In 2004, he appeared in three films: The Coen brothers ' The Ladykillers, another Spielberg film, The Terminal, and The Polar Express, a family film from Robert Zemeckis.

Robert Zemeckis ' film The Polar Express, starring Tom Hanks in five roles, was completely CGI animation, but used performance capture technology to animate the characters.

Also in 2004 the studio released Robert Zemeckis ' motion-capture film The Polar Express in IMAX 3D.

The Polar Express ( Robert Zemeckis, Tom Hanks ) movie visuals at the North Pole were based on Pullman architecture.

In 2004, Deezen returned to the big screen once again under the direction of Robert Zemeckis to supply voice and motion capture performance for the blockbuster holiday film The Polar Express, playing the role of the nerdy " Know-It-All ".

Afterwards, he was a production designer on Robert Zemeckis ' The Polar Express.

Directed by Robert Zemeckis, the film was created through a motion capture process similar to the technique he used in The Polar Express.

The film's characters are animated primarily utilizing performance capture, making it the second film to use the technology so extensively, following producer Robert Zemeckis ' The Polar Express.

The success of Miyazaki's films has invited comparisons with American animator Walt Disney, British animator Nick Park and Robert Zemeckis.

He returned to the big screen with Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III where he again did the voice of Donatello, and starred in the Richard Donner / Robert Zemeckis / Joel Silver film Tales From The Crypt Presents: Bordello of Blood, opposite Dennis Miller.

In 1988, the studio collaborated with Steven Spielberg and Robert Zemeckis, producing Who Framed Roger Rabbit, a comedic detective caper that mixed live action and animation while paying homage to the Golden Age of Cartoons.

Zemeckis used footage of Glover filmed for the first movie in Back to the Future Part II ( Glover being billed as " George McFly in footage from Back to the Future " in the closing credits ) combined with new footage of Jeffrey Weissman wearing a false chin, nose and cheekbones, and various obfuscating methods – in the background, wearing sunglasses, rear shot, upside down – to play the role of George McFly.

In recent years, film scholars such as Alessandro Pirolini have also argued that Sturges ' cinema anticipated more experimental narratives by contemporary directors such as Joel and Ethan Coen, Robert Zemeckis, and Woody Allen, along with prolific The Simpsons writer John Swartzwelder: " Many of movies and screenplays reveal a restless and impatient attempt to escape codified rules and narrative schemata, and to push the mechanisms and conventions of their genre to the extent of unveiling them to the spectator.

'" Despite their difficulties on the film, Zemeckis would go on to work with Turner again, casting her as the voice of Jessica Rabbit in 1988's Who Framed Roger Rabbit.

The film's success also led to a sequel, 1985's The Jewel of the Nile, without Zemeckis at the helm but with Douglas, Turner, and DeVito all returning.

Robert Zemeckis hired the duo to write the script, with the original intention of Zemeckis directing The Frighteners as a spin-off film of the television series, Tales from the Crypt.

The movie was directed by Robert Zemeckis and written by Zemeckis and his long-time writing partner Bob Gale with Steven Spielberg and John Milius as executive producers.

He and Steenburgen would reunite 12 years later with director Robert Zemeckis for Back to the Future Part III, which ironically has the two of them playing each other's love interests, and has the similar western-comedy genre as Goin ' South also does.

In 1997, by producer-writer-director Robert Zemeckis, along with partners Jack Rapke and Steve Starkey formed the production company ImageMovers.

Lenkov's second comic series Fort: Prophet of the Unexplained was also recently put into development at Universal with Robert Zemeckis attached to direct.

* Zemeckis filmed What Lies Beneath while production on his other film Cast Away, was shut down to allow Tom Hanks to lose weight and grow a beard for his character's development.

