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
Back to the Future Part III
Allied
WHAT / IF
Pinocchio
Roald Dahl's The Witches
Amazing Stories
Finch
The Walk
Beowulf
I'm Thinking of Ending Things
The Pursuit of Happiness
Contact
Manifest
A Christmas Carol
Death Becomes Her
The Polar Express
Thir13en Ghosts
Real Steel
Back to the Future Part II
Mars Needs Moms
Tales from the Cryptkeeper
Back to the Future
Flight
Perversions of Science
Gothika
Welcome to Marwen
Ghost Ship
Trespass
1941
Forrest Gump
The Reaping
The Frighteners
Monster House
I Wanna Hold Your Hand
Back to the Future
Last Holiday
Tales from the Crypt
Here
Johnny Bago
Who Framed Roger Rabbit
House of Wax
Cast Away
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