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Robert Zemeckis
0 FOLLOWERS • 49 CREDITS • MAY 14, 1951 • 73
Biography
Robert Lee Zemeckis (born May 14, 1951) is an American film director, producer and screenwriter. Zemeckis first came to public attention in the 1980s as the director of the comedic time-travel Back to the Future film series, as well as the Academy Award-winning live-action/animation epic Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988), though in the 1990s he diversified into more dramatic fare, including 1994's Forrest Gump, for which he won an Academy Award for Best Director.
His films are characterized by an interest in state-of-the-art special effects, including the early use of match moving in Back to the Future Part II (1989) and the pioneering performance capture techniques seen in The Polar Express (2004), Beowulf (2007) and A Christmas Carol (2009). Though Zemeckis has often been pigeonholed as a director interested only in effects, his work has been defended by several critics, including David Thomson, who wrote that "No other contemporary director has used special effects to more dramatic and narrative purpose."
Known For
Production Credits
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I Wanna Hold Your Hand
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Tales from the Crypt
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1941
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/o8Vl4Vxp5LBth9J6Aa3k6PAefxt.jpg)
The Reaping
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/jSO5PJrA83ov5rR7ScqCQWpcDv3.jpg)
Beowulf
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/unagAnzvxkGBaSEC5pGEq95h3ST.jpg)
Johnny Bago
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/6yrrddjIjx0ElCRZp5pTZeqrj3k.jpg)
Thir13en Ghosts
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/jKuDyqx7jrjiR9cDzB5pxzhJAdv.jpg)
Finch
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/eTemCphrglLKrXOsNRhYezHA7H9.jpg)
Manifest
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/7lLJgKnAicAcR5UEuo8xhSMj18w.jpg)
Cast Away
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/frSGNQcWx1ek8dCduFYCux1ho7n.jpg)
Gothika
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/khcU8msd2NooJwmcvwbWguvkCzU.jpg)
Last Holiday
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/arw2vcBveWOVZr6pxd9XTd1TdQa.jpg)
Forrest Gump
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/lYfRc57Kx9VgLZ48iulu0HKnM15.jpg)
Who Framed Roger Rabbit
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/GSeicpK571uoM2ZCRb1YyW2YMG.jpg)
Trespass
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/5ynWWapdl45hJXUh0KIevxSG9JQ.jpg)
I'm Thinking of Ending Things
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/lA4zvjHMICXl5XDpShfemcNSDNv.jpg)
Perversions of Science
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/crzoVQnMzIrRfHtQw0tLBirNfVg.jpg)
Back to the Future Part III
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The Frighteners
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Allied
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Back to the Future
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A Christmas Carol
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/dOULsxYQFsOR0cEBBB20xnjJkPD.jpg)
Welcome to Marwen
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Roald Dahl's The Witches
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/4GIeI5K5YdDUkR3mNQBoScpSFEf.jpg)
Real Steel
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/1AjXgBM2lkpG3FLQO0f6AK3Bi1e.jpg)
Flight
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/6sgVnE0oMsnunGuFxWWREB6ELSN.jpg)
Back to the Future
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/rrRDymHWaQUa8LAsIxJc5OOigea.jpg)
Amazing Stories
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The Pursuit of Happiness
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The Walk
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Real Steel
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/qT9jhRnf67dmMNpX2FmNPMeuW57.jpg)
Ghost Ship
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House of Wax
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WHAT / IF
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Back to the Future Part II
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Contact
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Death Becomes Her
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Mars Needs Moms
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The Polar Express
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Here
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Pinocchio
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Tales from the Cryptkeeper
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