In addition to various Spielberg films, Amblin has produced movies by other directors such as Joe Dante ( Gremlins, Small Soldiers, Gremlins 2: The New Batch, Innerspace ), Robert Zemeckis ( the Back to the Future trilogy, Who Framed Roger Rabbit ), Brian Levant ( the Flintstones duology ), Matthew Robbins (* batteries not included ), Penelope Spheeris ( the 1994 film remake of The Little Rascals ), Brad Silberling ( Casper ), Don Bluth ( An American Tail, The Land Before Time ), Clint Eastwood ( The Bridges of Madison County, Flags of Our Fathers, Letters from Iwo Jima, Hereafter-except for the last named the Amblin logo does not appear on Eastwood's films, or on Schindler's List & True Grit ), Gil Kenan ( Monster House ), Martin Campbell ( The Mask of Zorro, The Legend of Zorro ), Richard Donner ( The Goonies ), Jan de Bont ( Twister ), Barry Sonnenfeld ( the Men in Black trilogy ), Martin Scorsese ( Cape Fear ), Joe Johnston ( Jurassic Park III ), J. J. Abrams ( Super 8 ), The Coen Brothers ( True Grit ), and Simon Wells ( An American Tail: Fievel Goes West, and We're Back!

In 2007, Disney acquired Zemeckis ' ImageMovers Digital ( that produces motion capture films ), but then closed it in 2011, after a string of failures.

He provided motion capture movements and voice for the title character in the Robert Zemeckis ' film Beowulf.

In 2010 the Academy slated a new rule regarding the performance capture technique employed in films such as A Christmas Carol from Robert Zemeckis and The Adventures of Tintin from Steven Spielberg, and how they might not be eligible in this category in the future.

Electrooculography was used by Robert Zemeckis and Jerome Chen, the visual effects supervisor in the movie Beowulf, to enhance the performance capture by correctly animating the eye movements of the actors.

In 2007, The Walt Disney Company and Zemeckis set up ImageMovers Digital, a new, Marin County based film company, where would Zemeckis produce and direct 3D animated films using performance capture technology.

A number of filmmakers have had their movies honored for their achievements in visual effects ; i. e., five films produced by George Pal, five by producer George Lucas, five by director James Cameron ( who began his career in Hollywood as an effects technician ), four by directors Steven Spielberg and Peter Jackson, and three by director Robert Zemeckis.

He has appeared in films, including The Hollywood Sign, Jungle 2 Jungle, The Auteur Theory and the upcoming films Certifiably Jonathan, Hollywood Kills, and Robert Zemeckis ' animated version of Beowulf.

Information is derived either from the films, the novelisations of the films, draft scripts, or from Robert Zemeckis ( co-writer and director ) or Bob Gale ( co-writer and producer ).

The term achieved a boost in popularity after its use in the films Back to the Future by Robert Zemeckis, and Richard Linklater's Slacker.

Following the massive success of Grease, Deezen found himself being cast in a string of high-profile comedy films playing similarly nerdy characters, including Robert Zemeckis ' directorial debut I Wanna Hold Your Hand and Steven Spielberg's 1979 epic comedy 1941.

The films do not depict how Doc and Marty originally met, however production notes and word from creators Bob Zemeckis and Bob Gale have stated that they met several years prior to the events of Back to the Future, when Marty sneaked into his lab after being warned by his parents to stay away from Doc.

Upon her arrival in Los Angeles Thomas received many bit parts in low budget films like Chesty Anderson, USN ( 1976 ), the Robert Zemeckis film Used Cars ( 1980 ) as well as sketch comedy films like Tunnel Vision ( 1975 ), and Loose Shoes ( 1980 ) the latter of which featuring Second City classmate Bill Murray

The category contains a list of articles about films directed by Robert Zemeckis.

* The 2007 film Beowulf, directed by Robert Zemeckis, depicts Heorot as a loud and boisterous place, and suggests that the noise is the source of Grendel's anger.

He is also the financier of Robert Zemeckis ' Beowulf ( 2007 ), and the producer / financier of Shine A Light, a Rolling Stones concert film directed by Martin Scorsese.

In the 2007 film Beowulf directed by Robert Zemeckis, Wiglaf's role ( played by Brendan Gleeson ) is larger ; he is present in the movie from the first introduction of Beowulf and the Geats to the end when Beowulf vanquishes the dragon and dies.

* 2007: Robin Wright Penn portrays Queen Wealhþēow in the Robert Zemeckis film, Beowulf.

* Beowulf ( 2007 film ), an animated picture by Robert Zemeckis

In 2004, Chiang co-founded Ice Blink Studios and worked for Zemeckis on Beowulf.

He also voiced Garmund in the Robert Zemeckis animated film Beowulf.