Robert Zemeckis

Robert Lee Zemeckis is an American film director, producer, and screenwriter, who pioneered ImageMovers Digital Studios for the Walt Disney Company and directed the films Who Framed Roger Rabbit and A Christmas Carol. He was also the producer of Mars Needs Moms and the director of the 2022 live-action remake of Pinocchio.
Zemeckis was born in 1951 in Chicago, Illinois, and attended a Catholic grade school as well as Fenger Academy High School. He also attended Northern Illinois University at some later time, where he gained early experience in film as a film cutter and editor for NBC News in Chicago during a summer break, and edited commercials in his home state. Later, he transferred to the University of Southern California's School of Cinematic Arts in Los Angeles, California, where he met writer , and the two co-wrote various screenplays, one of which would later become .
Since the late 1970s, Zemeckis has either directed, written, or produced a number of films that went on to achieve box office success, such as , , , , , (1999), , , , , , , (2005), , and .
==Gallery==
Robert Zemeckis Christmas Carol premiere.jpg|Robert Zemeckis at the premiere of A Christmas Carol in October 2009.
Robert Zemeckis 62nd DGA.jpg|Robert Zemeckis speaks onstage at the 62nd annual Directors' Guild of America Awards in January 2010.
Robert Zemeckis WFRR 25th Anniversary Celebration.jpg|Robert Zemeckis attending the 25th anniversary screening of Who Framed Roger Rabbit in April 2013.
Robert Zemeckis speaks at CinemaCon.jpg|Robert Zemeckis speaks onstage during the 2015 CinemaCon.
Roger and Bob Zemeckis 1988.jpg|Promo shot of Robert Zemeckis with Roger Rabbit.
Bob, Roger and Robert together.jpg|Robert Zemeckis with Bob Hoskins and Roger Rabbit.
Robert Zemeckis on set with Doom and Jessica.jpg|Robert Zemeckis on set with Doom and Jessica Rabbit.
Who Framed Roger Rabbit - photography (7).jpg
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