This gifted producer-writer-director is best-known for his zesty if fairly traditional Hollywood entertainments. With a flair for special effects and an impressive track record for eliciting strong performances, Zemeckis is the star graduate of the "Spielberg School of Genre Filmmaking". After directing and co-writing several small projects which Spielberg produced, he demonstrated that he could also helm blockbusters of his own. This billion-dollar director of nostalgic period pieces, fast-paced adventures, and eye-popping fantasies also displays a penchant for the macabre, as displayed in
