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Robert Zemeckis
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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 Gum…
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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.
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Robert Zemeckis's Filmography
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A Future on Stage
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Jaws @ 50: The Definitive Inside Story
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You Know: Uncovering What Lies Beneath
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Tom Hanks: The Nomad
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Spielberg
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Back in Time
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Back To the Present: The Special
Milius
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Persistence of Vision
as Himself
Brian May's Brief History of 3D
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Tales from the Future
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Waking Sleeping Beauty
as Self (archive footage)
Looking Back to the Future
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The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing
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Behind the Ears: The True Story of Roger Rabbit
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Back to the Future: Making the Trilogy
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From Star Wars to Star Wars: The Story of Industrial Light & Magic
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The Making of 'The Frighteners'
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The Making of '1941'
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Through the Eyes of Forrest Gump
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The Secrets of the 'Back to the Future' Trilogy
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Back to the Future (Part II): Behind-the-Scenes Special Presentation
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First Works
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Roger Rabbit and the Secrets of Toon Town
as Self – Director
Citizen Steve
as Screenwriter
The Making of Back to the Future
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No Poster
A Hero's Journey: The Making of Beowulf
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