Robert Zemeckis

29 films directed 12 Awards 2 Nominations

Biography

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.

Most directed genres

Recurring actors

Awards and nominations

2016 Officer of Arts and Letters
1995 Academy Award for Best Director
1995 Golden Globe Award for Best Director
1995 Academy Award for Best Director Nominated
1986 Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation
1986 Academy Award for Best Writing, Original Screenplay Nominated
— Saturn Awards
— Ordre des Arts et des Lettres
— Golden Globe Awards
— Directors Guild of America Award
— National Board of Review Award for Best Film
— The George Pal Memorial Award
— star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
— Academy Awards

The career in numbers

US$ 1.5 bi Total budget from 21 film(s) with data
US$ 4.4 bi Total box office from 20 film(s) with data
US$ 71 mi Average budget from 21 film(s) with data
US$ 218 mi Average box office from 20 film(s) with data
7.0 Average rating from 22 film(s) with data
3.3× Return on investment from 19 film(s) with data

Budget and box office do not exist for every film in our records. Averages are computed over the films that carry the figure, and the count beside each one says how many.

Films directed

Film	Year	Budget	Box office	Rating
Here	2024	US$ 40 mi	US$ 15 mi	6.5
Pinocchio	2022	US$ 150 mi	—	6.3
Roald Dahl's The Witches	2020	—	US$ 29 mi	6.3
Welcome to Marwen	2018	US$ 39 mi	US$ 13 mi	6.5
Allied	2016	US$ 106 mi	US$ 120 mi	6.8
The Walk	2015	US$ 35 mi	US$ 61 mi	7.0
Doc Brown Saves the World	2015	—	—	5.9
Flight	2012	US$ 31 mi	US$ 162 mi	6.9
A Christmas Carol	2009	US$ 200 mi	US$ 325 mi	6.9
Beowulf	2007	US$ 160 mi	US$ 196 mi	5.9
The Polar Express	2004	US$ 165 mi	US$ 318 mi	6.7
Cast Away	2000	US$ 90 mi	US$ 430 mi	7.7
What Lies Beneath	2000	US$ 100 mi	US$ 291 mi	6.4
Tales from the Crypt: The Robert Zemeckis Collection	1999	—	—	8.7
The Pursuit of Happiness	1999	—	—	9.0
Contact	1997	US$ 90 mi	US$ 171 mi	7.4
Forrest Gump	1994	US$ 55 mi	US$ 677 mi	8.5
Death Becomes Her	1992	US$ 55 mi	US$ 149 mi	6.8
Two-Fisted Tales	1992	—	—	5.1
Back to the Future Part III	1990	US$ 40 mi	US$ 245 mi	7.5
Back to the Future Part II	1989	US$ 40 mi	US$ 332 mi	7.8
Who Framed Roger Rabbit	1988	US$ 51 mi	US$ 352 mi	7.5
Amazing Stories	1986	—	—	6.1
Back to the Future	1985	US$ 19 mi	US$ 381 mi	8.3
Romancing the Stone	1984	US$ 10 mi	US$ 87 mi	6.8
Used Cars	1980	US$ 8 mi	US$ 12 mi	6.4
I Wanna Hold Your Hand	1978	US$ 3 mi	—	6.3
The Lift	1972	—	—	6.2
The Last Mrs. Parrish	—	—	—	—

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