The Big Picture: Robert Zemeckis Career & Biographical Notes: Attended USC school of cinema Known for use of effects technology (See: Roger Rabbit, Back to the Future, Forrest Gump) Shot What Lies Beneath during shoot for Castaway to allow Tom Hanks to lose the required amount of weight for the latter Will replace himself with a CGI representation any day now

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Robert Zemeckis Trivia Quizzes
at HowWellDoYouKnow.com:

• 3/11/11-3/17/11
• Back to the Future
• Back to the Future II
• Forrest Gump
• Romancing the Stone/The Jewel of the Nile
• Who Framed Roger Rabbit

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Recent Movies:

Film	Date	Rating	Screens	Opening	Total	Box Office
Disney's A Christmas Carol	11/6/09	N/A
Beowulf	11/16/07	PG-13			79.63	Info
The Polar Express	11/10/04	G	3650	23.32	162.75	Info

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Awards:

2000
Cast Away

• Runner-Up: Best Director, Chicago Film Critics
• Runner-Up: Best Director, Las Vegas Film Critics

1994
Forrest Gump

• Win: Best Director, Academy Awards
• Win: Best Director, Directors' Guild
• Win: Best Director, Golden Globes

1985
Back to the Future

• Runner-Up: Best Original Screenplay, Academy Awards
• Runner-Up: Best Screenplay, Golden Globes

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