Biography
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."
Filmography
all 99
Movies 84
Producer 34
Director 27
self 25
TV Shows 15
Writer 7
Creator 1
Live Read: Back to the Future (2023)
Tom Hanks: The Nomad (2023)
STILL: A Michael J. Fox Movie (2023)
Pinocchio (2022)
Finch (2021)
Roald Dahl's The Witches (2020)
I'm Thinking of Ending Things (2020)
Reunited Apart (2020)
Project 88: Back to the Future Too (2020)
WHAT / IF (2019)
Project Blue Book (2019)
Welcome to Marwen (2018)
Manifest (2018)
Elemental: Hydrogen vs. Hindenburg (2018)
Spielberg (2017)
Allied (2016)
Doc Brown Saves the World (2015)
Back in Time (2015)
Back To the Present: The Special (2015)
The Walk (2015)
The Director's Chair (2014)
Milius (2013)
Flight (2012)
Bound by Flesh (2012)
Persistence of Vision (2012)
Plaga zombie: zona mutante: revolución tóxica (2012)
Real Steel (2011)
Brian May's Brief History of 3D (2011)
Mars Needs Moms (2011)
Tales from the Future (2010)
Behind the Burly Q (2010)
A Christmas Carol (2009)
Waking Sleeping Beauty (2009)
Looking Back to the Future (2009)
Beowulf (2007)
The Reaping (2007)
Monster House (2006)
Last Holiday (2006)
Le court des grands (2005)
The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio (2005)
House of Wax (2005)
The Polar Express (2004)
Gothika (2003)
Matchstick Men (2003)
Behind the Ears: The True Story of Roger Rabbit (2003)
Back to the Future: Making the Trilogy (2002)
Ghost Ship (2002)
Ritual (2002)
Thir13en Ghosts (2001)
Cast Away (2000)
What Lies Beneath (2000)
House on Haunted Hill (1999)
The Pursuit of Happiness (1999)
Tales from the Crypt: The Robert Zemeckis Collection (1999)
From Star Wars to Star Wars: The Story of Industrial Light & Magic (1999)
The Making of 'The Frighteners' (1998)
Contact (1997)
Perversions of Science (1997)
Bordello of Blood (1996)
The Frighteners (1996)
The Making of '1941' (1996)
MADtv (1995)
W.E.I.R.D. World (1995)
Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight (1995)
Through the Eyes of Forrest Gump (1994)
DeGenerazione (1994)
Forrest Gump (1994)
Tales from the Cryptkeeper (1993)
Johnny Bago (1993)
Trespass (1992)
The Public Eye (1992)
Death Becomes Her (1992)
Two-Fisted Tales (1992)
Back to the Future (1991)
Back To The Future: The Ride (1991)
Parker Lewis Can't Lose (1990)
The Secrets of the 'Back to the Future' Trilogy (1990)
Back to the Future Part III (1990)
Back to the Future Part II (1989)
Back to the Future (Part II): Behind-the-Scenes Special Presentation (1989)
First Works (1989)
Tales from the Crypt (1989)
Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988)
Citizen Steve (1987)
The Making of Back to the Future (1986)
Amazing Stories (1986)
Amazing Stories (1985)
Back to the Future (1985)
Romancing the Stone (1984)
Used Cars (1980)
1941 (1979)
I Wanna Hold Your Hand (1978)
A Field of Honor (1973)
The Lift (1972)
The Oscars (1953)
The King
Here
Real Steel
School for Scumbags
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Known ForDirecting
GenderMale
Birthday1952-05-14 (71 years old)
Birth PlaceChicago, United States of America
RelationshipsMary Ellen Trainor (1980-01-01 - 2000-01-01)
SpouseLeslie Zemeckis
ChildrenAlexander Zemeckis
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
ResidencesCalifornia, United States of America
Also Known Asروبرت زيميكس, Роберт Земекис, 羅拔·湛米基斯, โรเบิร์ต เซเม็กคิส, ロバート・ゼメキス, 로버트 저메키스
AwardsHugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation, The George Pal Memorial Award, National Board of Review Award for Best Film, Directors Guild of America Award, Golden Globe Award for Best Director, Saturn Award, Academy Award for Best Director, star on Hollywood Walk of Fame, Officer of Arts and Letters
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