
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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Production Credits

The Polar Express

Finch

Tales from the Cryptkeeper

Back to the Future

The Frighteners

Allied

Mars Needs Moms

Manifest

Welcome to Marwen

Death Becomes Her

Gothika

Perversions of Science

Ghost Ship

I Wanna Hold Your Hand

Monster House

Back to the Future Part II

Trespass

Pinocchio

Real Steel

Back to the Future

Cast Away

1941

Who Framed Roger Rabbit

Amazing Stories

Forrest Gump

Johnny Bago

House of Wax

A Christmas Carol

Back to the Future Part III

Thir13en Ghosts

I'm Thinking of Ending Things

Flight

The Walk

WHAT / IF

Tales from the Crypt

Here

Beowulf

The Pursuit of Happiness

The Reaping

Contact

Roald Dahl's The Witches

Last Holiday
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