Robert Zemeckis

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Robert Zemeckis Fast Facts:

Won a Special Jury Award for the 1973 short A Field of Honor at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' Second Annual Student Film Awards.
Made his feature-film directing debut in 1978 with the Beatles-themed comedy I Wanna Hold Your Hand.
Was nominated for Best Director at the 1988 Directors Guild Awards for the live-action/cartoon hybrid Who Framed Roger Rabbit, and won in 1994 for Forrest Gump.
Received the Saturn Awards' George Pal Memorial Award in 1994.
Made What Lies Beneath (2000) while waiting for Tom Hanks to lose weight in the middle of filming Cast Away; he used the same crew for both movies.
Went into business with Disney when they opened ImageMovers Digital in 2007, but Disney closed the studio, which specialized in the director's pioneering motion-capture technology, in 2010 after disappointing box office for Zemeckis' A Christmas Carol (2009).

Robert Zemeckis Relationships:
Mary Ellen Trainor - Ex-wife
Alexander Francis Zemeckis - Son
Leslie Zemeckis - Wife
Zane Zemeckis - Son
Robert Zemeckis Awards:
1986 Golden Globe: Best Screenplay - Motion Picture - Nominee
1995 Golden Globe: Best Director - Motion Picture - Winner
1994 Oscar: Best Achievement in Directing - Winner
1985 Oscar: Best Writing (Original Screenplay) - Nominee
1994 BAFTA Awards: Best Film - Nominee
1994 BAFTA Awards: The David Lean Award for Achievement in Direction - Nominee
1985 BAFTA Awards: Best Film - Nominee
1985 BAFTA Awards: Best Original Screenplay - Nominee
College:
University of Southern California School of Cinematic Arts, Los Angeles, CA (BA in Film, 1973); attended Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL