Known For
Directing
Born
May 14, 1951
Place of Birth
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Credits
104 titles
Robert Zemeckis
Biography
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. 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Robert Zemeckis, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Filmography
A Future on Stage
Self
Jaws @ 50: The Definitive Inside Story
Self
You Know: Uncovering What Lies Beneath
Self
Here
Producer
Tom Hanks: The Nomad
Self (archive footage)
Pinocchio
Screenplay
LIGHT & MAGIC
Self - Director, Back to the Future
Finch
Executive Producer
Roald Dahl's The Witches
Screenplay
I'm Thinking of Ending Things
Thanks
Reunited Apart
Self
Project 88: Back to the Future Too
Creator
WHAT / IF
Executive Producer
Project Blue Book
Executive Producer
Welcome to Marwen
Director
Manifest
Executive Producer
Back to the Future: The Hill Valley Chronicles
Director
Spielberg
Self
Elemental: Hydrogen vs. Hindenburg
Executive Producer
Allied
Director
Doc Brown Saves the World
Director
Back in Time
Self
Back To the Present: The Special
The Walk
Screenplay
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self
The Director's Chair
Self
Milius
Self
Bound by Flesh
Executive Producer
Persistence of Vision
Himself
Plaga zombie: zona mutante: revolución tóxica
Thanks
Flight
Director
Real Steel
Executive Producer
Brian May's Brief History of 3D
Self
Mars Needs Moms
Producer
Tales from the Future
Self
Behind the Burly Q
Executive Producer
A Christmas Carol
Director
Waking Sleeping Beauty
Self (archive footage)
Looking Back to the Future
Self
Beowulf
Producer
The Reaping
Producer
Monster House
Executive Producer
Last Holiday
Executive Producer
Le court des grands
Director
The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio
Producer
House of Wax
Producer
The Polar Express
Screenplay
The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing
Self
Gothika
Producer
Matchstick Men
Executive Producer