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Robert Zemeckis

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Robert Lee Zemeckis (born May 14, 1952) 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." Description above from the Wikipedia article Robert Zemeckis, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.


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Born:
May 14, 1951 In Chicago, Illinois, USA
Movie/TV Credits:
18
First Appeared:
In the movie The Making of Back to the Future 1986-10-25
Latest Project:
Movie STILL: A Michael J. Fox Movie 2023-01-20
Known For
Filmography
Movie STILL: A Michael J. Fox Movie Self (archive footage) (uncredited) 2023-01-20
Movie Spielberg Self 2017-10-05
Movie Back To the Present: The Special 2015-10-18
Movie Back in Time Self 2015-10-20
Movie Milius Self 2013-03-09
Movie Persistence of Vision Himself 2012-10-04
Movie Tales from the Future Self 2010-10-26
Movie Looking Back to the Future Self 2009-02-10
Movie Waking Sleeping Beauty Self (archive footage) 2009-09-05
Movie From Star Wars to Star Wars: The Story of Industrial Light & Magic Self 1999-06-15
Movie The Making of 'The Frighteners' Himself 1998-11-24
Movie The Making of '1941' 1996-05-28
Movie Through the Eyes of Forrest Gump Self 1994-10-01
Movie The Secrets of the 'Back to the Future' Trilogy Self 1990-06-12
Movie First Works Self 1989-10-10
Movie Back to the Future (Part II): Behind-the-Scenes Special Presentation Himself 1989-11-17
Movie Citizen Steve Screenwriter 1987-01-01
Movie The Making of Back to the Future Self 1986-10-25