Robert Zemeckis
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.
35 directing credits · 33 acting credits
Directing · 35
Forrest Gump
1994
Tales from the Crypt
1989
Amazing Stories
1985
Back to the Future
1985
Cast Away
2000
Back to the Future Part II
1989
Roald Dahl's The Witches
2020
Contact
1997
Back to the Future Part III
1990
The Polar Express
2004
Who Framed Roger Rabbit
1988
Beowulf
2007
Flight
2012
Death Becomes Her
1992
A Christmas Carol
2009
Romancing the Stone
1984
What Lies Beneath
2000
Here
2024
Pinocchio
2022
Allied
2016
The Walk
2015
Welcome to Marwen
2018
Johnny Bago
1993
Used Cars
1980
Tales from the Crypt: The Robert Zemeckis Collection
1999
Back to the Future: The Hill Valley Chronicles
2018
Amazing Stories
1986
Two-Fisted Tales
1992
I Wanna Hold Your Hand
1978
Le court des grands
2005
The Last Mrs. Parrish
—
Doc Brown Saves the World
2015
A Field of Honor
1973
The Pursuit of Happiness
1999
The Lift
1972
Acting · 33
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
The Oscars
1953
Parker Lewis Can't Lose
1990
Reunited Apart
2020
LIGHT & MAGIC
2022
Spielberg
2017
The Director's Chair
2014
MADtv
1995
The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing
2004
Jaws @ 50: The Definitive Inside Story
2025
Waking Sleeping Beauty
2009
From Star Wars to Star Wars: The Story of Industrial Light & Magic
1999
Tom Hanks: The Nomad
2023
Looking Back to the Future
2009
Milius
2013
Through the Eyes of Forrest Gump
1994
Back in Time
2015
The Secrets of the 'Back to the Future' Trilogy
1990
Citizen Steve
1987
Tales from the Future
2010
A Future on Stage
2025
Back To the Present: The Special
2015
Back to the Future (Part II): Behind-the-Scenes Special Presentation
1989
A Hero's Journey: The Making of Beowulf
—
The Making of '1941'
1996
The Making of 'The Frighteners'
1998
The Making of Back to the Future
1986
You Know: Uncovering What Lies Beneath
2025
Brian May's Brief History of 3D
2011
Persistence of Vision
2012
First Works
1989
Behind the Ears: The True Story of Roger Rabbit
2003
Back to the Future: Making the Trilogy
2002