Robert Zemeckis - Film Makers

"Robert Lee 'Bob' Zemeckis" (born May 14, 1952) is an American film director, producer and screenwriter. Zemeckis first came to public attention in the 1980s as the director of the comedic time-travel "Back to the Future" films as well as the live-action/animated film "Who Framed Roger Rabbit" (1988), though in the 1990s he diversified into more dramatic fare, including 1994's "Forrest Gump", for which he won an Academy Award for Best Director. ....more
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Disney and Zemeckis get on 'Submarine'
Aug 21, 2009, 0:08 GMT
Disney and Robert Zemeckis are looking to cash in on Beatlemania and make a new 3-D version of the 'Yellow Submarine' for the big screen, with merchandising in place and prospects for spinning off both a Broadway musical and a Cirque du Soleil stage production. ... more
Fox looking to remake ‘Romancing the Stone’
Dec 4, 2008, 12:50 GMT
Fox has hired Daniel McDermott to pen a remake of the 1984 adventure flick “Romancing the Stone” – which starred Michael Douglas, Danny DeVito, and Kathleen Turner and was directed by Robert Zemeckis. ... moreM&C Interview: Animation Supervisor Kenn McDonald talks Beowulf
Feb 28, 2008, 13:18 GMT
Director Robert Zemeckis takes the old English heroic epic poem and re-imagines it with the most advanced technology, dressing the characters through the magic of digitally enhanced live action. ... moreDVD Review: Beowulf (Unrated Director's Cut)
Feb 25, 2008, 14:03 GMT
English majors might want to beware that the epic Old English poem has been brought up to date by filmmaker Robert Zemeckis. If you think the original poem to be akin to the bible then you’ll probably despise this film. ... moreHD DVD Review: Beowulf (Director’s Cut)
Feb 25, 2008, 13:39 GMT
Robert Zemeckis returns to the computer wizardry and performance-capture technology that he unleashed with ‘The Polar Express’ to tell a decidedly more mature story with a rousing, violent rendition of the Old English epic poem ‘Beowulf’. ... more


