Robert Zemeckis

Robert 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: Directing

Born: Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A., 1951-05-14

Died: null

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1986	The Making of Back to the Future	Self	76
2	1987	Citizen Steve	Screenwriter	59
3	1989	First Works	Self	0
4	1989	Back to the Future (Part II): Behind-the-Scenes Special Presentation	Himself	77
5	1990	The Secrets of the 'Back to the Future' Trilogy	Self	48
6	1994	Through the Eyes of Forrest Gump	Self	76
7	1996	The Making of '1941'	Self	66
8	1998	The Making of 'The Frighteners'	Himself	88
9	1999	From Star Wars to Star Wars: The Story of Industrial Light & Magic	Self	79
10	2002	Back to the Future: Making the Trilogy	Self	77
11	2003	Behind the Ears: The True Story of Roger Rabbit	Self	70
12	2009	Looking Back to the Future	Self	73
13	2009	Waking Sleeping Beauty	Self (archive footage)	72
14	2010	Tales from the Future	Self	67
15	2011	Brian May's Brief History of 3D	Self	70
16	2012	Persistence of Vision	Himself	80
17	2013	Milius	Self	71
18	2015	Back To the Present: The Special		76
19	2015	Back in Time	Self	65
20	2017	Spielberg	Self	76
21	2023	Tom Hanks: The Nomad	Self (archive footage)	55
22		A Hero's Journey: The Making of Beowulf	Himself	0
23	2025	You Know: Uncovering What Lies Beneath	Self	0
24	2025	Jaws @ 50: The Definitive Inside Story	Self	0

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1953	The Oscars	Self	71
2	1990	Parker Lewis Can't Lose	Robert Zemeckis	72
3	1995	MADtv	Self	69
4	2014	The Director's Chair	Self	70
5	2015	The Late Show with Stephen Colbert	Self	64
6	2020	Reunited Apart	Self	55
7	2022	LIGHT & MAGIC	Self - Director, Back to the Future	78

Robert Zemeckis

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