Robert Zemeckis

<html> <head> <title>Robert Zemeckis</title> <meta name="googlebot" content="noodp"> <meta name="robots" content="noodp"> <link rel="apple-touch-icon-precomposed" href="/silly-nndb-icon.png" /><style type="text/css">  </style></head> <body bgcolor=#ffffff> <center> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr><td valign=top><table width=550 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0><tr><td bgcolor=white><table width="100%" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" background="/nndb.gif"> <tr> <td rowspan="2" align="left" valign="top"><a href="http://www.nndb.com/"><img src="/title.gif" width="260" height="50" border=0 alt="NNDB"></a></td> <td><table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="6"> <tr align="center"> <td width="25%" nowrap>This is a beta version of NNDB</td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right" valign="middle"> <form action="http://search.nndb.com/search/nndb.cgi" method="get"> <input type="hidden" name="nndb" value="1"></input> Search: <select name="omenu"> <option value="unspecified" selected>All Names</option> <option value="living">Living people</option> <option value="dead">Dead people</option> <option value="bands">Band Names</option> <option value="books">Book Titles</option> <option value="movies">Movie Titles</option> <option value="fulltext">Full Text</option> </select> for <input name="query" value="" size=24 maxlength=96> <input type=submit value="Search"> </form></td> </tr> </table>        </td></tr><tr><td bgcolor=red height=2></td></tr><map name=fool><area coords="102,0,240,14" href="/people/224/000025149/bibliography/" alt="bibliography"></map><tr bgcolor=F0F0F0><td bgcolor=F0F0F0 style="padding: 0px 15px 15px 15px;"><img src="/red-profile-2.gif" align="right" height=15 width=240 border=0 usemap=#fool> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 width=100%><tr><td bgcolor=F0F0F0>Robert Zemeckis<img src="zemeckis2.jpg" height=240 width=200 align=right hspace=10 vspace=10 alt="Robert Zemeckis">AKA Robert Lee ZemeckisBorn: <a href="/lists/652/000106334/" class=proflink>14-May</a>-<a href="/lists/951/000105636/" class=proflink>1952</a> Birthplace: <a href="/geo/457/000069250/" class=proflink>Chicago, IL</a> Gender: Male Religion: <a href="/lists/758/000094476/" class=proflink>Roman Catholic</a> Race or Ethnicity: White Sexual orientation: Straight Occupation: <a href="/lists/166/000068959/" class=proflink>Film Director</a> Party Affiliation: DemocraticNationality: United States Executive summary: Back To The FutureRobert Zemeckis was born and raised in Chicago, and began making 8mm films while he was in high school. Eventually <a href="/people/734/000022668/">Steven Spielberg</a> became his mentor, serving as executive producer for Zemeckis's 1978 Beatlemania comedy I Wanna Hold Your Hand, and his salesman comedy Used Cars. Zemeckis also had a hand in writing Spielberg's WWII slapstick paranoia film 1941. One of Zemeckis' biggest hits, Forrest Gump is often referred to as his masterpiece. Many hearts were warmed by that movie's loving ode to American honesty, generosity, loyalty, and integrity. Some audiences, however, were bored silly by its meandering story of a retard (<a href="/people/687/000022621/">Tom Hanks</a>) rendered as heroic, with innocence and stupidity presented as America's greatest virtues. In the 1980s, Zemeckis had success with special effects successes like Back to the Future and Who Framed Roger Rabbit?, and the adventure Romancing the Stone, followed by relative duds like the Back to the Future sequels, Death Becomes Her, What Lies Beneath, and the five-Hanks CGI Christmas oddity The Polar Express. Cast Away, starring Hanks again (this time