Robert Zemeckis
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- May 14, 1951, Chicago, Illinois, USA
- Movies
- 67
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.
Best-Known Movies
Filmography
Directing, Writing & Producing
| 2024 | Here | Producer, Director, Screenplay |
| 2022 | Pinocchio | Screenplay, Producer, Director |
| 2020 | Roald Dahl's The Witches | Screenplay, Director, Producer |
| 2018 | Welcome to Marwen | Director, Screenplay, Producer |
| 2016 | Allied | Director, Producer |
| 2015 | Doc Brown Saves the World | Director, Writer |
| 2015 | The Walk | Screenplay, Director, Producer |
| 2012 | Flight | Director, Producer |
| 2011 | Mars Needs Moms | Producer |
| 2009 | A Christmas Carol | Director, Screenplay, Producer |
| 2007 | Beowulf | Producer, Director |
| 2007 | The Reaping | Producer |
| 2005 | Le court des grands | Director |
| 2005 | The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio | Producer |
| 2005 | House of Wax | Producer |
| 2004 | The Polar Express | Screenplay, Director, Producer |
| 2003 | Gothika | Producer |
| 2002 | Ghost Ship | Producer |
| 2002 | Ritual | Producer |
| 2001 | Thir13en Ghosts | Producer |
| 2000 | Cast Away | Director, Producer |
| 2000 | What Lies Beneath | Producer, Director |
| 1999 | House on Haunted Hill | Producer |
| 1999 | The Pursuit of Happiness | Director |
| 1999 | Tales from the Crypt: The Robert Zemeckis Collection | Director |
| 1997 | Contact | Director, Producer |
| 1994 | Forrest Gump | Director |
| 1992 | Trespass | Writer |
| 1992 | Death Becomes Her | Director, Producer |
| 1992 | Two-Fisted Tales | Director |
| 1990 | Back to the Future Part III | Director |
| 1989 | Back to the Future Part II | Director |
| 1988 | Who Framed Roger Rabbit | Director |
| 1986 | Amazing Stories | Director |
| 1985 | Back to the Future | Director, Writer |
| 1984 | Romancing the Stone | Director |
| 1980 | Used Cars | Writer, Director |
| 1979 | 1941 | Screenplay |
| 1978 | I Wanna Hold Your Hand | Writer, Director |
| 1973 | A Field of Honor | Director, Writer |
| 1972 | The Lift | Director |
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