Actor

Robert Zemeckis

Directing

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Acting credits

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Large and steady acting portfolio.

TMDB popularity

2.2

Moderate attention

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Movies: 84Series: 17Crew credits: 72

TMDB ID: 24

IMDb ID: nm0000709

Known for: Directing

Born: May 14, 1951

Age: 74

Place of birth: Chicago, Illinois, USA

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1953 - 2025

Years active: 73

Average TMDB rating: 6.82

Wikidata: Q187364

Also known as

Bob Zemeckis • Robert Lee Zemeckis

Other jobs

Director (25)Executive Producer (17)Producer (14)Thanks (5)Screenplay (4)Writer (3)Story (2)Characters (1)

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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 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.