Zemeckis wanted to combine live-action and animation in a way that had never been attempted. The industry thought he was insane. The technical hurdles were a nightmare (every animated frame had to match a moving camera).
Zemeckis and his writing partner Bob Gale had been shopping Back to the Future for years. Every studio passed. They were told it was "too nice," "too soft," or "not sexy enough." Disney famously rejected it because they thought a mother falling for her son was too risqué. peter guber produced film directed by robert zemeckis
A landmark visual effects masterpiece that won three Academy Awards and proved Zemeckis could do more than just comedy. The Emotional Crater: What Lies Beneath (2000) By the late 90s, Guber was at Sony and Zemeckis was a god-tier director ( Forrest Gump , Contact ). They reunited for a stealth project: a ghost story starring Harrison Ford and Michelle Pfeiffer. Zemeckis wanted to combine live-action and animation in
One of the most profitable and creatively explosive duos of the late 20th century was (the high-energy, deal-making showman) and Robert Zemeckis (the technical wizard with a heart of gold). Zemeckis and his writing partner Bob Gale had