Robert Zemeckis
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Robert Zemeckis, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography (40)
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Pinocchio
Finch
Roald Dahl's The Witches
I'm Thinking of Ending Things
Welcome to Marwen
Allied
The Walk
Flight
Mars Needs Moms
Real Steel
A Christmas Carol
Beowulf
The Reaping
Monster House
Last Holiday
House of Wax
The Polar Express
Gothika
Matchstick Men
Ghost Ship
Thir13en Ghosts
Cast Away
What Lies Beneath
House on Haunted Hill
Contact
Bordello of Blood
The Frighteners
Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight
Forrest Gump
Death Becomes Her
The Public Eye
Trespass
Back to the Future Part III
Back to the Future Part II
Who Framed Roger Rabbit
Back to the Future
Romancing the Stone
Used Cars
