
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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Known For
Production Credits

Tales from the Crypt

Johnny Bago

Roald Dahl's The Witches

Death Becomes Her

The Pursuit of Happiness

Here

The Polar Express

Last Holiday

Forrest Gump

The Frighteners

Mars Needs Moms

Flight

Thir13en Ghosts

A Christmas Carol

Real Steel

Back to the Future

Perversions of Science

Beowulf

I'm Thinking of Ending Things

Back to the Future Part III

Pinocchio

Welcome to Marwen

Back to the Future Part II

Gothika

The Reaping

WHAT / IF

Who Framed Roger Rabbit

Finch

1941

Cast Away

Tales from the Cryptkeeper

Manifest

Monster House

Back to the Future

House of Wax

Amazing Stories

Allied

Contact

Ghost Ship

Trespass

I Wanna Hold Your Hand

The Walk
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