Directing
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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.
A Future on Stage
2025
Jaws @ 50: The Definitive Inside Story
2025
You Know: Uncovering What Lies Beneath
2025
Tom Hanks: The Nomad
2023
LIGHT & MAGIC
2022
Reunited Apart
2020
Spielberg
2017
Back in Time
2015
Back To the Present: The Special
2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
The Director's Chair
2014
Milius
2013
Persistence of Vision
2012
Brian May's Brief History of 3D
2011
Tales from the Future
2010
Waking Sleeping Beauty
2009
Looking Back to the Future
2009
The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing
2004
Behind the Ears: The True Story of Roger Rabbit
2003
Back to the Future: Making the Trilogy
2002
From Star Wars to Star Wars: The Story of Industrial Light & Magic
1999
The Making of 'The Frighteners'
1998
The Making of '1941'
1996
MADtv
1995
Through the Eyes of Forrest Gump
1994
Parker Lewis Can't Lose
1990
The Secrets of the 'Back to the Future' Trilogy
1990
Back to the Future (Part II): Behind-the-Scenes Special Presentation
1989
First Works
1989
Citizen Steve
1987
The Making of Back to the Future
1986
The Oscars
1953
A Hero's Journey: The Making of Beowulf