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Robert Lee Zemeckis is an American director, film producer and screenwriter frequently credited as an innovator in visual effects. He first came to public attention in the 1980s as the director of Romancing the Stone (1984) and the science-fiction comedy Back to the Future film trilogy, as well as the live-action/animated comedy Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988). In the 1990s, he directed Death Becomes Her and then diversified into more dramatic fare, including 1994's Forrest Gump, for which he won an Academy Award for Best Director; the film itself won Best Picture. The films he has directed have ranged across a wide variety of genres, for both adults and families.
Birth Name
Robert Lee Zemeckis
Born
Wednesday, 14 May 1952
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Tom Hanks: The Nomad | Self | 2023 |
| Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie | Self - Filmmaker | 2023 |
| Light & Magic | Self - Director, Back to the Future / Self - Academy Award Winning Filmmaker | 2022 |
| Reunited Apart | Self | 2020 |
| The Movies | Self - Director, Back to the Future / Director, Death Becomes Her / Self - Director, Forrest Gump | 2019 |
| Framing John DeLorean | Self - Co-Writer & Director, Back to the Future | 2019 |
| Hollywood Insider | Self | 2018 |
| Spielberg | Self - Director / Self | 2017 |
| Behind Closed Doors | Self - Director: Back to the Future / Co-Writer: Back to the Future | 2016 |
| Back in Time | Self | 2015 |
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
Director Filmography
| Title | Year |
|---|
| Pinocchio | 2022 |
| The King | 1995 |
| The Witches | 2020 |
| Welcome to Marwen | 2018 |
| Allied | 2016 |
| Back to the Future: Doc Brown Saves the World | 2015 |
| The Walk | 2015 |
| Flight | 2012 |
| A Christmas Carol | 2009 |
| Beowulf | 2007 |
| Le court des grands | 2005 |
| The Polar Express | 2004 |
| Cast Away | 2000 |
| What Lies Beneath | 2000 |
| Robert Zemeckis on Smoking, Drinking and Drugging in the 20th Century: In Pursuit of Happiness | 1999 |
| Contact | 1997 |
| Forrest Gump | 1994 |
| Johnny Bago | 1993 |
| Death Becomes Her | 1992 |
| Two-Fisted Tales | 1992 |
| Back to the Future Part 3 | 1990 |
| Back to the Future Part III | 1990 |
| Back to the Future Part II | 1989 |
| Tales from the Crypt | 1989 |
| Who Framed Roger Rabbit | 1988 |
| Amazing Stories | 1985 |
| Back to the Future | 1985 |
| Romancing the Stone | 1984 |
| Used Cars | 1980 |
| I Wanna Hold Your Hand | 1978 |
| A Field of Honor | 1973 |
| The Lift | 1972 |
Producer Filmography
| Title | Year |
|---|
| Pinocchio | 2022 |
| Finch | 2021 |
| The King | 1995 |
| The Witches | 2020 |
| What/If | 2019 |
| Project Blue Book | 2019 |
| Welcome to Marwen | 2018 |
| Medal of Honor | 2018 |
| Manifest | 2018 |
| Mabel, Mabel, Tiger Trainer | 2018 |
| Allied | 2016 |
| The Walk | 2015 |
| Flight | 2012 |
| Bound by Flesh | 2012 |
| Real Steel | 2011 |
| Mars Needs Moms | 2011 |
| Behind the Burly Q | 2010 |
| A Christmas Carol | 2009 |
| Beowulf | 2007 |
| The Reaping | 2007 |
| Monster House | 2006 |
| Last Holiday | 2006 |
| The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio | 2005 |
| House of Wax | 2005 |
| The Polar Express | 2004 |
| Gothika | 2003 |
| Matchstick Men | 2003 |
| Ghost Ship | 2002 |
| Ritual | 2002 |
| Thir13en Ghosts | 2001 |
| Cast Away | 2000 |
| What Lies Beneath | 2000 |
| House on Haunted Hill | 1999 |
| Contact | 1997 |
| Perversions of Science | 1997 |
| Bordello of Blood | 1996 |
| The Frighteners | 1996 |
| W.E.I.R.D. World | 1995 |
| Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight | 1995 |
| Tales from the Cryptkeeper | 1993 |
| Johnny Bago | 1993 |
| Trespass | 1992 |
| The Public Eye | 1992 |
| Death Becomes Her | 1992 |
| Two-Fisted Tales | 1992 |
| Tales from the Crypt | 1989 |
| Year | Type | Category | Won |
|---|
| 1995 | Oscar | Best Director | Won |
| 1995 | Golden Globe | Best Director - Motion Picture | Won |
| 1986 | Oscar | Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen | Nominated |
| 1986 | Golden Globe | Best Screenplay - Motion Picture | Nominated |
