EXCLUSIVE: Production designer Donald Graham Burt has signed with Gersh for representation.
Burt is a two-time Academy Award and BAFTA winner for his work on Mank and The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, a pair of acclaimed films from David Fincher. The former drama, starring Gary Oldman, which also brought Burt the award for Best Production Design at the Critics Choice Awards, focused on screenwriter Herman J. Mankiewicz and his turbulent journey in writing the screenplay for the iconic 1941 film Citizen Kane. The latter stars Brad Pitt as a man born with the physical appearance and ailments of an elderly person, who ages in reverse.
These projects mark just two of Burt’s collaboration with Fincher. Over the years, he’s also worked with the director on titles including Zodiac, Gone Girl, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, and The Killer, as well as Netflix’s House of Cards.
Burt’s first major project as production designer was on the acclaimed 1993 film, The Joy Luck Club. Since then, he’s also worked on titles like Anywhere But Here, White Oleander, Donnie Brasco, Outlaw King, Hostiles, and Max’s miniseries The Sympathizer from Park Chan-wook, among others.
