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Also Known As Robert Lee Zemeckis
Born May 14, 1952 (age 72) • Chicago • Illinois
Awards And Honors Academy Award (1995)
Notable Works “Allied” • “Back to the Future” • “Flight” • “Forrest Gump” • “I Wanna Hold Your Hand” • “Romancing the Stone” • “The Polar Express” • “Witches, The” • “Welcome to Marwen” • “Who Framed Roger Rabbit”

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Billy Wilder
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Joseph L. Mankiewicz
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Oliver Stone
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Warren Beatty
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Damien Chazelle
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Kathryn Bigelow
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Barry Levinson
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Roman Polanski
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