Robert Zemeckis

Q: Has Robert Zemeckis won any Oscars?

Yes, Robert Zemeckis won the Academy Award for Best Director for 'Forrest Gump' in 1995, which also won Best Picture that year.

Q: What was Robert Zemeckis' first film?

Robert Zemeckis made his directorial debut with the film 'Marty' in 1979. This film showcased his early talent and laid the groundwork for his future career.

Q: How did Robert Zemeckis get into filmmaking?

Zemeckis developed an interest in filmmaking while studying at the University of Southern California. He began making short films, which led to opportunities in the industry.

Q: What is Robert Zemeckis' estimated net worth?

Robert Zemeckis' estimated net worth is around $80 million, reflecting his successful career as a director and producer in Hollywood.

Q: What are some notable awards Zemeckis has received?

In addition to his Oscar win, Robert Zemeckis has received multiple Golden Globe Awards and BAFTA nominations, highlighting his achievements in film.

Q: What unique techniques does Robert Zemeckis use in his films?

Zemeckis is known for pioneering the use of motion capture technology, especially in films like 'The Polar Express' and 'A Christmas Carol,' blending live-action and animation.

Q: What influence did Zemeckis have on the film industry?

Robert Zemeckis has had a profound influence on the film industry, particularly in the use of technology to tell stories. His innovative approach has inspired many filmmakers.

Known for

Forrest Gump (1994)

1994 / Comedy, Drama / 142mins

A man with a low IQ has accomplished great things in his life and been present during significant historic events—in each case, far exceeding...

Back to the Future (1985)

IMDb 8.5 / 10

1985 / Adventure, Comedy / 116 min

Eighties teenager Marty McFly is accidentally sent back in time to 1955, inadvertently disrupting his parents' first meeting and attracting his mother's romantic interest....

Back to the Future Part II (1989)

IMDb 7.8 / 10

1989 / Adventure, Comedy / 108 min

Marty and Doc are at it again in this wacky sequel to the 1985 blockbuster as the time-traveling duo head to 2015 to nip...

Name

Robert Zemeckis

Height

6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)

Born

14 May 1952, Chicago, Illinois, USA

Spouses

Mary Ellen Trainor (1980–2000)

Children

2 (Zachary Zemeckis, Olivia Zemeckis)