opposite a volleyball). Zemeckis has also become a movie producer, mostly known for middle-budget low-imagination efforts like House on Haunted Hill, Thir13en Ghosts, and <a href="/people/487/000023418/">Halle Berry</a>'s bland thriller Gothika. When Showtime commissioned six big-name directors to make six documentaries about Americana, Zemeckis focused his camera on intoxication and inebriation. His featurette, The Pursuit of Happiness: Smoking, Drinking and Drugging in the 20th Century, was widely taken as pro-marijuana, and is still sold as a fundraiser by groups seeking to legalize the drug. Wife: <a href="/people/837/000400634/">Mary Ellen Trainor</a> (actress, m. 26-Jul-1980, div. 2000, one son) Son: Alexander Zemeckis Wife: Leslie Harter (actress, m. 4-Dec-2001)     University: <a href="/edu/831/000068627/">Northern Illinois University (transferred)</a>     University: <a href="/edu/515/000068311/">BFA Film, University of Southern California (1973)</a>     <a href="/org/863/000133464/">Academy of Achievement</a> (1996)     <a href="/org/504/000165009/">Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association</a>     <a href="/honors/636/000044504/">Golden Globe</a> Best Director, Forrest Gump 1994     <a href="/honors/312/000044180/">Hollywood Walk of Fame</a> 6925 Hollywood Blvd     <a href="/honors/510/000032414/">Oscar for Best Director</a> 1995 for Forrest Gump     <a href="/group/812/000094530/">Esalen</a>     <a href="/lists/858/000044726/">Lithuanian Ancestry</a>     <a href="/lists/210/000089940/">Yugoslavian Ancestry</a>     FILMOGRAPHY AS DIRECTOR     <a href="/films/707/000406486/">Welcome to Marwen (21-Dec-2018)</a>     <a href="/films/047/000402835/">Allied (13-Nov-2016)</a>     <a href="/films/256/000397062/">The Walk (26-Sep-2015)</a>     <a href="/films/381/000357307/">Flight (14-Oct-2012)</a>     <a href="/films/798/000209171/">A Christmas Carol (3-Nov-2009)</a>     <a href="/films/447/000164952/">Beowulf (14-Nov-2007)</a>     <a href="/films/438/000073219/">The Polar Express (21-Oct-2004)</a>     <a href="/films/498/000033399/">Cast Away (7-Dec-2000)</a>     <a href="/films/193/000034091/">What Lies Beneath (21-Jul-2000)</a>     <a href="/films/877/000032781/">Contact (11-Jul-1997)</a>     <a href="/films/808/000032712/">Forrest Gump (23-Jun-1994)</a>     <a href="/films/791/000032695/">Death Becomes Her (31-Jul-1992)</a>     <a href="/films/615/000032519/">Back to the Future Part III (25-May-1990)</a>     <a href="/films/614/000032518/">Back to the Future Part II (22-Nov-1989)</a>     <a href="/films/891/000033792/">Who Framed Roger Rabbit (21-Jun-1988)</a>     <a href="/films/613/000032517/">Back to the Future (3-Jul-1985)</a>     <a href="/films/069/000033967/">Romancing the Stone (30-Mar-1984)</a>     <a href="/films/596/000042470/">Used Cars (11-Jul-1980)</a>     <a href="/films/172/000061986/">I Wanna Hold Your Hand (17-Jul-1979)</a>     FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTOR     <a href="/films/488/000386327/">Milius (9-Mar-2013)</a> · Himself <table> <tr> <td align=right valign=middle style="padding-right: 5px;">New! <a href="http://mapper.nndb.com/" class="fotmlink" style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; color: #dd0000;">NNDB MAPPER</a></td> <td valign=middle align=right style="border-left: 1px solid #bbb; padding-left: 5px;">Create a map starting with</td> <td valign=middle align=right><a href="http://mapper.nndb.com/start/?id=25149"><img src="/man.gif" border=0 style="padding: 2px;"></a></td> <td align=left valign=middle> <a href="http://mapper.nndb.com/start/?id=25149">Robert Zemeckis</a></td> </tr> </table> Requires Flash 7+ and Javascript. 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