
Robert Zemeckis
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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.
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Known For
Production Credits

Manifest

The Reaping

Cast Away

Mars Needs Moms

Here

Contact

Tales from the Crypt

The Pursuit of Happiness

The Frighteners

1941

Death Becomes Her

Gothika

I Wanna Hold Your Hand

Back to the Future

Back to the Future Part II

Forrest Gump

A Christmas Carol

Back to the Future

Welcome to Marwen

House of Wax

Allied

Monster House

The Walk

Real Steel

Ghost Ship

Flight

WHAT / IF

The Polar Express

I'm Thinking of Ending Things

Finch

Thir13en Ghosts

Johnny Bago

Perversions of Science

Back to the Future Part III

Roald Dahl's The Witches

Trespass

Beowulf

Last Holiday

Amazing Stories

Tales from the Cryptkeeper

Pinocchio

Who Framed Roger Rabbit
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