Parents

Rosalie Zemeckis, Alphonse Zemeckis

Estimated Net Worth

$80 million

Year	Title	Character	Rating
2025	Movie A Future on Stage A documentary on the making of the Broadway and West End musical stage adaptation of Back to the Future.	Self	Not rated
2025	Movie Jaws @ 50: The Definitive Inside Story The authorized documentary celebrating the film that redefined Hollywood, 50 years after its premiere. Featuring rare archival footage and interviews...	Self	TMDB 7.5 / 10
2025	Movie You Know: Uncovering What Lies Beneath A feature-length retrospective documentary on the making of “What Lies Beneath.”	Self	Not rated
2023	Movie Tom Hanks: The Nomad From humble beginnings to an aspiring thespian to acting as some of the world's most iconic and notable characters. He...	Self (archive footage)	TMDB 5.5 / 10
2022	TV LIGHT & MAGIC When George Lucas set out to make Star Wars, little did he know he would end up revolutionizing an industry....	Self - Director, Back to the Future	TMDB 7.8 / 10
2020	TV Reunited Apart Josh Gad reunites the cast and crews of various classic movies, and discusses the the films in hilarious yet heartfelt...	Self	TMDB 5.5 / 10
2017	Movie Spielberg A documentary on the life and career of one of the most influential film directors of all time, Steven Spielberg.	Self	TMDB 7.6 / 10
2015	Movie Back in Time Cast, crew and fans explore the “Back to the Future” time-travel trilogy's resonance throughout our culture, thirty years after Marty...	Self	TMDB 6.5 / 10
2015	Movie Back To the Present: The Special Robert Zemeckis's Back To The Future was a huge box-office hit in 1985 that ultimately led to two sequels. In...	Unknown character	TMDB 7.6 / 10
2015	TV The Late Show with Stephen Colbert Stephen Colbert brings his signature satire and comedy to The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, the #1 show in late...	Self	TMDB 6.1 / 10
2014	TV The Director's Chair Robert Rodriguez sits down with the industry's most iconic directors and engages in a revealing and unexpected exchange about the...	Self	TMDB 7.0 / 10
2013	Movie Milius The life story of ‘Zen Anarchist’ filmmaker John Milius, one of the most influential storytellers of his generation.	Self	TMDB 7.1 / 10
2012	Movie Persistence of Vision It was to be the greatest animated film of all time. Not just an eye-opener, but a game-changer. Richard Williams...	Himself	TMDB 8.0 / 10
2011	Movie Brian May's Brief History of 3D A look into the history of 3D by Brian May from Queen.	Self	TMDB 7.0 / 10
2010	Movie Tales from the Future Eight-part retrospective documentary on the making of "Back to the Future" (and its two sequels) for the film's 25th anniversary.	Self	TMDB 6.7 / 10
2009	Movie Waking Sleeping Beauty By the mid-1980s, the fabled animation studios of Walt Disney had fallen on hard times. The artists were polarized between...	Self (archive footage)	TMDB 7.2 / 10
2009	Movie Looking Back to the Future A 9-part retrospective documentary from 2009 on the trilogy’s legacy.	Self	TMDB 7.3 / 10
2004	Movie The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing Documentary about the art of film editing. Clips are shown from many groundbreaking films with innovative editing styles.	Self	TMDB 7.0 / 10
2003	Movie Behind the Ears: The True Story of Roger Rabbit The complete documentary on the production of the movie "Who Framed Roger Rabbit".	Self	TMDB 7.3 / 10
2002	Movie Back to the Future: Making the Trilogy This is the making of the Back to the Future Trilogy by acclaimed documentary maker Laurent Bouzereau and appears on...	Self	TMDB 7.7 / 10
1999	Movie From Star Wars to Star Wars: The Story of Industrial Light & Magic The incredible evolution of George Lucas' special effects dream factory, including an inside look at "Star Wars: Episode One -...	Self	TMDB 7.8 / 10
1998	Movie The Making of 'The Frighteners' Documentary about the making of the 1996 horror-comedy.	Self	TMDB 8.5 / 10
1996	Movie The Making of '1941' A non-narrated documentary, told mainly in interviews with the filmmakers, on the making of the cult comedy classic, featuring outtakes,...	Self	TMDB 6.7 / 10
1995	TV MADtv MADtv is an American sketch comedy television series originally inspired by Mad magazine. The one-hour show aired Saturday nights on...	Self	TMDB 7.1 / 10
1994	Movie Through the Eyes of Forrest Gump A look behind the scenes of Robert Zemeckis' 1994 Oscar-winning film, 'Forrest Gump'.	Self	TMDB 7.5 / 10
1990	TV Parker Lewis Can't Lose Parker Lewis is a teenager who apparently can't lose. He's cool, cute, popular, hip – and seems to get away...	Robert Zemeckis	TMDB 7.4 / 10
1990	Movie The Secrets of the 'Back to the Future' Trilogy The Secrets of the Back to the Future Trilogy was a program hosted by Kirk Cameron. The show answered questions...	Self	TMDB 5.1 / 10
1989	Movie Back to the Future (Part II): Behind-the-Scenes Special Presentation	Self	TMDB 7.6 / 10
1989	Movie First Works It's a mixed bag in the age of illuminating DVD supplements, but First Works effectively demonstrates the early promise of...	Self	TMDB 7.0 / 10
1987	Movie Citizen Steve On the occasion of the 40th birthday of the almighty filmmaker Steven Allan Spielberg, inquisitive reporter Clip Maxwell attempts to...	Screenwriter	TMDB 6.0 / 10
1986	Movie The Making of Back to the Future The Making of 'Back to the Future'	Self	TMDB 7.5 / 10
1953	TV The Oscars An annual American awards ceremony honoring cinematic achievements in the film industry. The various category winners are awarded a copy...	Self	TMDB 7.0 / 10
TBA	Movie A Hero's Journey: The Making of Beowulf A behind the scenes look at the production of Beowulf	Self	Not rated

