
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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Welcome to Marwen

Here

Flight

Back to the Future

Roald Dahl's The Witches

Back to the Future

The Polar Express

Contact

The Walk

Tales from the Crypt

Mars Needs Moms

Ghost Ship

Amazing Stories

Death Becomes Her

I'm Thinking of Ending Things

Johnny Bago

Tales from the Cryptkeeper

Pinocchio

Finch

I Wanna Hold Your Hand

A Christmas Carol

Gothika

Forrest Gump

Allied

Who Framed Roger Rabbit

Cast Away

House of Wax

The Reaping

Real Steel

WHAT / IF

Back to the Future Part II

The Pursuit of Happiness

Thir13en Ghosts

Manifest

The Frighteners

Perversions of Science

Monster House

Trespass

Last Holiday

1941

Beowulf

Back to the Future Part III
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