
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

Allied

The Polar Express

Ghost Ship

Monster House

The Frighteners

Roald Dahl's The Witches

The Walk

Gothika

Forrest Gump

Back to the Future Part II

Welcome to Marwen

Trespass

Tales from the Cryptkeeper

The Pursuit of Happiness

House of Wax

Beowulf

Real Steel

Thir13en Ghosts

Tales from the Crypt

WHAT / IF

Finch

Contact

1941

I Wanna Hold Your Hand

Here

Back to the Future Part III

Mars Needs Moms

Perversions of Science

Back to the Future

Johnny Bago

The Reaping

Flight

Back to the Future

Death Becomes Her

Cast Away

Amazing Stories

Manifest

I'm Thinking of Ending Things

A Christmas Carol

Pinocchio

Last Holiday

Who Framed Roger Rabbit
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