Year	Title	Role	Rating
2024	Movie Here An odyssey through time and memory, centered on a place in New Jersey where—from wilderness, and then, later, from a...	Director Directing	TMDB 6.5 / 10
2024	Movie Here An odyssey through time and memory, centered on a place in New Jersey where—from wilderness, and then, later, from a...	Producer Production	TMDB 6.5 / 10
2024	Movie Here An odyssey through time and memory, centered on a place in New Jersey where—from wilderness, and then, later, from a...	Screenplay Writing	TMDB 6.5 / 10
2022	Movie Pinocchio A wooden puppet embarks on a thrilling adventure to become a real boy.	Screenplay Writing	TMDB 6.3 / 10
2022	Movie Pinocchio A wooden puppet embarks on a thrilling adventure to become a real boy.	Producer Production	TMDB 6.3 / 10
2022	Movie Pinocchio A wooden puppet embarks on a thrilling adventure to become a real boy.	Director Directing	TMDB 6.3 / 10
2021	Movie Finch On a post-apocalyptic Earth, a robot, built to protect the life of his dying creator's beloved dog, learns about life,...	Executive Producer Production	TMDB 7.8 / 10
2020	Movie Roald Dahl's The Witches In late 1967, a young orphaned boy goes to live with his loving grandma in the rural Alabama town of...	Producer Production	TMDB 6.3 / 10
2020	Movie Roald Dahl's The Witches In late 1967, a young orphaned boy goes to live with his loving grandma in the rural Alabama town of...	Director Directing	TMDB 6.3 / 10
2020	Movie Roald Dahl's The Witches In late 1967, a young orphaned boy goes to live with his loving grandma in the rural Alabama town of...	Screenplay Writing	TMDB 6.3 / 10
2020	Movie I'm Thinking of Ending Things Nothing is as it seems when a woman experiencing misgivings about her new boyfriend joins him on a road trip...	Thanks Crew	TMDB 6.5 / 10
2020	Movie Project 88: Back to the Future Too More than 300 fans from 9 different countries joined together to remake Back to the Future Part II during the...	Creator Crew	TMDB 8.5 / 10
2019	TV WHAT / IF A pair of cash-strapped newlyweds accept a lucrative but morally dubious offer from a mysterious female benefactor.	Executive Producer Production	TMDB 6.4 / 10
2019	TV Project Blue Book A chronicle of the true top secret U.S. Air Force-sponsored investigations into UFO-related phenomena in the 1950s and ’60s, known...	Executive Producer Production	TMDB 8.1 / 10
2018	Movie Welcome to Marwen When a devastating attack shatters Mark Hogancamp and wipes away all memories, no one expected recovery. Putting together pieces from...	Producer Production	TMDB 6.5 / 10
2018	Movie Welcome to Marwen When a devastating attack shatters Mark Hogancamp and wipes away all memories, no one expected recovery. Putting together pieces from...	Director Directing	TMDB 6.5 / 10
2018	Movie Welcome to Marwen When a devastating attack shatters Mark Hogancamp and wipes away all memories, no one expected recovery. Putting together pieces from...	Story Writing	TMDB 6.5 / 10
2018	Movie Welcome to Marwen When a devastating attack shatters Mark Hogancamp and wipes away all memories, no one expected recovery. Putting together pieces from...	Screenplay Writing	TMDB 6.5 / 10
2018	TV Manifest After landing from a turbulent but routine flight, the crew and passengers of Montego Air Flight 828 discover five years...	Executive Producer Production	TMDB 7.6 / 10
2018	TV Manifest After landing from a turbulent but routine flight, the crew and passengers of Montego Air Flight 828 discover five years...	Producer Production	TMDB 7.6 / 10
2018	TV Back to the Future: The Hill Valley Chronicles The Hill Valley Chronicles takes the enormously popular Back To The Future Trilogy and adapts it to a 'Quantum Leap'...	Writer Writing	Not rated
2018	TV Back to the Future: The Hill Valley Chronicles The Hill Valley Chronicles takes the enormously popular Back To The Future Trilogy and adapts it to a 'Quantum Leap'...	Director Directing	Not rated
2017	Movie Elemental: Hydrogen vs. Hindenburg "Elemental" is the groundbreaking television event from Academy Award-winning executive producer Robert Zemeckis that reveals how the elements of the...	Executive Producer Production	TMDB 6.0 / 10
