Robert Zemeckis

Producer | Writer | Director

A whiz-kid with special effects, Robert is from the Spielberg camp of film-making (Steven Spielberg...

Born: May 14, 1951

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Filmography

Known For

Back to the Future Writer (1985)
Contact Producer (1997)
Forrest Gump Director (1994)
Known For

Flight Producer (2012)
Producer

The Witches (2020)
Manifest (2018-2020)
Project Blue Book (2019-2020)
What/If (2019)
Welcome to Marwen (2018)
Medal of Honor (2018)
Elemental: Hydrogen Vs. Hindenburg (2018)
Mabel, Mabel, Tiger Trainer (2018)
Allied (2016)
The Walk (2015)
Bound by Flesh (2012)
Flight (2012)
Back for the Future (2011)
Real Steel (2011)
Mars Needs Moms (2011)
Behind the Burly Q (2010)
A Christmas Carol (2009)
Beowulf (2007)
The Reaping (2007)
Monster House (2006)
Last Holiday (2006)
The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio (2005)
House of Wax (2005)
The Polar Express (2004)
Gothika (2003)
Matchstick Men (2003)
Ghost Ship (2002)
Ritual (2002)
Thir13en Ghosts (2001)
Cast Away (2000)
What Lies Beneath (2000)
House on Haunted Hill (1999)
Perversions of Science (1997)
Contact (1997)
Secrets of the Cryptkeeper's Haunted House (1996)
Bordello of Blood (1996)
Tales from the Crypt (1989-1996)
The Frighteners (1996)
W.E.I.R.D. World (1995)
Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight (1995)
Tales from the Cryptkeeper (1993-1994)
Johnny Bago (1993)
Trespass (1992)
The Public Eye (1992)
Death Becomes Her (1992)
Two-Fisted Tales (1992)
Used Cars (1984)
Producer

Steel Soldiers
Director

The Witches (2020)
Welcome to Marwen (2018)
Allied (2016)
Back to the Future: Doc Brown Saves the World (2015)
The Walk (2015)
Flight (2012)
Behind the Carol: The Full Motion-Capture Experience (2010)
A Christmas Carol (2009)
Beowulf (2007)
Le Court Des Grands (2005)
The Polar Express (2004)
Cast Away (2000)
What Lies Beneath (2000)
Robert Zemeckis on Smoking, Drinking and Drugging in the 20th Century: In Pursuit of Happiness (1999)
Contact (1997)
Tales from the Crypt (1989-1995)
Forrest Gump (1994)
Johnny Bago (1993)
Death Becomes Her (1992)
Two-Fisted Tales (1992)
Back to the Future Part III (1990)
Back to the Future Part II (1989)
Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988)
Amazing Stories (1986)
Amazing Stories (1986)
Back to the Future (1985)
Romancing the Stone (1984)
Used Cars (1980)
I Wanna Hold Your Hand (1978)
A Field of Honor (1973)
Director

The Lift (1972)
Writer

The Witches (2020)
Welcome to Marwen (2018)
Doc and Marty Teach Climate Change (2016)
Back to the Fan Film (2015)
Back to the Future: Doc Brown Saves the World (2015)
Back to the Future: The Game - 30th Anniversary Edition (2015)
The Walk (2015)
Back to the Future: The Game - Episode 5, Outatime (2011)
Back to the Future: The Game - Episode 4, Double Visions (2011)
Back to the Future: The Game - Episode 3, Citizen Brown (2011)
Back to the Future: The Game - Episode 2, Get Tannen (2011)
Back to the Future: The Game - Episode 1, It's About Time (2010)
A Christmas Carol (2009)
Le Court Des Grands (2005)
The Polar Express (2004)
Universal Studios Theme Parks Adventure (2001)
Bordello of Blood (1996)
Johnny Bago (1993)
Back to the Future (1991-1992)
Trespass (1992)
Back to the Future Part III (1991)
Back to the Future... The Ride (1991)
Back to the Future Part III (1990)
Back to the Future Part II (1989)
Back to the Future (1985)
Used Cars (1984)
Used Cars (1980)
1941 (1979)
I Wanna Hold Your Hand (1978)
Kolchak: The Night Stalker (1975)
A Field of Honor (1973)
Writer

The Lift (1972)
Actor

Make It Happen (1991)
Archive footage

Celebrity Page (2020)
Le Fossoyeur de Films (2020)
Les Chroniques du Mea (2017-2020)
L'antre du Mea (2015)
Some Jerk with a Camera (2015)
The Goldbergs (2014)
A to Z (2014)
Persistence of Vision (2012)
Welcome to the Basement (2012)
Troldspejlet (2011)
Waking Sleeping Beauty (2009)
Boffo! Tinseltown's Bombs and Blockbusters (2006)
Archive footage

The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing (2004)
Who Made Roger Rabbit (2003)
Additional Crew

Behind Closed Doors (2020)
Idle (2003)

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Awards

Did You Know

Trivia

Has an affinity for Italy. His mother was of Italian descent, he and his second wife Leslie Zemeckis were married in Italy, and they have a vacation home (a villa) in Tuscany, Italy.

I feel that one of the reasons I enjoy having films that are historical or revisionist history or a period film is because I think it's one of the things that cinema can do best. It can do it [well] in two areas. One is that you can recreate the ...

Trademark

[officer names] Frequently has police officers named Foley and/or Reese in his movies. See _Back To The Future II (1989)_ and The Walk (2015) as examples.