Robert Zemeckis

Personal Info

Know For

Directing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1951-05-14 (74 years old)

Place of Birth

Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A.

Robert Zemeckis

Biography

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 Rog...

Production

1985

1994

Forrest Gump

as Director

2007

Beowulf

as Director

2007

Beowulf

as Producer

1997

Contact

as Director

1997

Contact

as Producer

2005

House of Wax

as Producer

2000

2000

2004

The Polar Express

as Screenplay

2004

2004

2018

2003

Gothika

as Producer

1999

2000

Cast Away

as Director

2000

Cast Away

as Producer

1984

2001

Thir13en Ghosts

as Producer

1992

1992

2002

Ghost Ship

as Producer

2002

Ritual

as Producer

1980

Used Cars

as Director

1980

Used Cars

as Writer

2021

Finch

as Executive Producer

2011

Real Steel

as Executive Producer

2009

A Christmas Carol

as Screenplay

2009

1978

2012

Flight

as Producer

2012

Flight

as Director

1972

The Lift

as Director

2024

Here

as Producer

1992

Two-Fisted Tales

as Director

2012

Bound by Flesh

as Executive Producer

1973

A Field of Honor

as Director

1973

2007

The Reaping

as Producer

1992

The Public Eye

as Executive Producer

1985

2015

The Walk

as Screenplay

2015

The Walk

as Director

1992

Trespass

as Writer

2005

1992

Trespass

as Executive Producer

2022

Pinocchio

as Producer

2022

Pinocchio

as Screenplay

2024

Here

as Screenplay

2024

Here

as Director

1995

2006

Monster House

as Executive Producer

2018

2016

Allied

as Director

2015

The Walk

as Producer

1996

1994

DeGenerazione

as Thanks

2006

Last Holiday

as Executive Producer

2016

Allied

as Producer

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School for Scumbags

as Executive Producer

2018

Welcome to Marwen

as Screenplay

2003

Matchstick Men

as Executive Producer

1992

Two-Fisted Tales

as Executive Producer

2007

Beowulf

as Writer

2020

2018

2018

1996

Bordello of Blood

as Executive Producer

1986

Amazing Stories

as Director

1979

1941

as Story

1979

1941

as Screenplay

2022

Pinocchio

as Director

1996

The Frighteners

as Executive Producer

2010

Behind the Burly Q

as Executive Producer

2011

Mars Needs Moms

as Producer

2009

1991

Back to the Future: The Ride

as Executive Producer

1991

Back to the Future: The Ride

as Original Film Writer

1995

W.E.I.R.D. World

as Executive Producer

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