2016	Movie Allied In 1942, an intelligence officer in North Africa encounters a female French Resistance fighter on a deadly mission behind enemy...	Director Directing	TMDB 6.8 / 10
2016	Movie Allied In 1942, an intelligence officer in North Africa encounters a female French Resistance fighter on a deadly mission behind enemy...	Producer Production	TMDB 6.8 / 10
2015	Movie Doc Brown Saves the World In order to save the world from a nuclear holocaust in 2045, Doc Brown must push the technological age back...	Writer Writing	TMDB 6.3 / 10
2015	Movie Doc Brown Saves the World In order to save the world from a nuclear holocaust in 2045, Doc Brown must push the technological age back...	Director Directing	TMDB 6.3 / 10
2015	Movie The Walk The story of French high-wire artist Philippe Petit's attempt to cross the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center in...	Producer Production	TMDB 7.0 / 10
2015	Movie The Walk The story of French high-wire artist Philippe Petit's attempt to cross the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center in...	Director Directing	TMDB 7.0 / 10
2015	Movie The Walk The story of French high-wire artist Philippe Petit's attempt to cross the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center in...	Screenplay Writing	TMDB 7.0 / 10
2012	Movie Bound by Flesh Conjoined twins Daisy and Violet Hilton were once the cream of the sideshow crop. Taught to sing and dance at...	Executive Producer Production	TMDB 5.9 / 10
2012	Movie Plaga zombie: zona mutante: revolución tóxica An invasion alien threatens the fate of humanity and begins in a village where there are Bill Johnson, John West...	Thanks Crew	TMDB 5.7 / 10
2012	Movie Flight Commercial airline pilot Whip Whitaker has a problem with drugs and alcohol, though so far he's managed to complete his...	Director Directing	TMDB 6.9 / 10
2012	Movie Flight Commercial airline pilot Whip Whitaker has a problem with drugs and alcohol, though so far he's managed to complete his...	Producer Production	TMDB 6.9 / 10
2011	Movie Real Steel Charlie Kenton is a washed-up fighter who retired from the ring when robots took over the sport. After his robot...	Executive Producer Production	TMDB 7.1 / 10
2011	Movie Mars Needs Moms When Martians suddenly abduct his mom, mischievous Milo rushes to the rescue and discovers why all moms are so special.	Producer Production	TMDB 6.0 / 10
2010	Movie Behind the Burly Q Dive into more than a century of decadence with this tantalizing look at the evolution of burlesque. Cabaret star Leslie...	Executive Producer Production	TMDB 4.9 / 10
2009	Movie A Christmas Carol Miser Ebenezer Scrooge is awakened on Christmas Eve by spirits who reveal to him his own miserable existence, what opportunities...	Screenplay Writing	TMDB 6.9 / 10
2009	Movie A Christmas Carol Miser Ebenezer Scrooge is awakened on Christmas Eve by spirits who reveal to him his own miserable existence, what opportunities...	Producer Production	TMDB 6.9 / 10
2009	Movie A Christmas Carol Miser Ebenezer Scrooge is awakened on Christmas Eve by spirits who reveal to him his own miserable existence, what opportunities...	Director Directing	TMDB 6.9 / 10
2009	Movie Looking Back to the Future A 9-part retrospective documentary from 2009 on the trilogy’s legacy.	Thanks Crew	TMDB 7.3 / 10
2007	Movie Beowulf A 6th-century Scandinavian warrior named Beowulf embarks on a mission to slay the man-like ogre, Grendel.	Writer Writing	TMDB 5.9 / 10
2007	Movie Beowulf A 6th-century Scandinavian warrior named Beowulf embarks on a mission to slay the man-like ogre, Grendel.	Producer Production	TMDB 5.9 / 10
2007	Movie Beowulf A 6th-century Scandinavian warrior named Beowulf embarks on a mission to slay the man-like ogre, Grendel.	Director Directing	TMDB 5.9 / 10
2007	Movie The Reaping Katherine Morrissey, a former Christian missionary, lost her faith after the tragic deaths of her family. Now she applies her...	Producer Production	TMDB 5.8 / 10
2006	Movie Monster House Monsters under the bed are scary enough, but what happens when an entire house is out to get you? Three...	Executive Producer Production	TMDB 6.7 / 10
