Robert Zemeckis

Personal Info

Known For Director

Gender Male

Birthday 1951-05-14 (73 years old)

Place of Birth Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A.

Also Known As روبرت زيميكس, Роберт Земекис, 羅拔·湛米基斯, โรเบิร์ต เซเม็กคิส, ロバート・ゼメキス, 로버트 저메키스

Robert Zemeckis

Biography

Robert Lee Zemeckis (born May 14, 1951) is an American film director, producer and screenwriter. Zemeckis first came to public attention in the 1980s as the director of the comedic time-travel Back to the Future film series, as well as the Academy Award-winning live-action/animation epic Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988), though in the 1990s he diversified into more dramatic fare, including 1994's Forrest Gump, for which he won an Academy Award for Best Director. His films are characterized by an interest in state-of-the-art special effects, including the early use of match moving in Back to the Future Part II (1989) and the pioneering performance capture techniques seen in The Polar Express (2004), Beowulf (2007) and A Christmas Carol (2009). Though Zemeckis has often been pigeonholed as a director interested only in effects, his work has been defended by several critics, including David Thomson, who wrote that "No other contemporary director has used special effects to more dramatic and narrative purpose."

Known For

Director

2024
Here

as Director

2022
Pinocchio

as Director

2020
2018
Welcome to Marwen

as Director

2016
Allied

as Director

2015
The Walk

as Director

2012
Flight

as Director

2009
A Christmas Carol

as Director

2007
Beowulf

as Director

2005
2004
The Polar Express

as Director

2000
What Lies Beneath

as Director

2000
Cast Away

as Director

1999
1997
Contact

as Director

1994
Forrest Gump

as Director

1993
Johnny Bago

as Director

1992
Death Becomes Her

as Director

1992
Two-Fisted Tales

as Director

1989
1988
1986
Amazing Stories

as Director

1985
Back to the Future

as Director

1985
Amazing Stories

as Director

1984
1980
Used Cars

as Director

1978
1973
A Field of Honor

as Director

1972
The Lift

as Director

Producer

School for Scumbags

as Executive Producer

2024
Here

as Producer

2022
Pinocchio

as Producer

2021
Finch

as Executive Producer

2020
2019
Project Blue Book

as Executive Producer

2019
WHAT / IF

as Executive Producer

2018
2018
Welcome to Marwen

as Producer

2018
Manifest

as Executive Producer

2018
Manifest

as Producer

2016
Allied

as Producer

2015
The Walk

as Producer

2012
Flight

as Producer

2012
Bound by Flesh

as Executive Producer

2011
Real Steel

as Executive Producer

2011
Mars Needs Moms

as Producer

2010
Behind the Burly Q

as Executive Producer

2009
A Christmas Carol

as Producer

2007
Beowulf

as Producer

2007
The Reaping

as Producer

2006
Monster House

as Executive Producer

2006
Last Holiday

as Executive Producer

2005
House of Wax

as Producer

2004
The Polar Express

as Producer

2003
Gothika

as Producer

2003
Matchstick Men

as Executive Producer

2002
Ghost Ship

as Producer

2002
Ritual

as Producer

2001
Thir13en Ghosts

as Producer

2000
What Lies Beneath

as Producer

2000
Cast Away

as Producer

1999
1997
Contact

as Producer

1997
Perversions of Science

as Executive Producer

1996
Bordello of Blood

as Executive Producer

1996
The Frighteners

as Executive Producer

1995
1995
W.E.I.R.D. World

as Executive Producer

1992
Death Becomes Her

as Producer

1992
The Public Eye

as Executive Producer

1992
Trespass

as Executive Producer

1992
Two-Fisted Tales

as Executive Producer

1991
Back to the Future: The Ride

as Executive Producer

1989

Writer

2024
Here

as Screenplay

2022
Pinocchio

as Screenplay

2020
2018
Welcome to Marwen

as Screenplay

2018
2015
The Walk

as Screenplay

2009
A Christmas Carol

as Screenplay

2007
Beowulf

as Writer

2004
The Polar Express

as Screenplay

1996
1992
Trespass

as Writer

1991
Back to the Future: The Ride

as Original Film Writer

1991
Back to the Future

as Characters

1990
1989
1985
1980
Used Cars

as Writer

1979
1941

as Story

1979
1941

as Screenplay

1973