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Robert Zemeckis

BEVERLY HILLS, CA - APRIL 04: Director Robert Zemeckis (R) and his wife, actress Leslie Harter Zemeckis arrive at The Academy Of Motion Picture Arts And Sciences' 25th Anniversary Screening Of 'Who Framed Roger Rabbit' at AMPAS Samuel Goldwyn Theater on April 4, 2013 in Beverly Hills, California.

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About Robert Zemeckis

Robert Lee Zemeckis (born May 14, 1951) 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 film series, as well as the Academy Award-winning live-action/animation epic 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.

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