2006	Movie Last Holiday The discovery that she has a terminal illness prompts introverted department store saleswoman Georgia Byrd to reflect on what she...	Executive Producer Production	TMDB 7.3 / 10
2005	Movie Le court des grands A program of debut shorts from some of cinema's greatest diectors. Curated by Emir Kusturica and Stephen Frears, featured auteurs...	Director Directing	TMDB 8.0 / 10
2005	Movie The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio A Midwestern housewife supports her large family by entering contests for ad slogans sponsored by consumer product companies, while dealing...	Producer Production	TMDB 6.6 / 10
2005	Movie House of Wax A group of unwitting teens are stranded near a strange wax museum and soon must fight to survive and keep...	Producer Production	TMDB 6.0 / 10
2004	Movie The Polar Express When a doubting young boy takes an extraordinary train ride to the North Pole, he embarks on a journey of...	Director Directing	TMDB 6.7 / 10
2004	Movie The Polar Express When a doubting young boy takes an extraordinary train ride to the North Pole, he embarks on a journey of...	Screenplay Writing	TMDB 6.7 / 10
2004	Movie The Polar Express When a doubting young boy takes an extraordinary train ride to the North Pole, he embarks on a journey of...	Producer Production	TMDB 6.7 / 10
2003	Movie Gothika After a car crash, criminal psychologist Dr. Miranda Grey regains consciousness only to find that she's a patient in the...	Producer Production	TMDB 6.1 / 10
2003	Movie Matchstick Men A phobic con artist and his protege are on the verge of pulling off a lucrative swindle when the con...	Executive Producer Production	TMDB 7.0 / 10
2002	Movie Ghost Ship After discovering a passenger ship missing since 1962 floating adrift on the Bering Sea, salvagers claim the vessel as their...	Producer Production	TMDB 6.0 / 10
2002	Movie Ritual An American doctor encounters members of a voodoo cult when she is summoned to Jamaica to treat a wealthy man's...	Producer Production	TMDB 4.7 / 10
2001	Movie Thir13en Ghosts Arthur and his two children inherit his uncle's estate: a glass house that serves as a prison to twelve ghosts....	Producer Production	TMDB 6.3 / 10
2000	Movie Cast Away Chuck Noland, a top international manager for FedEx, and Kelly, a Ph.D. student, are in love and heading towards marriage....	Producer Production	TMDB 7.7 / 10
2000	Movie Cast Away Chuck Noland, a top international manager for FedEx, and Kelly, a Ph.D. student, are in love and heading towards marriage....	Director Directing	TMDB 7.7 / 10
2000	Movie What Lies Beneath Norman and Claire Spencer are a seemingly happily married couple who uncover a terrible secret… a secret so disturbing it...	Director Directing	TMDB 6.4 / 10
2000	Movie What Lies Beneath Norman and Claire Spencer are a seemingly happily married couple who uncover a terrible secret… a secret so disturbing it...	Producer Production	TMDB 6.4 / 10
1999	Movie House on Haunted Hill An amusement park mogul offers a random group of diverse people $1 million to spend the night in a decrepit...	Producer Production	TMDB 5.6 / 10
1999	Movie The Pursuit of Happiness Showtime's "In the 20th Century" is a millennium-related strand of feature-length documentaries in which famous directors take on major subjects...	Director Directing	TMDB 9.0 / 10
1999	Movie Tales from the Crypt: The Robert Zemeckis Collection In "All Through the Night," perhaps the single most famous story from the original comic book series, a psychotic killer...	Director Directing	TMDB 8.7 / 10
1997	Movie Contact A radio astronomer receives the first extraterrestrial radio signal ever picked up on Earth. As the world powers scramble to...	Producer Production	TMDB 7.4 / 10
1997	Movie Contact A radio astronomer receives the first extraterrestrial radio signal ever picked up on Earth. As the world powers scramble to...	Director Directing	TMDB 7.4 / 10
1997	TV Perversions of Science Perversions of Science is a science fiction/horror television series that ran on the cable channel HBO for one season in...	Executive Producer Production	TMDB 6.1 / 10
