Robert Zemeckis
Directing
- Born
- May 14, 1951 (age 75) · Chicago, Illinois, USA
Robert Lee Zemeckis (born May 14, 1952) is an American filmmaker known for directing and producing a range of successful and influential movies. He often blends cutting-edge visual effects with storytelling. He has received several accolades, including an Academy Award and a Golden Globe Award, as well as nominations for five British Academy Film Awards and a Daytime Emmy Award.
Zemeckis started his career directing the comedy films I Wanna Hold Your Hand (1978), Used Cars (1980), and Romancing the Stone (1984). He gained prominence directing the science-fiction comedy Back to the Future trilogy (1985–1990), the fantasy comedy Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988), and the comedy-drama Forrest Gump (1994), the latter of which won Academy Awards for Best Picture and Best Director.
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He has also directed the satirical black comedy Death Becomes Her (1992), the science fiction film Contact (1997), and the drama films Cast Away (2000), Flight (2012), The Walk (2015), and Allied (2016). His exploration of motion capture techniques can be seen in the animated films The Polar Express (2004) and A Christmas Carol (2009), as well as the action fantasy drama Beowulf (2007) and the drama Welcome to Marwen (2018). He has collaborated with film composer Alan Silvestri since 1984 and directed Tom Hanks in five films.
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Known for
Forrest Gump
June 23, 1994
Back to the Future
July 3, 1985
Back to the Future Part II
November 22, 1989
Cast Away
December 22, 2000
Back to the Future Part III
May 25, 1990
Real Steel
September 28, 2011
The Polar Express
November 10, 2004
Flight
February 22, 2012
Who Framed Roger Rabbit
June 22, 1988
Contact
July 11, 1997
A Christmas Carol
November 4, 2009
Allied
November 23, 2016
Behind the camera58
- 2024Here Producer, Screenplay, Director
- 2022Pinocchio Producer, Screenplay, Director
- 2021Finch Executive Producer
- 2020Roald Dahl's The Witches Screenplay, Director, Producer
- 2020Project 88: Back to the Future Too Creator
- 2018Welcome to Marwen Director, Screenplay, Producer
- 2017Elemental: Hydrogen vs. Hindenburg Executive Producer
- 2016Allied Director, Producer
- 2015Doc Brown Saves the World Writer, Director
- 2015