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.
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Movies (43)
Jaws @ 50: The Definitive Inside Story
as Self
2025
You Know: Uncovering What Lies Beneath
as Self
2025
Here
Producer (Production)
2024
Tom Hanks: The Nomad
as Self (archive footage)
2023
Pinocchio
Producer (Production)
2022
Finch
Executive Producer (Production)
2021
Roald Dahl's The Witches
Screenplay (Writing)
2020
I'm Thinking of Ending Things
Thanks (Crew)
2020
Project 88: Back to the Future Too
Creator (Crew)
2020
Welcome to Marwen
Director (Directing)
2018
Spielberg
as Self
2017
Elemental: Hydrogen vs. Hindenburg
Executive Producer (Production)
2017
Allied
Director (Directing)
2016
Doc Brown Saves the World
Writer (Writing)
2015
Back in Time
as Self
2015
Back To the Present: The Special
2015
The Walk
Screenplay (Writing)
2015
Milius
as Self
2013
Bound by Flesh
Executive Producer (Production)
2012
Persistence of Vision
as Himself
2012
Plaga zombie: zona mutante: revolución tóxica
Thanks (Crew)
2012
Flight
Producer (Production)
2012
Real Steel
Executive Producer (Production)
2011
Brian May's Brief History of 3D
as Self
2011
Mars Needs Moms
Producer (Production)
2011
Tales from the Future
as Self
2010
Behind the Burly Q
Executive Producer (Production)
2010
A Christmas Carol
Screenplay (Writing)
2009
Waking Sleeping Beauty
as Self (archive footage)
2009
Looking Back to the Future
as Self
2009
Beowulf
Director (Directing)
2007
The Reaping
Producer (Production)
2007
Monster House
Executive Producer (Production)
2006
Last Holiday
Executive Producer (Production)
2006
Le court des grands
Director (Directing)
2005
The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio
Producer (Production)
2005
House of Wax
Producer (Production)
2005
The Polar Express
Screenplay (Writing)
2004
The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing
as Self
2004
Gothika
Producer (Production)
2003
Matchstick Men
Executive Producer (Production)
2003
Behind the Ears: The True Story of Roger Rabbit
as Self
2003
Back to the Future: Making the Trilogy
as Self
2002
TV Shows (7)
LIGHT & MAGIC
as Self - Director, Back to the Future
2022
Reunited Apart
as Self
2020
WHAT / IF
Executive Producer (Production)
2019
Project Blue Book
Executive Producer (Production)
2019
Manifest
Executive Producer (Production)
2018
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
as Self
2015
The Director's Chair
as Self
2014