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  1. Zemeckis had trouble finding work in the early 1980s, though he and Gale kept busy. They wrote scripts for other directors, including Car Pool for Brian De Palma and Growing Up for Spielberg; neither ended up getting made.

  2. As a result of his reputation within the industry, Zemeckis had trouble finding work in the early 1980s, though he and Gale kept busy. They wrote scripts for other directors, including Car Pool for Brian De Palma and Growing Up for Spielberg; neither ended up getting made.

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  4. Dec 24, 2016 · By Megan Bianco. What exactly happened to director Robert Zemeckis’ career to make him become such box-office poison? I’m beginning to feel like a broken record with this question appearing in ...

  5. May 10, 2024 · Robert Zemeckis (born May 14, 1952, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.) is an American director and screenwriter known for crowd-pleasing films that often made innovative use of special effects. Zemeckis studied filmmaking at the University of Southern California (B.A., 1973), where he met fellow student Robert Gale, who would become his longtime ...

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  6. Robert was having trouble finding work in the early 1980s, until in 1984 Michael Douglas hired him to film Romancing the Stone which was a success. This seemed to be the starting point of Robert’s successful career. The next film he directed was a time-traveling screenplay titled Back to the Future.

  7. Oct 7, 2022 · Robert Zemeckis was one of the most prominent directors of the eighties and nineties. His string of hits is almost unmatched. Think about it – Romancing the Stone, the Back to the Future Trilogy ...

  8. Feb 12, 2014 · 2/12/2014. Academy-Award winning director Robert Zemeckis was born on May 14, 1952 in Chicago, Illinois. His interest in film began in high school when he started making movies with an 8mm camera. After high school, he attended Northern Illinois University, then transferred to the University of Southern California School of Cinema.

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