
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

The Pursuit of Happiness

Ghost Ship

Manifest

Forrest Gump

Allied

The Walk

Gothika

Thir13en Ghosts

I'm Thinking of Ending Things

WHAT / IF

Who Framed Roger Rabbit

Tales from the Cryptkeeper

I Wanna Hold Your Hand

Contact

Roald Dahl's The Witches

The Reaping

Here

Back to the Future

Real Steel

Back to the Future

House of Wax

Perversions of Science

Trespass

Monster House

Cast Away

The Polar Express

Death Becomes Her

Flight

The Frighteners

Beowulf

Pinocchio

Welcome to Marwen

Last Holiday

Finch

Mars Needs Moms

1941

Back to the Future Part III

Johnny Bago

Back to the Future Part II

A Christmas Carol

Tales from the Crypt

Amazing Stories
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