his films have increasingly emphasized
the use of special effects in order to
bring his stories to life welcome to
watchmojo.com and today we’ll be
exploring the career of writer and
director Robert Zemeckis born to a
working-class family in 1952 the Chicago
native developed an early fascination
with the television screen as a result
he spent his childhood toiling away with
his parents 8 millimeter movie camera a
hobby that would later inspire him to
abandon his blue-collar upbringing
despite the wishes of his parents
Zemeckis went on to study at Southern
California School of Cinematic Arts
where one of his student films caught
the eye of Steven Spielberg who decided
to take him under his wing he then
helped Zemeckis land a deal writing the
screenplay for 1941 a movie which
Spielberg himself directed in 1979
Zemeckis made his directorial debut in
1978 with the film I want to hold your
hand which he followed with 1980s used
cars why are we giving these cars away
both features were co-written with his
partner Bob Gale and despite a warm
critical reception they suffered
humiliating box-office defeats after a
long period of difficulty finding work
Zemeckis was hired by Michael Douglas to
direct the romantic adventure
Romancing the Stone a lackluster first
impression of the film by studio
executives caused them to predict it
would flop I ain’t cheap I can’t be had
miraculously Romancing the Stone turned
into a sleeper hit its success inspired
the studio to finance his Back to the
Future screenplay originally Zemeckis
had trouble finding a studio to pick up
the offbeat script the film went on to
have a large cultural impact and was
instantly successful at the box office
this is a big one the one other way to
pull my life Universal Studios
immediately urged a mecca’s to begin
pre-production on two sequels which he
would direct and co-write after he
finished tackling the visually complex
1988 film Who Framed Roger Rabbit
following an urge to continue producing
wacky yet
visually stunning films Zemeckis
directed the dark comedy death becomes
her which starred Bruce Willis Meryl
Streep and Goldie Hawn the film was a
visually complex project and is first to
include more dramatic elements you’re
sitting there however he would only
dabble in serious horror with 2000’s
what lies beneath I almost froze to
death playing here wet naked pretending
to be electrocuted
Zemeckis had his most high-profile
success in 1994 when he unleashed the
worldwide phenomenon Forrest Gump an
offbeat tale of a dim man who
unwittingly played a role in many of the
mid 20th century’s key historic moments
I’d been a football star war hero and
national celebrity in a shrimping boat
captain and a college graduate this city
follows a Greenbow Alabama decided to
get together and offered me a fine job
the film pushed visual effects in ways
that had not been attempted before it
made extensive use of CGI and archived
footage to allow Gump to meet deceased
presidents and even shake their hands
Forrest Gump won six Academy Awards and
earn Zemeckis the title of Best Director
while earning an unprecedented 677
million dollars worldwide Zemeckis would
later reused Tom Hanks to give heart to
his reflective film castaway Zemeckis is
loved for bringing effects to the screen
led him to coordinate with eight
separate visual effects studios while
producing 1997 sci-fi film contact this
shift from relying heavily on Industrial
Light and Magic showed Zemeckis is
unhappiness with limitations he faced
with 2d special effects this led some
echis to produce 3d films as of 2004
with the Polar Express
followed by 2007’s Beowulf and 2009’s a
Christmas carol starring Jim Carrey take
a moment once
zemeckis is currently attached to
producing a 3d remake of the animated
Beatles classic Yellow Submarine for a
2012 release
the use of special effects in order to
bring his stories to life welcome to
watchmojo.com and today we’ll be
exploring the career of writer and
director Robert Zemeckis born to a
working-class family in 1952 the Chicago
native developed an early fascination
with the television screen as a result
he spent his childhood toiling away with
his parents 8 millimeter movie camera a
hobby that would later inspire him to
abandon his blue-collar upbringing
despite the wishes of his parents
Zemeckis went on to study at Southern
California School of Cinematic Arts
where one of his student films caught
the eye of Steven Spielberg who decided
to take him under his wing he then
helped Zemeckis land a deal writing the
screenplay for 1941 a movie which
Spielberg himself directed in 1979
Zemeckis made his directorial debut in
1978 with the film I want to hold your
hand which he followed with 1980s used
cars why are we giving these cars away
both features were co-written with his
partner Bob Gale and despite a warm
critical reception they suffered
humiliating box-office defeats after a
long period of difficulty finding work
Zemeckis was hired by Michael Douglas to
direct the romantic adventure
Romancing the Stone a lackluster first
impression of the film by studio
executives caused them to predict it
would flop I ain’t cheap I can’t be had
miraculously Romancing the Stone turned
into a sleeper hit its success inspired
the studio to finance his Back to the
Future screenplay originally Zemeckis
had trouble finding a studio to pick up
the offbeat script the film went on to
have a large cultural impact and was
instantly successful at the box office
this is a big one the one other way to
pull my life Universal Studios
immediately urged a mecca’s to begin
pre-production on two sequels which he
would direct and co-write after he
finished tackling the visually complex
1988 film Who Framed Roger Rabbit
following an urge to continue producing
wacky yet
visually stunning films Zemeckis
directed the dark comedy death becomes
her which starred Bruce Willis Meryl
Streep and Goldie Hawn the film was a
visually complex project and is first to
include more dramatic elements you’re
sitting there however he would only
dabble in serious horror with 2000’s
what lies beneath I almost froze to
death playing here wet naked pretending
to be electrocuted
Zemeckis had his most high-profile
success in 1994 when he unleashed the
worldwide phenomenon Forrest Gump an
offbeat tale of a dim man who
unwittingly played a role in many of the
mid 20th century’s key historic moments
I’d been a football star war hero and
national celebrity in a shrimping boat
captain and a college graduate this city
follows a Greenbow Alabama decided to
get together and offered me a fine job
the film pushed visual effects in ways
that had not been attempted before it
made extensive use of CGI and archived
footage to allow Gump to meet deceased
presidents and even shake their hands
Forrest Gump won six Academy Awards and
earn Zemeckis the title of Best Director
while earning an unprecedented 677
million dollars worldwide Zemeckis would
later reused Tom Hanks to give heart to
his reflective film castaway Zemeckis is
loved for bringing effects to the screen
led him to coordinate with eight
separate visual effects studios while
producing 1997 sci-fi film contact this
shift from relying heavily on Industrial
Light and Magic showed Zemeckis is
unhappiness with limitations he faced
with 2d special effects this led some
echis to produce 3d films as of 2004
with the Polar Express
followed by 2007’s Beowulf and 2009’s a
Christmas carol starring Jim Carrey take
a moment once
zemeckis is currently attached to
producing a 3d remake of the animated
Beatles classic Yellow Submarine for a
2012 release
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