Robert Zemeckis
Known For
Directing
Born
1951-05-14 in Chicago, Illinois, USA
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.
Most Known For
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
as Self
The Oscars
as Self
Parker Lewis Can't Lose
as Robert Zemeckis
LIGHT & MAGIC
as Self - Director, Back to the Future
Reunited Apart
as Self
Citizen Steve
as Screenwriter
The Director's Chair
as Self
MADtv
as Self
Jaws @ 50: The Definitive Inside Story
as Self
Spielberg
as Self
Waking Sleeping Beauty
as Self (archive footage)
The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing
as Self
Back in Time
as Self
Milius
as Self
Looking Back to the Future
as Self
Brian May's Brief History of 3D
as Self
Tom Hanks: The Nomad
as Self (archive footage)
Through the Eyes of Forrest Gump
as Self
From Star Wars to Star Wars: The Story of Industrial Light & Magic
as Self
