt is an American production designer. He has worked on multiple films including The Joy Luck Club, Dangerous Minds, and Donnie Brasco, as well as with David Fincher on Zodiac in 2007.{{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}} In 2008, he designed the sets for The Curious Case of Benjamin Button which won an Academy Award for Best Art Direction in 2009,{{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}} an Art Directors Guild Award for Best Achievement in Art Direction,{{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}} and a BAFTA Film Award for Best Production Design,{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7830076.stm|title=Bafta Film Awards 2009: The winners |date=February 8, 2009|work=BBC News|access-date=2009-02-27}} along with receiving a nomination for a Satellite Award for Best Art Direction & Production Design.{{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}} In 2020, Burt won an Academy Award for David Fincher's black-and-white biographical drama film Mank.{{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}}

Burt is a 1976 graduate of Independence (Kansas) High School and studied art at the University of Arizona.Independence (Kansas) Daily Reporter, February 23, 2009, p 1

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.{{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}}