Robert Zemeckis
Awards & Honours
15
Awards Won
5
Honours
3
Rankings
4
Covers
2
Records
Zemeckis's achievements place him among the most awarded directors in Hollywood. He is one of the few filmmakers to win both a Student Academy Award and an Academy Award for Best Director. His film Forrest Gump won six Oscars, including Best Picture, and his work on Who Framed Roger Rabbit earned three technical Oscars. He has received lifetime achievement awards from the Visual Effects Society and the American Society of Cinematographers, recognizing his contributions to film technology. In 2004, he received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
Awards
Honours & Distinctions
Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame
Motion Picture category
Honorary Doctorate
Honorary Doctor of Fine Arts
Lifetime Achievement Award
For contributions to filmmaking
Lifetime Achievement Award
For pioneering work in visual effects
Lifetime Achievement Award
For career achievements
Rankings & Lists
The 500 Greatest Movies of All Time
100 Years...100 Movies
100 Greatest Directors
Magazine Covers
Time
1988-07-25
Who Framed Roger Rabbit
Time
1994-08-01
Forrest Gump
Entertainment Weekly
1994-07-15
Forrest Gump
Wired
2004-11-01
The Polar Express and Performance Capture
Records & Feats
First all-digital performance-capture feature film
The Polar Express (2004) was the first feature film to be entirely created using performance-capture technology.
Won both Student Academy Award and Academy Award for Best Director
One of the few filmmakers to win a Student Academy Award (1973) and later an Academy Award for Best Director (1995).