Robert Zemeckis
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."
Acted in
Tom Hanks: The Nomad
2023
as Self (archive footage)
STILL: A Michael J. Fox Movie
2023
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Spielberg
2017
as Self
Back in Time
2015
as Self
Back To the Present: The Special
2015
Milius
2013
as Self
Persistence of Vision
2012
as Himself
Brian May's Brief History of 3D
2011
as Self
Tales from the Future
2010
as Self
Waking Sleeping Beauty
2009
as Self (archive footage)
Looking Back to the Future
2009
as Self
Behind the Ears: The True Story of Roger Rabbit
2003
as Self
Back to the Future: Making the Trilogy
2002
as Self
From Star Wars to Star Wars: The Story of Industrial Light & Magic
1999
as Self
The Making of 'The Frighteners'
1998
as Himself
The Making of '1941'
1996
MADtv
1995
as Self
Through the Eyes of Forrest Gump
1994
as Self
Parker Lewis Can't Lose
1990
as Robert Zemeckis
The Secrets of the 'Back to the Future' Trilogy
1990
as Self
Back to the Future (Part II): Behind-the-Scenes Special Presentation
1989
as Himself
First Works
1989
as Self
Citizen Steve
1987
as Screenwriter
The Making of Back to the Future
1986
as Self
The Oscars
1953
as Self