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."
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DirectingBirthday
May 14, 1951Gender
MaleKnown Movie Credits
86Place of birth
Chicago, Illinois, USAAlso known as
روبرت زيميكس, Роберт Земекис, 羅拔·湛米基斯, โรเบิร์ต เซเม็กคิส, ロバート・ゼメキス, 로버트 저메키스Cast credits
The Secrets of the 'Back to the Future' Trilogy
SelfPersistence of Vision
HimselfThe Making of '1941'
Milius
SelfThrough the Eyes of Forrest Gump
SelfThe Making of 'The Frighteners'
HimselfBack in Time
SelfBack To the Present: The Special
Back to the Future: Making the Trilogy
SelfLooking Back to the Future
SelfSpielberg
SelfBack to the Future (Part II): Behind-the-Scenes Special Presentation
HimselfFirst Works
SelfThe Making of Back to the Future
SelfFrom Star Wars to Star Wars: The Story of Industrial Light & Magic
SelfTales from the Future
SelfWaking Sleeping Beauty
Self (archive footage)Behind the Ears: The True Story of Roger Rabbit
SelfCitizen Steve
ScreenwriterSTILL: A Michael J. Fox Movie
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)Tom Hanks: The Nomad
Self (archive footage)Crew credits
Forrest Gump
DirectorBack to the Future
Director, WriterBack to the Future Part II
Director, Characters, StoryBack to the Future Part III
Director, Story, CharactersContact
Director, ProducerWho Framed Roger Rabbit
DirectorHouse of Wax
ProducerBeowulf
Director, Producer, WriterWhat Lies Beneath
Director, ProducerGothika
ProducerThe Polar Express
Director, Screenplay, ProducerHouse on Haunted Hill
ProducerCast Away
Director, ProducerRomancing the Stone
DirectorDeath Becomes Her
Director, ProducerThir13en Ghosts
ProducerGhost Ship
ProducerRitual
ProducerUsed Cars
Director, WriterReal Steel
Executive ProducerA Christmas Carol
Director, Screenplay, Producer