Robert Zemeckis
Directing
1951-05-14 · 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.
Filmography
A Future on Stage
2025 · Movie
Jaws @ 50: The Definitive Inside Story
2025 · Movie
You Know: Uncovering What Lies Beneath
2025 · Movie
Here
2024 · Movie
Tom Hanks: The Nomad
2023 · Movie
Pinocchio
2022 · Movie
LIGHT & MAGIC
2022 · Series
Finch
2021 · Movie
Roald Dahl's The Witches
2020 · Movie
I'm Thinking of Ending Things
2020 · Movie
Reunited Apart
2020 · Series
Project 88: Back to the Future Too
2020 · Movie
WHAT / IF
2019 · Series
Project Blue Book
2019 · Series
Welcome to Marwen
2018 · Movie
Manifest
2018 · Series
Back to the Future: The Hill Valley Chronicles
2018 · Series
Spielberg
2017 · Movie
Elemental: Hydrogen vs. Hindenburg
2017 · Movie
Allied
2016 · Movie
Doc Brown Saves the World
2015 · Movie
Back in Time
2015 · Movie
Back To the Present: The Special
2015 · Movie
The Walk
2015 · Movie
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015 · Series
The Director's Chair
2014 · Series
Milius
2013 · Movie
Bound by Flesh
2012 · Movie
Persistence of Vision
2012 · Movie
Plaga zombie: zona mutante: revolución tóxica
2012 · Movie
Flight
2012 · Movie
Real Steel
2011 · Movie
Brian May's Brief History of 3D
2011 · Movie
Mars Needs Moms
2011 · Movie
Tales from the Future
2010 · Movie
Behind the Burly Q
2010 · Movie
A Christmas Carol
2009 · Movie
Waking Sleeping Beauty
2009 · Movie
Looking Back to the Future
2009 · Movie
Beowulf
2007 · Movie
The Reaping
2007 · Movie
Monster House
2006 · Movie
Last Holiday
2006 · Movie
Le court des grands
2005 · Movie
The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio
2005 · Movie
House of Wax
2005 · Movie
The Polar Express
2004 · Movie
The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing
2004 · Movie
Gothika
2003 · Movie
Matchstick Men
2003 · Movie
Behind the Ears: The True Story of Roger Rabbit
2003 · Movie
Back to the Future: Making the Trilogy
2002 · Movie
Ghost Ship
2002 · Movie
Ritual
2002 · Movie
Thir13en Ghosts
2001 · Movie
Cast Away
2000 · Movie
What Lies Beneath
2000 · Movie
House on Haunted Hill
1999 · Movie
The Pursuit of Happiness
1999 · Movie
Tales from the Crypt: The Robert Zemeckis Collection
1999 · Movie
From Star Wars to Star Wars: The Story of Industrial Light & Magic
1999 · Movie
The Making of 'The Frighteners'
1998 · Movie
Contact
1997 · Movie
Perversions of Science
1997 · Series
Bordello of Blood
1996 · Movie
The Frighteners
1996 · Movie
The Making of '1941'
1996 · Movie
MADtv
1995 · Series
W.E.I.R.D. World
1995 · Movie
Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight
1995 · Movie
DeGenerazione
1994 · Movie
Through the Eyes of Forrest Gump
1994 · Movie
Forrest Gump
1994 · Movie
Tales from the Cryptkeeper
1993 · Series
Johnny Bago
1993 · Series
Trespass
1992 · Movie
The Public Eye
1992 · Movie
Death Becomes Her
1992 · Movie
Two-Fisted Tales
1992 · Movie
Back to the Future
1991 · Series
Parker Lewis Can't Lose
1990 · Series
The Secrets of the 'Back to the Future' Trilogy
1990 · Movie
Back to the Future Part III
1990 · Movie
Back to the Future Part II
1989 · Movie
Back to the Future (Part II): Behind-the-Scenes Special Presentation
1989 · Movie
First Works
1989 · Movie
Tales from the Crypt
1989 · Series
Roger Rabbit and the Secrets of Toon Town
1988 · Movie
Who Framed Roger Rabbit
1988 · Movie
Citizen Steve
1987 · Movie
The Making of Back to the Future
1986 · Movie
Amazing Stories
1986 · Movie
Amazing Stories
1985 · Series
Back to the Future
1985 · Movie
Romancing the Stone
1984 · Movie
Used Cars
1980 · Movie
1941
1979 · Movie
I Wanna Hold Your Hand
1978 · Movie
A Field of Honor
1973 · Movie
The Lift
1972 · Movie
The Oscars
1953 · Series
Barracuda
Movie
The Last Mrs. Parrish
Movie
A Hero's Journey: The Making of Beowulf
Movie
School for Scumbags
Movie