Robert Zemeckis
Known for: Directing
Born: May 14, 1951
Place of birth: Chicago, Illinois, USA
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.
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Filmography
88 movies · 18 TV shows, newest first
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A Future on Stage
2025
7.5
Jaws @ 50: The Definitive Inside Story
2025
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You Know: Uncovering What Lies Beneath
2025
6.5
Here
2024
5.5
Tom Hanks: The Nomad
2023
6.3
Pinocchio
2022
7.9
LIGHT & MAGIC
2022
7.8
Finch
2021
6.3
Roald Dahl's The Witches
2020
6.5
I'm Thinking of Ending Things
2020
5.5
Reunited Apart
2020
8.5
Project 88: Back to the Future Too
2020
6.4
WHAT / IF
2019
8.1
Project Blue Book
2019
6.5
Welcome to Marwen
2018
7.6
Manifest
2018
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Back to the Future: The Hill Valley Chronicles
2018
7.5
Spielberg
2017
6.0
Elemental: Hydrogen vs. Hindenburg
2017
6.8
Allied
2016
5.9
Doc Brown Saves the World
2015
6.5
Back in Time
2015
7.3
Back To the Present: The Special
2015
7.0
The Walk
2015
6.1
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
7.0
The Director's Chair
2014
7.1
Milius
2013
5.9
Bound by Flesh
2012
8.0
Persistence of Vision
2012
5.7
Plaga zombie: zona mutante: revolución tóxica
2012
6.9
Flight
2012
7.1
Real Steel
2011
7.0
Brian May's Brief History of 3D
2011
6.0
Mars Needs Moms
2011
6.2
Tales from the Future
2010
4.9
Behind the Burly Q
2010
6.9
A Christmas Carol
2009
7.2
Waking Sleeping Beauty
2009
6.6
Looking Back to the Future
2009
5.9
Beowulf
2007
5.8
The Reaping
2007
6.7
Monster House
2006
7.3
Last Holiday
2006
8.0
Le court des grands
2005
6.6
The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio
2005
6.0
House of Wax
2005
6.7
The Polar Express
2004
7.0
The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing
2004
6.2
Gothika
2003
7.0
Matchstick Men
2003
7.3
Behind the Ears: The True Story of Roger Rabbit
2003
7.8
Back to the Future: Making the Trilogy
2002
6.0
Ghost Ship
2002
4.7
Ritual
2002
6.3
Thir13en Ghosts
2001
7.7
Cast Away
2000
6.4
What Lies Beneath
2000
5.6
House on Haunted Hill
1999
9.0
The Pursuit of Happiness
1999
8.7
Tales from the Crypt: The Robert Zemeckis Collection
1999
7.8
From Star Wars to Star Wars: The Story of Industrial Light & Magic
1999
8.5
The Making of 'The Frighteners'
1998
7.4
Contact
1997
6.2
Perversions of Science
1997
6.0
Bordello of Blood
1996
7.0
The Frighteners
1996
6.7
The Making of '1941'
1996
7.1
MADtv
1995
3.3
W.E.I.R.D. World
1995
6.8
Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight
1995
5.9
DeGenerazione
1994
7.5
Through the Eyes of Forrest Gump
1994
8.5
Forrest Gump
1994
7.8
Tales from the Cryptkeeper
1993
8.0
Johnny Bago
1993
6.3
Trespass
1992
6.2
The Public Eye
1992
6.8
Death Becomes Her
1992
5.1
Two-Fisted Tales
1992
6.3
Back to the Future
1991
7.4
Parker Lewis Can't Lose
1990
5.0
The Secrets of the 'Back to the Future' Trilogy
1990
7.5
Back to the Future Part III
1990
7.8
Back to the Future Part II
1989
7.6
Back to the Future (Part II): Behind-the-Scenes Special Presentation
1989
7.0
First Works
1989
8.0
Tales from the Crypt
1989
5.7
Roger Rabbit and the Secrets of Toon Town
1988
7.5
Who Framed Roger Rabbit
1988
6.0
Citizen Steve
1987
7.6
The Making of Back to the Future
1986
6.1
Amazing Stories
1986
7.5
Amazing Stories
1985
8.3
Back to the Future
1985
6.8
Romancing the Stone
1984
6.4
Used Cars
1980
5.8
1941
1979
6.3
I Wanna Hold Your Hand
1978
6.6
A Field of Honor
1973
6.2
The Lift
1972
7.0
The Oscars
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A Hero's Journey: The Making of Beowulf
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School for Scumbags
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The Last Mrs. Parrish
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Barracuda
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Arrivals: A New Manifest Mystery
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