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
Credits
- 2023 · Tom Hanks: The Nomad as Self (archive footage)
- 2022 · Light & Magic as Self - Director, Back to the Future
- 2020 · Reunited Apart as Self
- 2017 · Spielberg as Self
- 2015 · Back in Time as Self
- 2015 · Back To the Present: The Special as
- 2015 · The Late Show with Stephen Colbert as Self
- 2014 · The Director's Chair as Self
- 2013 · Milius as Self
- 2012 · Persistence of Vision as Himself
- 2011 · Brian May's Brief History of 3D as Self
- 2010 · Tales from the Future as Self
- 2009 · Waking Sleeping Beauty as Self (archive footage)
- 2009 · Looking Back to the Future as Self
- 2003 · Behind the Ears: The True Story of Roger Rabbit as Self
- 2002 · Back to the Future: Making the Trilogy as Self
- 1999 · From Star Wars to Star Wars: The Story of Industrial Light & Magic as Self
- 1998 · The Making of 'The Frighteners' as Himself
- 1996 · The Making of '1941' as Self
- 1995 · MADtv as Self
- 1994 · Through the Eyes of Forrest Gump as Self
- 1990 · Parker Lewis Can't Lose as Robert Zemeckis
- 1990 · The Secrets of the 'Back to the Future' Trilogy as Self
- 1989 · Back to the Future (Part II): Behind-the-Scenes Special Presentation as Himself
- 1989 · First Works as Self
- 1987 · Citizen Steve as Screenwriter
- 1986 · The Making of Back to the Future as Self
- 1953 · The Oscars as Self
- Future · A Hero's Journey: The Making of Beowulf as Himself