Directing
Robert Zemeckis
EN, ES, FR, IT cinema · 88 credits
Born
14 May 1951 (age 75)
Birthplace
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Also known as Bob Zemeckis · Robert Lee Zemeckis
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
School for Scumbags
Executive Producer
Barracuda
Barracuda
Executive Producer
Here
Producer, Screenplay, Director
Tom Hanks: The Nomad
as Self (archive footage)
Pinocchio
Producer, Screenplay, Director
Finch
Executive Producer
Roald Dahl's The Witches
Screenplay, Director, Producer
Welcome to Marwen
Director, Screenplay, Producer
Spielberg
as Self
Elemental: Hydrogen vs. Hindenburg
Executive Producer
Allied
Director, Producer
Back in Time
as Self
The Walk
Screenplay, Director, Producer
Doc Brown Saves the World
Writer, Director
Milius
as Self
Persistence of Vision
as Himself
Flight
Producer, Director
Bound by Flesh
Executive Producer
Real Steel
Executive Producer
Mars Needs Moms
Producer
Waking Sleeping Beauty
as Self (archive footage)
Behind the Burly Q
Executive Producer
Looking Back to the Future
as Self, Thanks
A Christmas Carol
Screenplay, Director, Producer
Beowulf
Director, Producer
The Reaping
Producer
Monster House
Executive Producer
Last Holiday
Executive Producer
House of Wax
Producer
Le court des grands
Director
The Polar Express
Screenplay, Director, Producer
Gothika
Producer
Matchstick Men
Executive Producer
Ghost Ship
Producer
Ritual
Producer
Thir13en Ghosts
Producer
What Lies Beneath
Director, Producer
Cast Away
Director, Producer
Contact
Director, Producer
Bordello of Blood
Story, Executive Producer
The Frighteners
Executive Producer
Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight
Executive Producer
W.E.I.R.D. World
Executive Producer
Forrest Gump
Director
Death Becomes Her
Director, Producer
Two-Fisted Tales
Director, Executive Producer
The Public Eye
Executive Producer
Trespass
Writer, Executive Producer
Back to the Future Part III
Director, Story, Characters
First Works
as Self
Back to the Future Part II
Director, Characters, Story
Roger Rabbit and the Secrets of Toon Town
as Self – Director
Citizen Steve
as Screenwriter
Amazing Stories
Director
Back to the Future
Director, Writer
Romancing the Stone
Director
Used Cars
Director, Writer
1941
Story, Screenplay
I Wanna Hold Your Hand
Director, Writer
A Field of Honor
Director, Writer
The Lift
Director