1996	Movie Bordello of Blood Private eye Rafe Guttman is hired by repressed, born-again Katherine to find her missing bad-boy brother. The trail leads him...	Story Writing	TMDB 6.0 / 10
1996	Movie Bordello of Blood Private eye Rafe Guttman is hired by repressed, born-again Katherine to find her missing bad-boy brother. The trail leads him...	Executive Producer Production	TMDB 6.0 / 10
1996	Movie The Frighteners Once an architect, Frank Bannister now passes himself off as an exorcist of evil spirits. To bolster his facade, he...	Executive Producer Production	TMDB 6.9 / 10
1995	Movie W.E.I.R.D. World Greed, murder, sex - all appear to thrive at the Wilson Emery Institute for Research and Development, aka W.E.I.R.D., where...	Executive Producer Production	TMDB 3.5 / 10
1995	Movie Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight Ex-soldier Frank Brayker is the guardian of an ancient key that can unlock tremendous evil; the sinister Collector is a...	Executive Producer Production	TMDB 6.9 / 10
1994	Movie DeGenerazione Horror/sci-fi anthology with a punk streak, co-directed by and starring — among other newcomers — Asia Argento.	Thanks Crew	TMDB 5.9 / 10
1994	Movie Forrest Gump A man with a low IQ has accomplished great things in his life and been present during significant historic events—in...	Director Directing	TMDB 8.5 / 10
1993	TV Tales from the Cryptkeeper Tales from the Cryptkeeper is an animated series aimed at children made by Nelvana Limited, PeaceArch Entertainment, kaBOOM! Entertainment and...	Producer Production	TMDB 7.8 / 10
1993	TV Johnny Bago Johnny Bago is a short-lived television series that aired in the summer of 1993. It stars Peter Dobson as ex-con...	Director Directing	TMDB 8.0 / 10
1992	Movie Trespass Two Arkansas firemen, Vince and Don, get hold of a map that leads to a cache of stolen gold in...	Executive Producer Production	TMDB 6.3 / 10
1992	Movie Trespass Two Arkansas firemen, Vince and Don, get hold of a map that leads to a cache of stolen gold in...	Writer Writing	TMDB 6.3 / 10
1992	Movie The Public Eye A crime photographer gets involved in a conspiracy.	Executive Producer Production	TMDB 6.2 / 10
1992	Movie Death Becomes Her Madeline is married to Ernest, who was once her arch-rival Helen's fiancé. After recovering from a mental breakdown, Helen vows...	Director Directing	TMDB 6.8 / 10
1992	Movie Death Becomes Her Madeline is married to Ernest, who was once her arch-rival Helen's fiancé. After recovering from a mental breakdown, Helen vows...	Producer Production	TMDB 6.8 / 10
1992	Movie Two-Fisted Tales The foul-mouthed, wheelchair-bound Mr. Rush introduces three adventure tales inspired by the EC Comics of the 1950s: "Showdown," "King of...	Executive Producer Production	TMDB 5.1 / 10
1992	Movie Two-Fisted Tales The foul-mouthed, wheelchair-bound Mr. Rush introduces three adventure tales inspired by the EC Comics of the 1950s: "Showdown," "King of...	Director Directing	TMDB 5.1 / 10
1991	TV Back to the Future An animated series for television based on the Back to the Future trilogy of feature films. Based on the highly...	Characters Writing	TMDB 6.2 / 10
1990	Movie Back to the Future Part III The final installment finds Marty digging the trusty DeLorean out of a mineshaft and looking for Doc in the Wild...	Director Directing	TMDB 7.5 / 10
1990	Movie Back to the Future Part III The final installment finds Marty digging the trusty DeLorean out of a mineshaft and looking for Doc in the Wild...	Characters Writing	TMDB 7.5 / 10
1990	Movie Back to the Future Part III The final installment finds Marty digging the trusty DeLorean out of a mineshaft and looking for Doc in the Wild...	Story Writing	TMDB 7.5 / 10
1989	Movie Back to the Future Part II Marty and Doc are at it again as the time-traveling duo head to 2015 to nip some McFly family woes...	Director Directing	TMDB 7.8 / 10
1989	Movie Back to the Future Part II Marty and Doc are at it again as the time-traveling duo head to 2015 to nip some McFly family woes...	Story Writing	TMDB 7.8 / 10
