Donald M. Morgan

Donald Maxwell Morgan (born February 11, 1932 in Los Angeles , California ) is an American cameraman .

Life

Morgan began his career as a freelance cameraman in the early 1970s. Since the end of the decade, his focus has been on television production. His work includes more than 70 films. He has won the Emmy five times . In 2007 the American Society of Cinematographers presented him with the Television Career Achievement Award. He won the ASC Award four times.

With Elvis - The King (1978), Christine (1983) and Starman (1984) he was involved in three films by John Carpenter . He had previously worked twice with Sidney Poitier and Robert Zemeckis . Much more often he worked with the directors Joseph Sargent and Roger Young .

Filmography (selection)

• 1975: We turn possibility noch'n thing (Let's do it again)
• 1977: Tricked (A Piece of the Action)
• 1978: I Wanna Hold Your Hand
• 1978: Elvis - The King (Elvis)
• 1980: With one leg in the kittchen (Used Cars)
• 1983: Christine
• 1984: Starman
• 1986: Desert Rebel (Harem)
• 1989: Murder in Mississippi (Murder in Mississippi)
• 1990: Dillinger - Public Enemy No. 1 (Dillinger)
• 1992: Excessive Force
• 1993: SOS over the Pacific (Mercy Mission: The Rescue of Flight 771)
• 1995: Born to be wild
• 1993: The blood revenge of Geronimo (Geronimo)
• 1994: One Christmas
• 1996: The Siege at Ruby Ridge
• 1996: The Rage
• 1999: Carrie 2 - Revenge (The Rage: Carrie 2)
• 1999: A Lesson Before Dying
• 2000: The Thin Blue Lie
• 2001: Bojangles
• 2004: A work of God (Something the Lord Made)
• 2004: Back in the Day
• 2005: Hercules (miniseries)
• 2008: Sweet Nothing in My Ear

Web links

• Donald M. Morgan in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• http://www.donaldmmorganasc.com/