Robert Zemeckis
Born: 1951-05-14 in Chicago, Illinois, USA
Known For: Directing
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Robert Zemeckis, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
2025
- Jaws @ 50: The Definitive Inside Story as Self
- A Future on Stage as Self
- You Know: Uncovering What Lies Beneath as Self
2024
- Here ... (Producer)
2023
- Tom Hanks: The Nomad as Self (archive footage)
2022
- LIGHT & MAGIC as Self - Director, Back to the Future
- Pinocchio ... (Producer)
2021
- Finch ... (Executive Producer)
2020
- Roald Dahl's The Witches ... (Screenplay)
- Reunited Apart as Self
- I'm Thinking of Ending Things ... (Thanks)
- Project 88: Back to the Future Too ... (Creator)
2019
- Project Blue Book ... (Executive Producer)
- WHAT / IF ... (Executive Producer)
2018
- Manifest ... (Executive Producer)
- Welcome to Marwen ... (Director)
- Back to the Future: The Hill Valley Chronicles ... (Director)
2017
- Spielberg as Self
- Elemental: Hydrogen vs. Hindenburg ... (Executive Producer)
2016
- Allied ... (Director)
2015
- The Late Show with Stephen Colbert as Self
- The Walk ... (Screenplay)
- Back in Time as Self
- Back To the Present: The Special
- Doc Brown Saves the World ... (Writer)
2014
- The Director's Chair as Self
2013
- Milius as Self
2012
- Flight ... (Producer)
- Plaga zombie: zona mutante: revolución tóxica ... (Thanks)
- Bound by Flesh ... (Executive Producer)
- Persistence of Vision as Himself
2011
- Real Steel ... (Executive Producer)
- Mars Needs Moms ... (Producer)
- Brian May's Brief History of 3D as Self
2010
- Tales from the Future as Self
- Behind the Burly Q ... (Executive Producer)
2009
- A Christmas Carol ... (Screenplay)
- Waking Sleeping Beauty as Self (archive footage)
- Looking Back to the Future as Self
2007
- Beowulf ... (Director)
- The Reaping ... (Producer)
2006
- Monster House ... (Executive Producer)
- Last Holiday ... (Executive Producer)
2005
- House of Wax ... (Producer)
- The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio ... (Producer)
- Le court des grands ... (Director)
2004
- The Polar Express ... (Screenplay)
- The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing as Self
2003
- Gothika ... (Producer)
- Matchstick Men ... (Executive Producer)
- Behind the Ears: The True Story of Roger Rabbit as Self
2002
- Ghost Ship ... (Producer)
- Ritual ... (Producer)
- Back to the Future: Making the Trilogy as Self
2001
- Thir13en Ghosts ... (Producer)
2000
- Cast Away ... (Director)
- What Lies Beneath ... (Director)
1999
- House on Haunted Hill ... (Producer)
- From Star Wars to Star Wars: The Story of Industrial Light & Magic as Self
- Tales from the Crypt: The Robert Zemeckis Collection ... (Director)
- The Pursuit of Happiness ... (Director)
1998
- The Making of 'The Frighteners' as Self
1997
- Contact ... (Director)
- Perversions of Science ... (Executive Producer)
1996
- The Frighteners ... (Executive Producer)
- Bordello of Blood ... (Story)
- The Making of '1941' as Self
1995
- Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight ... (Executive Producer)
- MADtv as Self
- W.E.I.R.D. World ... (Executive Producer)
1994
- Forrest Gump ... (Director)
- Through the Eyes of Forrest Gump as Self
- DeGenerazione ... (Thanks)
1993
- Tales from the Cryptkeeper ... (Producer)
- Johnny Bago ... (Director)
1992
- Death Becomes Her ... (Director)
- Trespass ... (Writer)
- Two-Fisted Tales ... (Director)
- The Public Eye ... (Executive Producer)
1991
- Back to the Future ... (Characters)
1990
- Parker Lewis Can't Lose as Robert Zemeckis
- Back to the Future Part III ... (Director)
- The Secrets of the 'Back to the Future' Trilogy as Self
1989
- Tales from the Crypt ... (Producer)
- Back to the Future Part II ... (Director)
- First Works as Self
- Back to the Future (Part II): Behind-the-Scenes Special Presentation as Self
1988
- Who Framed Roger Rabbit ... (Director)
1987
- Citizen Steve as Screenwriter
1986
- Amazing Stories ... (Director)
- The Making of Back to the Future as Self
1985
- Back to the Future ... (Director)
- Amazing Stories ... (Director)
1984
- Romancing the Stone ... (Director)
1980
- Used Cars ... (Director)
1979
- 1941 ... (Story)
1978
- I Wanna Hold Your Hand ... (Director)
1973
- A Field of Honor ... (Director)
1972
- The Lift ... (Director)
1953
- The Oscars as Self