Robert Zemeckis

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 cuttingedge 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 sciencefiction comedy Back to the Future trilogy 19851990 the fantasy comedy Who Framed Roger Rabbit 1988 and the comedydrama 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 CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia