Robert Zemeckis: Quick Facts

Written and fact-checked by

The Information Architects of Encyclopaedia Britannica

Facts

Also Known As	Robert Lee Zemeckis
Born	May 14, 1952 (age 74) • Chicago • Illinois
Awards And Honors	Academy Award (1995)
Notable Works	“Allied” • “Back to the Future” • “Flight” • “Forrest Gump” • “I Wanna Hold Your Hand” • “Romancing the Stone” • “The Polar Express” • “Witches, The” • “Welcome to Marwen” • “Who Framed Roger Rabbit”

Photos

Robert Zemeckis

Joseph Gordon-Levitt crouches by a practice tightrope while Ben Kingsley stands beside him in a grassy outdoor setting in a scene from the film The Walk (2015).

Tom Hanks as Forrest Gump stands on a boat deck at sunset, gazing out over the water, with coiled ropes and orange sky in the background.

See All Images →

Angelina Jolie poses on the red carpet in a black outfit, with long blonde hair over one shoulder, at the 68th BFI London Film Festival.

Angelina Jolie

American actress and director

default image

Ethan Coen

American filmmaker

default image

Joel Coen

American filmmaker

Steven Spielberg wearing a tuxedo and bow tie, smiling at the camera on the red carpet at the Cannes International Film Festival.

Steven Spielberg

American film director and producer

Woody Allen speaking into a microphone with hands raised beside his face during a press conference, against a red background.

Woody Allen

American director, writer, and actor

Martin Scorsese smiling in a tuxedo and bow tie, holding an Oscar statuette at the Academy Awards, with a gold Oscar statue in the background.

Martin Scorsese

American filmmaker

The Treasure of the Sierra Madre

John Huston

American director, writer, and actor

Billy Wilder poses in a suit and hat, leaning against a streetlamp with a sign reading Sunset Blvd. in a promotional photo for the film Sunset Boulevard.

Billy Wilder

Austrian-born American director and producer

Elia Kazan stands on a docked ship set with arms outstretched, directing a scene for Panic in the Streets in New Orleans, with crew members and rigging visible behind him.

Elia Kazan

American director and author

Mankiewicz, Joseph L.

Joseph L. Mankiewicz

American filmmaker

Leo McCarey, seated sideways in a director's chair, looks toward the camera in a black-and-white portrait from around 1930.

Leo McCarey

American director

Oliver Stone

Oliver Stone

American director, producer, and screenwriter

Robert Benton

Robert Benton

American filmmaker

default image

George Roy Hill

American director

Paul Thomas Anderson

Paul Thomas Anderson

American screenwriter and director

Warren Beatty wearing a dark jacket, white shirt, and light tie, posing at an event with a dark background, 2006.

Warren Beatty

American actor, director, and producer

Kathryn Bigelow smiling and looking to the side, wearing a black top and silver necklace, in the press room at the Critics' Choice Movie Awards.

Kathryn Bigelow

American director and screenwriter

Director Damien Chazelle sits beside a large film camera outdoors during the filming of La La Land, wearing headphones around his neck.

Damien Chazelle

American director and screenwriter

Barry Levinson

Barry Levinson

American director and screenwriter

default image

James L. Brooks

American screenwriter, director, and producer

Empty movie theater and blank screen (theatre, motion pictures, cinema).

Oscar-Worthy Movie Trivia

Publicity still with Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman from the motion picture film "Casablanca" (1942); directed by Michael Curtiz. (cinema, movies)

Best Picture Movie Quote Quiz

Illustration of movie theater popcorn bucket, cinema ticket, clapboard, and film reel. (movies, hollywood, pop culture, 3D render)

Hollywood What If Quiz