Robert Zemeckis

Known for DirectingBorn 1951-05-14 (age 75)Chicago, Illinois, USA

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.Read more

Movies & web series

Project 88: Back to the Future Too

Tales from the Crypt: The Robert Zemeckis Collection

The Making of 'The Frighteners'

Forrest Gump

Project Blue Book

Back to the Future

Persistence of Vision

Le court des grands

LIGHT & MAGIC

Finch

The Pursuit of Happiness

Johnny Bago

Tales from the Crypt

Manifest

From Star Wars to Star Wars: The Story of Industrial Light & Magic

Back to the Future: Making the Trilogy

Back To the Present: The Special

Jaws @ 50: The Definitive Inside Story

Tales from the Cryptkeeper

Spielberg

Back to the Future Part II

Cast Away

Back to the Future (Part II): Behind-the-Scenes Special Presentation

Through the Eyes of Forrest Gump

Who Framed Roger Rabbit

Contact

Back to the Future Part III

Looking Back to the Future

Behind the Ears: The True Story of Roger Rabbit

The Making of Back to the Future

Amazing Stories

Last Holiday

Parker Lewis Can't Lose

Waking Sleeping Beauty

Milius

Real Steel

The Director's Chair

The Walk

Brian May's Brief History of 3D

MADtv

The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing

Matchstick Men

A Christmas Carol

Flight

Allied

The Frighteners

First Works

Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight