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  • BIRTH 14/05/1951
  • Country United States
  • SHOWS 5
  • MOVIES 9
  • DIRECTOR 25
  • SCRIPT 16
  • PRODUCTION 34

Robert Zemeckis

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."

Robert Zemeckis

Shows (5)

The Movies That Made Us
The Movies That Made Us
Self (Archival Footage)
The Academy Awards
The Academy Awards
Self
Parker Lewis Can't Lose
Parker Lewis Can't Lose
Robert Zemeckis
MADtv
MADtv
Self
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self

Movies (9)

Back in Time
Back in Time
Self
Spielberg
Spielberg
Self
Looking Back to the Future
Looking Back to the Future
Self
Back to the Present: The Special
Back to the Present: The Special
The Making of Back to the Future
The Making of Back to the Future
Self
Through the Eyes of Forrest Gump
Through the Eyes of Forrest Gump
Self
Back to the Future: Making the Trilogy
Back to the Future: Making the Trilogy
Self
The Secrets of the 'Back to the Future' Trilogy
The Secrets of the 'Back to the Future'…
Self

Director (25)

Back to the Future
Back to the Future
Here
Here
Back to the Future Part II
Back to the Future Part II
Forrest Gump
Forrest Gump
The Polar Express
The Polar Express
Back to the Future Part III
Back to the Future Part III
Cast Away
Cast Away
Who Framed Roger Rabbit
Who Framed Roger Rabbit
Contact
Contact
A Christmas Carol
A Christmas Carol
Flight
Flight
Pinocchio
Pinocchio
Death Becomes Her
Death Becomes Her
Allied
Allied
Roald Dahl's The Witches
Roald Dahl's The Witches
Romancing the Stone
Romancing the Stone
Welcome to Marwen
Welcome to Marwen
Beowulf
Beowulf
The Walk
The Walk
What Lies Beneath
What Lies Beneath
Tales from the Crypt
Tales from the Crypt
(3 episodes)
Amazing Stories
Amazing Stories
Amazing Stories (1985)
Amazing Stories (1985)
(1 episode)
I Wanna Hold Your Hand
I Wanna Hold Your Hand
Used Cars
Used Cars

Script (16)

Back to the Future
Back to the Future
Here
Here
Back to the Future Part II
Back to the Future Part II
The Polar Express
The Polar Express
Back to the Future Part III
Back to the Future Part III
A Christmas Carol
A Christmas Carol
Pinocchio
Pinocchio
Roald Dahl's The Witches
Roald Dahl's The Witches
Beowulf
Beowulf
Welcome to Marwen
Welcome to Marwen
1941
1941
The Walk
The Walk
Bordello of Blood
Bordello of Blood
Used Cars
Used Cars
Trespass
Trespass
I Wanna Hold Your Hand
I Wanna Hold Your Hand

Production (34)

Here
Here
The Polar Express
The Polar Express
Cast Away
Cast Away
Finch
Finch
Last Holiday
Last Holiday
Contact
Contact
Real Steel
Real Steel
A Christmas Carol
A Christmas Carol
Flight
Flight
Pinocchio
Pinocchio
House of Wax
House of Wax
Death Becomes Her
Death Becomes Her
Allied
Allied
Roald Dahl's The Witches
Roald Dahl's The Witches
The Frighteners
The Frighteners
Monster House
Monster House
Matchstick Men
Matchstick Men
Welcome to Marwen
Welcome to Marwen
House on Haunted Hill
House on Haunted Hill
Beowulf
Beowulf
What Lies Beneath
What Lies Beneath
The Walk
The Walk
Ghost Ship
Ghost Ship
Thir13en Ghosts
Thir13en Ghosts
Gothika
Gothika
Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight
Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight
Mars Needs Moms
Mars Needs Moms
Bordello of Blood
Bordello of Blood
The Reaping
The Reaping
The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio
The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio
Ritual
Ritual
Trespass
Trespass
The Public Eye
The Public Eye
Bound by Flesh
Bound by Flesh