After having begun making feature films in the late 1970s, director Robert Zemeckis became famous for pushing the limits of cinematic technology and introducing numerous innovations in visual effects.

Doc Brown, left, played by Christopher Lloyd, sits in the retrofitted DeLorean that allows Marty McFly, played by Michael J. Fox, to travel back in time to the 1950s in “Back to the Future.” The 1985 ...

In 1985, Robert Zemeckis blew audiences away with a classic sci-fi movie that has wowed fans ever since. Back to the Future ...

There’s no point beating around the bush. I am talking to the director Robert Zemeckis, who won an Oscar in 1995 for Forrest Gump, about his new film Here, which opened in the US in November to some ...

Oscar-winning director and Chicago native Robert Zemeckis returned to his hometown on Oct. 27 to receive the prestigious Founder’s Legacy Award during the closing night of the 60th Chicago ...

I can practically hear my parents’ voices in my head telling me, “Michael, it’s Christmas. You shouldn’t be fighting.” Normally, I’d agree with them, as it’d give me more time to wrap up my personal ...

It was only a matter of time before Robert Zemeckis got around to playing with de-aging technology, that modern cinematic magic trick of making veteran movie stars look kind of, sort of like their ...