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Robert Zemeckis
Director, Producer, Writer, Actor, Additional CreditsBorn May 14, 1951 (74 years)
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.
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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.
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Robert Zemeckis Filmography
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| 1993 | Johnny Bago (TV Series) |
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| 1989 | Tales from the Crypt (TV Series) |
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| 1985 | Amazing Stories (1985) (TV Series) |
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| 2022 | Grandes Horizontales · as Executive Producer |
| 2021 | Finch · as Executive Producer |
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| 2019 | WHAT / IF (TV Series) · as Executive Producer |
| 2019 | Project Blue Book (TV Series) · as Executive Producer |
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| 2018 | Medal of Honor (TV Series) · as Executive Producer |
| 2018 | Manifest (TV Series) |
| 2018 | Mabel, Mabel, Tiger Trainer · as Executive Producer |
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| 2012 | Bound by Flesh · as Executive Producer |
| 2011 | Real Steel · as Executive Producer |
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| 2010 | Behind the Burly Q · as Executive Producer |
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| 2006 | Monster House · as Executive Producer |
| 2006 | Last Holiday · as Executive Producer |
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| 2003 | Matchstick Men · as Executive Producer |
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| 1997 | Perversions of Science (TV Series) · as Executive Producer |
| 1996 | Secrets of the Cryptkeeper's Haunted House (TV Series) · as Executive Producer |
| 1996 | Bordello of Blood · as Executive Producer |
| 1996 | The Frighteners · as Executive Producer |
| 1995 | W.E.I.R.D. World · as Executive Producer |
| 1995 | Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight · as Executive Producer |
| 1993 | Tales From the Cryptkeeper (TV Series) |
| 1993 | Johnny Bago (TV Series) · as Executive Producer |
| 1992 | Trespass · as Executive Producer |
| 1992 | The Public Eye · as Executive Producer |
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| 1992 | Two-Fisted Tales · as Executive Producer |
| 1991 | Back to the Future... The Ride · as Executive Producer |
| 1989 | Tales from the Crypt (TV Series) |
| 2024 | Here · as Screenplay |
| 2022 | Pinocchio · as Screenplay |
| 2020 | The Witches · as Screenplay |
| 2018 | Welcome to Marwen · as Screenplay |
| 2015 | The Walk · as Screenplay |
| 2009 | A Christmas Carol · as Screenplay |
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| 2004 | The Polar Express · as Screenplay |
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| 1991 | Back to the Future... The Ride · as Original Film Writer |
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| 2025 | Jaws @ 50: The Definitive Inside Story · as Self |
| 2023 | Tom Hanks: The Nomad · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2023 | Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie · as Self - Filmmaker |
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| 2022 | Mel Gibson - A Tormented Soul · as Self |
| 2022 | LIGHT & MAGIC (TV Series) · as Self - Director, Back To The Future |
| 2020 | Reunited Apart (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2019 | Framing John DeLorean · as Self - Co-Writer & Director, Back To The Future |
| 2017 | Spielberg · as Self |
| 2017 | Behind the Scenes · as Self |
| 2016 | Quotidien (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2015 | Back in Time · as Self |
| 2015 | The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2014 | The Director's Chair (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2014 | Kino+ (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2013 | Milius · as Self |
| 2012 | Persistence of Vision · as Himself |
| 2012 | Urgant Show (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2011 | Brian May's Brief History of 3D · as Self |
| 2011 | Piers Morgan Tonight (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2010 | Tales from the Future · as Self |
| 2010 | Tales from the Future (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2009 | Waking Sleeping Beauty · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2009 | Late Night with Jimmy Fallon (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2009 | Looking Back to the Future · as Self |
| 2007 | Xposé (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2007 | Morning Joe (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2006 | Ace Of Cakes (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2006 | Looking Back at the Future · as Self |
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| 2004 | George Stroumboulopoulos Tonight (TV Series) · as Self |
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| 2004 | Le grand journal de Canal+ (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2003 | Who Made Roger Rabbit · as Self |
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| 2002 | Back to the Future: Making the Trilogy · as Self |
| 2000 | Behind the Scenes: Cast Away · as Self |
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| 1998 | The Making of 'The Frighteners' · as Himself |
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| 1997 | The Directors (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1996 | The Making of '1941' · as Self |
| 1996 | VIP World (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1996 | The 68th Annual Academy Awards · as Self - Presenter |
| 1995 | MADtv (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1995 | American Cinema (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1995 | The 67th Annual Academy Awards · as Self - Winner |
| 1995 | MST3K Little Gold Statue Preview Special · as Self - Interviewee |
| 1995 | The 52nd Annual Golden Globe Awards · as Self - Winner |
| 1994 | Through the Eyes of Forrest Gump · as Self |
| 1994 | WGN Morning News (TV Series) · as Self |
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| 1993 | Late Show with David Letterman (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1992 | HBO First Look (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1991 | Charlie Rose (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1990 | Parker Lewis Can't Lose (TV Series) · as Robert Zemeckis |
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| 1989 | First Works · as Self |
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| 1987 | Biography (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1986 | One Voice · as Self - Audience Member |
| 1986 | At The Movies (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1975 | Good Morning America (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1973 | AFI Life Achievement Award (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1953 | The Academy Awards (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1952 | Today (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2019 | The Movies (TV Series) · as Director, Death Becomes Her |
| 2016 | Behind Closed Doors with Natalie Morales (TV Series) · as Co-Writer: Back To The Future |
| 1996 | Bordello of Blood · as Story |
| 1993 | Johnny Bago (TV Series) · as Creator |
| 1991 | Back to the Future (TV Series) · as Characters |
| 1990 | Back to the Future Part III · as Story |
| 1989 | Back to the Future Part II · as Characters |
| 1979 | 1941 · as Story |
| 1974 | Kolchak: The Night Stalker (TV Series) · as Story |
| 1972 | The Lift · as Written By |