1989	Movie Back to the Future Part II Marty and Doc are at it again as the time-traveling duo head to 2015 to nip some McFly family woes...	Characters Writing	TMDB 7.8 / 10
1989	Movie Back to the Future (Part II): Behind-the-Scenes Special Presentation	Thanks Crew	TMDB 7.6 / 10
1989	TV Tales from the Crypt Cadaverous scream legend the Crypt Keeper is your macabre host for these forays of fright and fun based on the...	Director Directing	TMDB 8.0 / 10
1989	TV Tales from the Crypt Cadaverous scream legend the Crypt Keeper is your macabre host for these forays of fright and fun based on the...	Producer Production	TMDB 8.0 / 10
1988	Movie Who Framed Roger Rabbit 'Toon star Roger is worried that his wife Jessica is playing pattycake with someone else, so the studio hires detective...	Director Directing	TMDB 7.5 / 10
1986	Movie Amazing Stories A feature film edited from three episodes of Amazing Stories (1985): The Mission, Mummy Daddy, and Go to the Head...	Director Directing	TMDB 6.3 / 10
1985	TV Amazing Stories A truly amazing, fantastical, science fiction, funny and odd, and sometimes scary, sad and endearing anthology series presented by Steven...	Director Directing	TMDB 7.5 / 10
1985	Movie Back to the Future Eighties teenager Marty McFly is accidentally sent back in time to 1955, inadvertently disrupting his parents' first meeting and attracting...	Director Directing	TMDB 8.3 / 10
1985	Movie Back to the Future Eighties teenager Marty McFly is accidentally sent back in time to 1955, inadvertently disrupting his parents' first meeting and attracting...	Writer Writing	TMDB 8.3 / 10
1984	Movie Romancing the Stone Though she can spin wild tales of passionate romance, novelist Joan Wilder has no life of her own. Then one...	Director Directing	TMDB 6.8 / 10
1980	Movie Used Cars When the owner of a struggling used car lot is killed, it's up to the lot's hot-shot salesman to save...	Director Directing	TMDB 6.4 / 10
1980	Movie Used Cars When the owner of a struggling used car lot is killed, it's up to the lot's hot-shot salesman to save...	Writer Writing	TMDB 6.4 / 10
1979	Movie 1941 In the days after the attack on Pearl Harbor, panic grips California, where a military officer leads a mob chasing...	Story Writing	TMDB 5.8 / 10
1979	Movie 1941 In the days after the attack on Pearl Harbor, panic grips California, where a military officer leads a mob chasing...	Screenplay Writing	TMDB 5.8 / 10
1978	Movie I Wanna Hold Your Hand If they miss The Beatles' first appearance in the U.S.A., they will hate themselves for the rest of their lives...	Director Directing	TMDB 6.3 / 10
1978	Movie I Wanna Hold Your Hand If they miss The Beatles' first appearance in the U.S.A., they will hate themselves for the rest of their lives...	Writer Writing	TMDB 6.3 / 10
1973	Movie A Field of Honor An ex-soldier encounters many dangers in the small town he lives in.	Writer Writing	TMDB 6.6 / 10
1973	Movie A Field of Honor An ex-soldier encounters many dangers in the small town he lives in.	Director Directing	TMDB 6.6 / 10
1972	Movie The Lift A businessman lives out his daily routine until he meets unexpected stress in the form of his apartment building's elevator.	Director Directing	TMDB 6.2 / 10
TBA	Movie The Last Mrs. Parrish A con artist targets a wealthy couple — the Parrishes — as her next victims. She infiltrates the pair by...	Director Directing	Not rated
TBA	Movie Barracuda When Karl, a former smuggler with a haunted past, storms a nightclub in Mexico to rescue Jodie, a kidnapped teenage...	Executive Producer Production	Not rated
TBA	Movie School for Scumbags An often-expelled student finds a home at the Gafin School for "misdirected" teens -- an institution run by professional thieves.	Executive Producer Production	Not rated

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2025

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Spielberg

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Back in Time

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Known for

Forrest Gump (1994)

Back to the Future (1985)

Back to the Future Part II (1989)

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