Robert Zemeckis
"An iconic presence in film creation, defining characters with depth and intensity."
Age
75 years
Origin
USA
Active
1953 — Present
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...
History of the Legend
Witness the defining moments that shaped a legacy.
Romancing the Stone
Director
Though she can spin wild tales of passionate romance, novelist Joan Wilder has no life of her own. Then one day adventure comes her way in the form of a mysterious package. It turns out that the parcel is the ransom she'll need to free her abducted sister, so Joan flies to South America to hand it over. But she gets on the wrong bus and winds up hopelessly stranded in the jungle.
Highest Rated Masterpieces
Forrest Gump
Director
Back to the Future
Director
Project Blue Book
Executive Producer
Tales from the Crypt
Producer
Finch
Executive Producer
Tales from the Cryptkeeper
Producer
Back to the Future Part II
Director
Cast Away
Director
Manifest
Executive Producer
Who Framed Roger Rabbit
Director
Media Proof
Filmography Engine
103 Credits found
A Future on Stage
Self
2025
Jaws @ 50: The Definitive Inside Story
Self
2025
You Know: Uncovering What Lies Beneath
Self
2025
Here
Producer
2024
Tom Hanks: The Nomad
Self (archive footage)
2023
Pinocchio
Screenplay
2022
LIGHT & MAGIC
Self - Director, Back to the Future
2022
Finch
Executive Producer
2021
Roald Dahl's The Witches
Screenplay
2020
I'm Thinking of Ending Things
Thanks
2020
Reunited Apart
Self
2020
Project 88: Back to the Future Too
Creator
2020
WHAT / IF
Executive Producer
2019
Project Blue Book
Executive Producer
2019
Welcome to Marwen
Director
2018
Manifest
Executive Producer
2018
Back to the Future: The Hill Valley Chronicles
Director
2018
Spielberg
Self
2017
Elemental: Hydrogen vs. Hindenburg
Executive Producer
2017
Allied
Director
2016
Doc Brown Saves the World
Director
2015
Back in Time
Self
2015
Back To the Present: The Special
Cast
2015
The Walk
Screenplay
2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self
2015
The Director's Chair
Self
2014
Milius
Self
2013
Bound by Flesh
Executive Producer
2012
Persistence of Vision
Himself
2012
Plaga zombie: zona mutante: revolución tóxica
Thanks
2012
Flight
Director
2012
Real Steel
Executive Producer
2011
Brian May's Brief History of 3D
Self
2011
Mars Needs Moms
Producer
2011
Tales from the Future
Self
2010
Behind the Burly Q
Executive Producer
2010
Waking Sleeping Beauty
Self (archive footage)
2010
A Christmas Carol
Director
2009
Looking Back to the Future
Thanks
2009
Beowulf
Producer
2007
The Reaping
Producer
2007
Monster House
Executive Producer
2006
Last Holiday
Executive Producer
2006
Le court des grands
Director
2005
The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio
Producer
2005
House of Wax
Producer
2005
The Polar Express
Screenplay
2004
The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing
Self
2004
Gothika
Producer
2003
Matchstick Men
Executive Producer
2003
Behind the Ears: The True Story of Roger Rabbit
Self
2003
Back to the Future: Making the Trilogy
Thanks
2002
Ghost Ship
Producer
2002
Ritual
Producer
2002
Thir13en Ghosts
Producer
2001
Cast Away
Director
2000
What Lies Beneath
Producer
2000
House on Haunted Hill
Producer
1999
The Pursuit of Happiness
Director
1999
Tales from the Crypt: The Robert Zemeckis Collection
Director
1999